I got mine used for $80 in red and I love it. No clue why people talk shit on them. You can get all kinds of tones out of it. Everyone is mind warped with just cranking humbuckers. Roll the knob just a tad and completely different sounds.
Just bought one and getting back to playing guitar after about 10 years can’t wait till it comes in the mail really excited amazing review man and you totally shred!🤘🏻🎸
My favorite for these..? Crank your gain and volume on your amp and use your volume on the guitar to dial in your clean or dirty tone. Excellent find!!! Hang on to that lady!
I have gibson‘s, fender‘s, Ibanez, Brian Moore, Schechter’s,epiphones.. I picked this guitar up for $75. There’s not a mark on it. In fact, because of its finish you won’t see any marks on it because it’s not a gloss finish. It won’t stay in tune so I’m going to upgrade the tuners. I love the neck. there is no fret sprout, no pick guard, The intonation is good. I will gig with this guitar. I’m not gonna worry about beer bottles bouncing off of it, getting caught in the rain, taking it out when it’s below freezing on a gig, I’m not gonna worry about it. I have a Gibson Les Paul standard gold top HH. It is so perfect, that it is useless to me because I never take it out of the case. I’m afraid that I’m going to put a mark on it, I won’t take it on a gig, I won’t let anybody else play it, I’ve had it since 2010, and it still has the original strings on it, that’s how little I have played it because it cost so much money I’m afraid to harm it. so it’s actually useless to me. My EPI Les Paul special is a fantastic value, because I play the shit out of it. I don’t even put it back in the case. Gibson, it stays in its coffin
I’m telling you, the weight alone is worth it. The fact that they also are sustain-y as hell (for a bolt on/if set up properly) is crazy value. The stock pickups sound really damn good as well. Can’t go wrong with these. We’re in a golden age for guitars!
i've had mine for about 2 yrs now, awesome guitar. I have a Les Paul Class Custom Pro that is my fav guitar, but that sucker is a back killer, lol! This little special is so light, i can play for hours with no discomfort. The P90s work great for my style (more of a hard rock/early heavy metal style), probably not so much with ultra high gain, but most people wouldnt probable try and play extreme metal with one of these anyways.
How good are the stock pickups? My woman just bought me this guitar for Christmas, but it's on back order....it's my 1st ever guitar with P90s. I usually end up customizing the entire guitar, but I'm curious how good this is out of the box
I think they are phenomenal. I max out gain and volume on a clean channel and put your master wherever you want. With the volume on the guitar up all the way, gorgeous sweet crunch. Pluck super light, and you get really articulate highs and deep low end. Pull the volume back to about 6 and you’ll get an amazing clean tone from both pickups. I’m typically a neck pickup guy. The bridge pickup on these guys are gold though. Just the right amount of punch. Are they AS hot as Gibson p90’s..? No. But for the Epiphone iteration I think they’ve knocked it out of the park. I didn’t sell this guitar. 😂😂😂 My buddy fell in love with it so she’s staying in the family. 👍👍 Set your action low, string it up with some 09’s and you’ll fall in love.
Flat wound single coils... I mean, yeah if you crank everything, you’ll get some hum. P90’s by design are pretty microphonic. Doesn’t matter the brand or build. Play with your tone and volume knobs on the guitar. Dial it in. There’s something to be said about the full blown sound, but the pickup design themselves are very wide ranging. I know it seems counter intuitive, but dialing the volume back really allows the pickups to shine without a lot of excessive noise. Just clean warm tones.
I bought a TV yellow Epiphone LP Special (2020) and a Gibson one (2019). Pickups in both are great. The Epi was a little more trebly and howling. I had recordings I played for friends who played guitar and NO ONE could say for sure which was which. It was about 50/50 as to what people preferred. In the end I sold the Epi because the Gibson does play and feel better, and the neck pickup is more mellow, which I like. But if I was gigging, 100% I would use the Epi live.
Ok folks,, i found a used one for $120 ,,, is that a good deal???. Thanks for the feed back. And thank you Sir for sharing this video.. please let me know if $120 is a good deal. I really like this guitar.
As of November 2022, they’re going around $150 used (depending on condition). If you’ve played it and love it, yes. Go for it. They’re awesome guitars. Consider a professional setup if it needs it. 👍 Congratulations 🍾🎈🎊🎉
No, not really. I mean, I’m Sicilian, and very oily. 😂😂 I can get finger print marks on anything. But no, it’s not a glossy finish so finger print marks and so forth will be very minimal if at all. (Mileage will vary depending on your conditions of course.)
