Customer Reviews

Epiphone LP Special II Les Paul Electric Guitar, Wine Red

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I got this from musicians friend company, for the price this guitar is perfect for practiceing. Also very well made. the pickups are as strong as a old stock real les paul. Its bolt on but has alot of sustain. Also great tone. The body is heavy but not too heavy. nice paint job, also well made neck. It is a very solid guitar. your no going to find abetter guitar for the price. Its that well made. it also stays in tune and no fret buzz. for the price its a winner. also great for practicing, no complaints. It holds its own. a better guitar than some costing much more. In fact this guitar could sell in the 400 dollar range, its that well made. Also with sound,that is awesome,very resonant,great sustain.

Ive been playing guitar for about 5 years now, i started off acoustic and i like acoustic sound better, but im starting to migrate toward electric because its easier to play. I play mostly classic rock, zeppelin, stones, floyd, and alot of these artists used les paul guitars. I wanted to sound as close to them as possible for as cheap as possible. I bought this guitar and a digital amp and im very happy with both. This guitar has a much more genuine feel and is much more natural to play than similarly priced guitars. When you upgrade you'll feel like you're in an RPG and this guitar gave you +8 rockability, +11 style, and +14 leadership. You'll just feel like you suddenly got better because of the better equipment. To me, this guitar is worth about 220. However, I do get the feeling that this is the type of product where each guitar varies in quality off the production line, so there is a bit of 'luck of the draw' involved.

Let's face it---instruments are expensive! An American made Les Paul is not for the budget conscious amateur!
This Indonesian made Epiphone holds it's own and the price is about as reasonable as you are going to get for a decent electric guitar.

I love this guitar. As a beginner it's been great and encouraging. I've had other, 'cheap' starter guitars before that have issues like fret buzz, tuning issues or cosmetic issues. The Special II has none of those issues. Ready to play out of the box so there is nothing additional to frustrate the beginning guitarist (other than his own burgeoning skill).

my only disappointment was the I ordered the Wine Red version and it looks nothing like the picture advertised. Red Wind is actually a deep purplish color. Still a beautiful color but I was looking for the nice popping Red color. (I think that color is actually Candy Apple if you search of it). That said, if you are looking in the Wine Red color, it may not be as you see on the webpage.

This guitar is great, cheap but for 200 dollars not bad. Its a great guitar to start off with. The red really pops and the sound thru the amp isnt that bad either, im pretty impressed