Consider some 250K pots to dial back some of the highs, and you will have a guitar that plays as fast and smooth as anything on the market. If you don’t mind tuning a lot (or if you’re down to get these tuning machines swapped out), this Epiphone is an excellent electric guitar for beginners.

After checking out every other detail of my new Epiphone, I was super excited to plug it in and see what it could do. Now, yet another problem has emerged, the Epiphone Les Paul Special II is no longer in production and has been replaced with the Epiphone Les Paul Vintage Edition. Yes, sorry I was really thinking about Megafrog's post saying " the models in your poll are purely for beginners, modders or someone who wants to destroy a cheap instrument" and "they are pretty chintzy guitars", which I would disagree with (no disrespect meant to Megafrog). If you’ll allow me to go on one more personal tirade, I should say how eye opening, and strange this review has been for me.Here’s a quick overview of how the Special VE compares to some similar guitars: Epiphone Les Paul Special Vintage Edition vs. In the neck position, you’ll find a warm sounding 650R pickup while the bridge position holds a slightly hotter 700T. Poplar is a much more affordable wood, yet still offers a great deal of clarity and warmth and does a great job of emulating the role of a Mahogany body.

I'm very glad that you gave attention to those guitars, in a few years, many of today's gear snobs will recognize Epiphone's place as great instrument makers, along side the "Big Boys" . You won't have the bragging rights, but you will have a useable guitar that sounds good and inspires practice. If you need your item delivered on a specific day, you can leave a comment in the box at the checkout and we'll take it from there. As some shapes require the use of more wood than others, it can definitely give the tone a different texture. Further, the young student can express his individuality, learn to be self reliant, and learn the great lessons of relentless steady effort.The guitar was here in just two days and the job performed by the guys at Sweetwater (intonation and setting as well as the change of strings ) was perfect. The fact is, a good guitar technician can make one of these cheap guitars play almost as well as an expensive one. Check out o this Epiphone LP Special VE review to see if this affordable axe is a good choice for you.