@@thebiginstrument black and i got it like a hour ago its in okay condition could use a bit of cleaning and new strinfs of course and the seller was those random selling thing guys he was selling anything and he wanted 30$ so i gave him 30
😂😂 that’s one heck of a crack at epiphone! Personally I love them. I love the satin finish. (It will shine up in you in areas you play or touch a lot over time) but that’s kinda the fun of a flat finish. Not everyone knows guitar history or keeps up with models past and present, so as long as they did a good job for you 👍. If not, I’d seriously consider bringing it to a tech or luthier that is somewhat familiar with models made with the last 30 years. 😜😜 (Not a knock at them, if their your place, by any means.) Bring them a Les Paul GT or modern, and they may call the cops on you. 😂😂
Absolutely!!! Had a buddy of mine fall in love with it. She’s now his #1! Great guitars, if you find one and get them set up, you won’t be disappointed.
@@nocontextmemes2617 “bad sounds” 😂😂😂 still my favorite comment of all time!! He took the time to log in and type that. How fantastic. (Just keep that guy away from people who can’t handle “pragmatism” 😂😂😂)
I got mine used for $80 in red and I love it. No clue why people talk shit on them. You can get all kinds of tones out of it. Everyone is mind warped with just cranking humbuckers. Roll the knob just a tad and completely different sounds.
Just bought one and getting back to playing guitar after about 10 years can’t wait till it comes in the mail really excited amazing review man and you totally shred!🤘🏻🎸
Did you get a good one ?
You’ve by far have the best video regarding this guitar! Well done!
I picked one up for $106...what a great value. P-90's RULE
My favorite for these..? Crank your gain and volume on your amp and use your volume on the guitar to dial in your clean or dirty tone. Excellent find!!! Hang on to that lady!
I have gibson‘s, fender‘s, Ibanez, Brian Moore, Schechter’s,epiphones.. I picked this guitar up for $75. There’s not a mark on it. In fact, because of its finish you won’t see any marks on it because it’s not a gloss finish. It won’t stay in tune so I’m going to upgrade the tuners. I love the neck. there is no fret sprout, no pick guard, The intonation is good. I will gig with this guitar. I’m not gonna worry about beer bottles bouncing off of it, getting caught in the rain, taking it out when it’s below freezing on a gig, I’m not gonna worry about it.
I have a Gibson Les Paul standard gold top HH. It is so perfect, that it is useless to me because I never take it out of the case. I’m afraid that I’m going to put a mark on it, I won’t take it on a gig, I won’t let anybody else play it, I’ve had it since 2010, and it still has the original strings on it, that’s how little I have played it because it cost so much money I’m afraid to harm it. so it’s actually useless to me. My EPI Les Paul special is a fantastic value, because I play the shit out of it. I don’t even put it back in the case. Gibson, it stays in its coffin
Yeah me too 😴
Exactly why I want one. Leave my nice 59 Epi at home and take this one out.
I’m telling you, the weight alone is worth it. The fact that they also are sustain-y as hell (for a bolt on/if set up properly) is crazy value. The stock pickups sound really damn good as well. Can’t go wrong with these. We’re in a golden age for guitars!
just picked mine up $125, I’ve been playing for a while
I have one in worn grey color and it's a great guitar, I'm keeping this one,, it's basically a no frills hot rod guitar 🎸👍🏆.
i've had mine for about 2 yrs now, awesome guitar. I have a Les Paul Class Custom Pro that is my fav guitar, but that sucker is a back killer, lol! This little special is so light, i can play for hours with no discomfort. The P90s work great for my style (more of a hard rock/early heavy metal style), probably not so much with ultra high gain, but most people wouldnt probable try and play extreme metal with one of these anyways.
How good are the stock pickups? My woman just bought me this guitar for Christmas, but it's on back order....it's my 1st ever guitar with P90s. I usually end up customizing the entire guitar, but I'm curious how good this is out of the box
I think they are phenomenal.
I max out gain and volume on a clean channel and put your master wherever you want.
With the volume on the guitar up all the way, gorgeous sweet crunch. Pluck super light, and you get really articulate highs and deep low end.
Pull the volume back to about 6 and you’ll get an amazing clean tone from both pickups. I’m typically a neck pickup guy. The bridge pickup on these guys are gold though. Just the right amount of punch.
Are they AS hot as Gibson p90’s..? No.
