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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

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Epiphone Les Paul Studio, a little too evil?

Advantages: Build quality, Bridge pickup, Hardware
Disadvantages: Weight, Finish

Firstly i'd like to say that for me this guitar looks rather drab and boring, as it is so plain and all in black. There is no contrast in colour and doesn't really stand out. But with that now said, i will go onto the other aspects. It has the standard les paul fittings, which are sturdy and reliable, and the tuners that hold their tuning very well. The pickups are high output and sound very heavy, which is ideal for hard rock and metal. The neck ...
...with only light distortion but sound good clean. The guitar is quite heavy in weight and can make my shoulder ache if i've had it on the strap too long. But the weight is only due to the mahogany it is made from. It is buit very well and is also sturdy. The fitted neck is very nice and adds to the build quility. ...

seemewheelie 15.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Epiphone Les Paul Studio Electric Guitar

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No competition for the Pacifica

Advantages: Very cheap to buy, very nice sound.
Disadvantages: Boring standard shape.

...to anyone starting guitar. The Yamaha Pacifica sounds much better than any other guitar in its price range, and is much more versatile. It is a combination of the telecaster and stratocaster style sounds. The guitar is also very strong, its a heavy, well built guitar. I have never had any problems with my pacifica, and now mine is more than 10 years old, the only problem I have with it is the pick guard has turned a slight yellowy colour. Maybe ...

silentdice 25.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

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Epiphone bags a budget Les Paul

Advantages: Traditional Les Paul (LP) Looks, Cheap, Lighter than its LP counterparts
Disadvantages: Cheap Construction, Less Sustain

...Mahogany body guitar, with two Epiphone open coil Humbuckers (Bridge and Neck). Mahogany neck with rosewodd fingerboard and dot inlays, teamed with jumbo frets. Chrome Hardware, tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece, 4 knobs (2 Volume, 2 Tone) and a 3-way pick up selector switch (Rhythm, Rhythm + Treble, Treble). Plus a 6ft lead I picked mine up for £180 from an online guitar shop, although I think the price could now be in the region of £190. ...
...reasonably comfortable, although after a while you may find that the top of the guitar may start to rub against your chest, depending on how you are sat. The contours fir around your knee well, and the single cut away allows you to reach all 22 frets. When you stand up with it the guitar sits in a very natural position, easily playable and all the frets are accesible. -- Appearance -- I'm sure everyone is familiar with the Les Paul body shape, one ...

StevieHagerty 20.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Epiphone Les Paul 100 Electric Guitar

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Vintage V100 - love it!

Advantages: Sounds excellent, good value for money and looks really good
Disadvantages: May be slightly misleading, It doesn't sound exactly like a gibson!

Around christmas time I decided it was time for a new guitar. So that's what I got. My mum and I spent a lot of time on the internet researching different guitars to fond the sort of thing I wanted, which at the time was a slightly downsized acoustic guitar. However, closer to the time I came to the conclusion that I already had an acoustic guitar and what I'd really like was an electric one. As a not particularly acomplished guitarist (yet) It ...
...on a hobby which may never amount to anything so one of the top priorities for me when looking for the guitar was cheapness but at the same time value for money (In other words, NOT A STAGG!) I came accross the make 'Vintage' on a music website, and did a bit of research into the particular guitar I was after - the one I write about now, and decided for definite that it was what I wanted. I think if you're an immediate guitarist, who's looking for ...

Elliottj 06.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Vintage ICON V100MR

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