thanks for all the replies. That all makes a lot of sense to me. Now to go learn that solo!!

I hope they will work too. I don't have the money right now for new ones so ya. How much are strap locks and what exactly are they?

well I'm not going to worry about getting any new tuners now. I already spent $40 on these ones and they can't be any worse then the stock epiphone o...

aww, well I already ordered some kluson style pegs...because that's what was on them originally. plus they look cool :D

ok another question...today I dropped my lp on the floor and one of the tuners broke :(so I decided to buy some new ones off ebay.they are called sty...

okay, thanks jwishart. :D

I have another question. The guitar I just bought apparently has been sitting around for a quite a while. So the strings are real old and the fretboa...

well that clears up everything for me, thanks guys! TRGuitar, that thing is a beauty!! and here I was all excited about my epiphone les paul standard...

well I figured out that the bottom controls sound way better for heavy, distorted songs...that's a start. :D