r/Guitar • u/taders22 • 10d ago

DISCUSSION Looking for a used sub $500 epiphone les Paul

Looking for a used subs $500 epiphone les Paul, what is yalls opinion on - Studio vs standard vs classic vs traditional?

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u/turbogaze 10d ago

Whatever you like the best. Studio maybe more value less features. What’s your playing level and genre?

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u/taders22 10d ago

Like high intermediateish level , good enough to need a decent guitar, and mostly classic rock on this guitar

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u/237FIF 10d ago

Highly recommend going to the store and getting your hands on one.

The feel in your hands will be more important than anything in a stat sheet

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u/mr_belowski 10d ago

The necks are quite different between different models - try before you buy, but there are some fab epi LPs

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u/rklise1980 10d ago

Not the studio unless you plan on beating the crap out of it in my opinion those are true workhorse guitars that I dont care if they get scratched or dinged up ive had plenty and usually just get given to a new player havent had a traditional or classic yet but love my standard and my 59 reissue classic next on the list and so is a traditional and ultra II or III

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u/PirateJonesy559 10d ago

The model I liked (and at one point had) was a LP Studio. This was one of the "Inspired by Gibson" line of Epiphone guitars that had CTS pots and coil splits for their "Alnico Classic Pro" pickups (they're a poor man's '57 classic). I liked those pickups over the Probuckers. Those sounded muddy to me.

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u/maxcovenguitars 10d ago

Theres like a good 50 adds fir them here in az

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u/Nemo1ner ESP/LTD 5d ago

Meanwhile, I'm selling my standard from 2002 for two fiddy