But for the Epiphone iteration I think they’ve knocked it out of the park.
I didn’t sell this guitar. 😂😂😂
My buddy fell in love with it so she’s staying in the family. 👍👍
Set your action low, string it up with some 09’s and you’ll fall in love.
@@thebiginstrument Is the hum as bad as they say?
Flat wound single coils... I mean, yeah if you crank everything, you’ll get some hum. P90’s by design are pretty microphonic. Doesn’t matter the brand or build.
Play with your tone and volume knobs on the guitar. Dial it in. There’s something to be said about the full blown sound, but the pickup design themselves are very wide ranging. I know it seems counter intuitive, but dialing the volume back really allows the pickups to shine without a lot of excessive noise. Just clean warm tones.
I bought a TV yellow Epiphone LP Special (2020) and a Gibson one (2019). Pickups in both are great. The Epi was a little more trebly and howling. I had recordings I played for friends who played guitar and NO ONE could say for sure which was which. It was about 50/50 as to what people preferred. In the end I sold the Epi because the Gibson does play and feel better, and the neck pickup is more mellow, which I like. But if I was gigging, 100% I would use the Epi live.
The pickups are fine, the tuners are a little light and undersized.
Awesome video. I am new and have this same guitar with a fender 20 amp. Any advice what settings to have it on for the classic AC/DC sound?
I bought that exact guitar yesterday
Ok folks,, i found a used one for $120 ,,, is that a good deal???. Thanks for the feed back. And thank you Sir for sharing this video.. please let me know if $120 is a good deal. I really like this guitar.
As of November 2022, they’re going around $150 used (depending on condition). If you’ve played it and love it, yes. Go for it. They’re awesome guitars.
Consider a professional setup if it needs it. 👍
Congratulations 🍾🎈🎊🎉
+the big instrument So it doesn't get gloss marks?
No, not really. I mean, I’m Sicilian, and very oily. 😂😂
I can get finger print marks on anything.
But no, it’s not a glossy finish so finger print marks and so forth will be very minimal if at all. (Mileage will vary depending on your conditions of course.)
@@thebiginstrument I'm also Sicilian, this is good to know thanks
i got the guitar for 30$ USD its just missing the pickup switcher and the actual les paul little thingy at the nut but its ok :D
$30?!?!?
Dammmmmmmmmmmm
Hell of a find/buy man!!! Excellent!! What color?
@@thebiginstrument black and i got it like a hour ago its in okay condition could use a bit of cleaning and new strinfs of course and the seller was those random selling thing guys he was selling anything and he wanted 30$ so i gave him 30
What's the difference with the special VE?
Main differences are this model has P90 pickups instead of humbuckers, and the VE is the Epiphone fancy acronym for “vintage edition”.
@@thebiginstrumentcan you tell me which one is better?
Brought this to a music store asking for help restring. They didn’t know the edition and said it looked homemade :(
😂😂 that’s one heck of a crack at epiphone! Personally I love them. I love the satin finish. (It will shine up in you in areas you play or touch a lot over time) but that’s kinda the fun of a flat finish.
Not everyone knows guitar history or keeps up with models past and present, so as long as they did a good job for you 👍. If not, I’d seriously consider bringing it to a tech or luthier that is somewhat familiar with models made with the last 30 years. 😜😜
(Not a knock at them, if their your place, by any means.)
Bring them a Les Paul GT or modern, and they may call the cops on you. 😂😂
This guy possibly saw my channel saw this guitar on a video and went with it
You could put a p90 on a telephone pole and it would sound awesome
Still recommend it?
Absolutely!!! Had a buddy of mine fall in love with it. She’s now his #1!
Great guitars, if you find one and get them set up, you won’t be disappointed.
Used: got mine for$60.00......Chinese, all mahogany....... Just a sweety!
I'm definitely gonna pick this up
Cheap guitar, cheaper than the actual specials. Good for the money, but changing pickups and tuners... Turn into a way better guitar.
Bad sounds
...maybe the single greatest comment on a TH-cam video of a guitar ever. 😂🤣😂
It sounds great, maybe you're just not good enough to make it sound good
@@nocontextmemes2617 I guess so. (Somebody call the suicide hotline... found the next day shift manager...)
@@thebiginstrument ???
@@nocontextmemes2617 “bad sounds” 😂😂😂 still my favorite comment of all time!!
He took the time to log in and type that. How fantastic. (Just keep that guy away from people who can’t handle “pragmatism” 😂😂😂)