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An extremely versatile and reliable guitar!

Advantages: The classic bread and butter of our time - beautiful and brilliant
Disadvantages: expensive and daunting to a beginner

There is, unsurprisingly, a reason why this guitar is so successful - it is an absolute icon of our time. For years to come, people will look at that familiar rounded outline and remember their rockstar hopes and fantasies, as well as their most epic jam sessions! I have only been playing guitar for two years and have had no professional instruction, i was delighted to find out early on that i was naturally talented at playing and advanced quite ...
...have taught a couple of my friends. I own this guitar in Alpine White and it looks sublime, the gold pickups are beautifully worn giving it a well played look and the sound is almost perfect in every way. I chose this guitar based purely on a long time obsession with the beauty of Les Pauls', i went straight here from a cheap knock off strat and have never looked back. I have heard horror stories about people going through a plethora of poor guitars ...

TudsW 24.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Epiphone Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar

Casino Bigsby.... bigger and better

Advantages: cheap, good sound, nice colour, very good construction
Disadvantages: wimpy tuners

FIRST OF ALL: I recently bought a Casino, the new Casino Bigsby. I own four other guitars, a Rickenbacker 360/12v64, a Gibson j160e, a Gretsch Country classic 1962 II and a US fender stratocaster. Still the Casino is one of the best guitars I have ever played. I play in a Beatles tribute band, I play the role of Harrison, and of course the Casino was a must. So when I spotted the Casino Bigsby, I was in Love right away and lucky enough for me this ...
...real must-have for every Beatle maniac ;o) ABOUT THE CASINO: Almost everything about this guitar is pure joy, the playing action, the construction, the sound. The only thing about this guitar I don´t like is the fake Kluson-style tuners. These should have been swabbed into something better before it left the factory. THE SOUND: The sound in this guitar is perfect. It has the treble of a vintage ES335 and the playability of a Stratocaster. All ...

TonytheTone 28.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar

Fanststic Piece of equipment

Advantages: Sounds Great, Comfortable, Solid piece of craftsmanship
Disadvantages: Hard to tune when using different gauge of strings

I started out playing my Ibanez after i'd been playing around a year. It was (and still is) a great guitar to play with for many styles. Looks and Feel: The guitar has a Basswood flamed ash top, which looks great in red. The body seems larger than most guitars in depth, but gives the guitar a more solid feel. The neck is smooth and easy to play over and Tone/Volume controls are black and go with the overall theme of the guitar. Tuning controls ...
...on the bottom in other Ibanez models) and also fine tuning screws are positioned on the Floyyd Rose trembolo. There are 24 frets on the neck, and also a 'Locking nut' system, to ensure the strings do not 'De-Tune' themselves after long durations of play. Sound: The guitar is well suited to all main styles of play, and is used by such great artists as Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. The guitar sound is dynamic, as it can be changed easily through the ...

Syntax 12.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Ibanez RG320 Electric Guitar

a masterpiece both on and off stage - the ibanez rg250mdx

Advantages: the guitar overall
Disadvantages: the fact that one is not enough

...III neck combined with the ibanez floating tremelo system. together with the two perfectly placed pickups. the neck - thin fast and so easy to glide it actually takes getting used to the body - nice shape nice finish and does not restrict playing the 24 frets. the tremelo - the first floating tremelo system i have not actually had to retune every 10 minutes of playing.easy to lock if not wanted and easy to use whilst playing the pickups - a great ...

euan2004 14.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ibanez RG350DXWH Electric Guitar

PRS SE Custom - quality PRS guitar for the money conscious

Advantages: great value, versatility, good feel, beautiful instrument
Disadvantages: no singlecoil pickup - limits number of styles, no locking trem - if you need one look elsewhere

...of tones. The name PRS is usually associated with professional quality, high end electric guitars in excess of £1000 or £2000, so to see a lower priced model you'd expect PRS to be cutting an awful lot of corners, resulting in a substandard instrument. However, with the SE Custom, this is not the case. The guitar is admittedly made with much cheaper materials than the higher up models but the trade off in sound is not as dramatic as you'd think. ...
...The headstock is the distinct PRS pointy shape which I fell in love with when I first played this guitar, it's definitely the best looking guitar I've owned. The scooped cutaway is also a personal favourite of mine. The sound from this guitar is very bright and clear, very unlike the ibanez S series guitar I was using previously. The sound isn't muddy at all and sounds great both clean and distorted. The only thing with the sound is that there is ...

mot393 02.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of PRS Se Custom