Stagg L350-VS LP Type Tiger Rock Electric Guitar in Violin burst

Advantages: much cheaper than its gibson counterpart
Disadvantages: not quite the same as the gibson; cheap materials and build

...Epiphone are an arm of Gibson, the world famous guitar making company, reknowned for its quality and string of players who play their guitars, such as slash. epiphone guitars are made to look like their gibson counterparts, but are made with cheaper quality wood and materials, and in cheaper labour areas such as taiwan. despite this initial drawback to the epiphones, these are made cheaply in order to be sold cheaply and compete against brands such as stagg. i bought an epiphone les paul after wanting a gibson les paul but not having enough money to afford it, so reluctantly i bought the cheaper version for £300. looking at the guitar it was hard to tell the difference between it and a gibson version, apart from it having epiphone written on the headstock. the way the epiphone sounds to me is highly satisfactory for its price tag... Read review

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Advantages: great colour, great look, very pleasant to use
Disadvantages: sounds is not heavy enough when distorted

...-conscious player. In 1993, the Epi reputation is enhanced by the Nashville USA Collection —limited edition models that are the first American-made Epiphones in over 20 years. Gibson's Montana division follows in 1994 with limited editions of Epiphone flat top models Excellente, Frontier and Texan. 1995: Epiphone celebrates the 80th anniversary of Epi Stathopoulo's rise to head the family business the beginning of the modern era of Epiphone history HISTORY OF THIS GUITAR ****************************** This brand new G400 Custom, residing at the top of the latest range of Korean Epiphone electrics, is a direct tribute to an early '60s Gibson Les Paul. No, you did read that correctly - a Les Paul. In 1961, fact fans, Gibson undertook a radical redesign of the classic LP shape we all know and love - adding another cutaway and slimming the body width down... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent tone, playability and value - for a Gibson
Disadvantages: Does not have the punch of humbuckers

...There are several versions of the LP Special. The older models have P90 pickups, some have single cutaway, some have double cutaways. The reissue models have P100 pickups, or humbuckers, like the guitar pictured. Since the one I own has P100 pickups, I do not know about the guitar in the picture! The P90 and P100 pickups look the same, but the P100 is a humbucking design, while the P90 is single coil. Sometimes these are called "soapbar" pickups, especially if they have cream covers - they have cream or black covers, depending on the guitar they are fitted on - usually black on a LP Special. I learned to play electric guitar on a 56 LP with P90s, so I am in a position to compare my modern guitar with the old ones. My LP Special is a cherry red 1996 model. The finish is good, it is a versatile guitar, and it plays easily. The P100... Read review

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