It came! It came! (New guitar pics)

Seems to me that is is a Les Paul ..... :wink: Glad yo like it. The weight never bothered me but of course my first real guitar was a Les Paul copy and my first quality guitar was a Les Paul so I didn't know any better.

I have always like that color. I'm glad you like the guitar.

Very big congrats!!

Hi there, I have just read you post ( New Member) and I was concerned that this guitar may not be legit.
The reason I say this is because there are a lot of fake Epiphone guitars on the market now, and I can't see a silverburst custom on the Epiphone website. Did you buy this guitar from a Guitar retail shop or on the web...

I have brought this to your attention as I have read about folks being conned into buying a guitar because its cheaper that the store price, but they say it ships straight to you home from the factory.

I'm sorry if this is not the case I just would'nt want you to be conned with a fake guitar that's to heavy and your not to happy with anyway.

:|

Congrats !

Welcome to the Epi LP club GrungeSunset!!! :D So cool to stop by and see that you got yourself another great guitar. Glad to know you are enjoying it to. One of these days I plan to upgrade from my Epi LP 100 to a better model.

Hi there, I have just read you post ( New Member) and I was concerned that this guitar may not be legit.
The reason I say this is because there are a lot of fake Epiphone guitars on the market now, and I can't see a silverburst custom on the Epiphone website. Did you buy this guitar from a Guitar retail shop or on the web...

I have brought this to your attention as I have read about folks being conned into buying a guitar because its cheaper that the store price, but they say it ships straight to you home from the factory.

I'm sorry if this is not the case I just would'nt want you to be conned with a fake guitar that's to heavy and your not to happy with anyway.

:|
Welcome to GN.

It's a Limited Edition. First one up this morning when you click on Epiphone in the MF site. http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epiphone-Limited-Edition-Les-Paul-Custom?sku=519391 Epi sometimes doesn't show their special editions up on their site.

Howdy, I'm glad this is good news, I hope you get used to the weight and the front pickup. You could poss try changing the capacitor to a diff value to see if that would help improve the sound rather than spending silly money on a new pickup.

Enjoy ..... :D :P :D

Thanks for your comments all.

I have been enjoying the guitar. Slowly getting used to the weight. It'll take a while as I don't have..........err.....padding.......on my shoulders but I got a wider strap.

I'd like to say my GAS is cured but I was stupid enough to pick up Guitar World's 2010 buyers guide. Now I want a hollow body and a 7 string. But that's a long way down the road.

Thanks for your comments all.

I have been enjoying the guitar. Slowly getting used to the weight. It'll take a while as I don't have..........err.....padding.......on my shoulders but I got a wider strap.

I'd like to say my GAS is cured but I was stupid enough to pick up Guitar World's 2010 buyers guide. Now I want a hollow body and a 7 string. But that's a long way down the road.

Hollow bodies are very niiiiice:)

I use a wider strap on mine and on the hollow-body too. I really does help displace the weight a little bit. I still sit mostly when I play though, so not much a difference realized.

Have you ventured into other types of music with it? I know you're not a Blues fan, so I won't ask. Jazz is very good on it. I don't do a whole lot of it, but it can handle what I do play rather handily. I find some of that Pink Floyd 70's DSOTM sound does well too, like "Breathe", "time", "Welcome To The Machine" and "Brain Damage". I know, Gilmour used Strats and even Teles, but that doesn't mean the LP can't handle the melodic or chorusy types of sounds. The volume knob is like a tone knob. Down really low you get some pretty tones and up high the thing just growls. One of my initial complaints was that the volume didn't change a whole lot once past like 3 or 4. That might be true, but you can dial up some sounds all over the place.

Sorry for rambling.

I want to expand out into other genres but not sure where to go. I don't like the blues. I like some jazz, but not enough to learn any. I like surf but a Les Paul isn't the best guitar for it. Right now I'm leaning towards the neoclassical stuff.

Thanks for the tip about the volume knob. I've already been using it to control the level of distortion. Turning the volume up overdrives the preamp. Not like it takes a lot to overdrive it.

P.S. I'm already GASsing for a Schecter 7 String. Stupid buyer's guide.