Simon

Same 😂

The one thing I've figured out to justify my growing collection of guitars is that I have them tuned on different open tunings he he he

I am actually considering this or a LP DIY Kit and go from there in terms of modifications. The biggest difference is that DIY Kit is mahogany with a mahogany neck (bolt on) and 12" Radius instead of thise Poplar-/Mahogany and 14". I do plan on having P90s, the DIY Kit has Humbuckers, this needs routing....price is the same and i wish to have a natural wood finish (this one would need complete stripping).

nice !

​@@hussamjamil4980I have bought both a Les Paul and a SG kit and bought some alnico humbuckers for them and some nice tuners. They both play and sound amazing. Better than any Epiphone.

I remember playing this one in the store just out of curiosity and I thought it was quite nice. Great guitar for the price.

I did something similar: put 2 Lindy Fralin p90's and CTS500 pots wired to 50's style, and an adjustable wraparound. I had to get a new pickguard and cut it to size, and do a little routing of the body. I put on Kluson tuners. I was going to put a Goldtone Zero fret nut, but left it alone. I should probably polish the frets and edges. I call it my po'boy's 50's Les Paul. I did it as a fun project. I almost considered a Bixby trem bar, but I don't think it would have looked good with the pickguard, and I would have to change the selector switch. All in all I'm pretty happy with it. Mine is classic sunburst and I put some classic knobs on it, the pickguard is black.

$3000 guitars and up equivalents are exactly what real, original blues was played on. Most if not all blues greats played top of the line guitars that would easily be worth what $3000+ of today's money would have been at the time. They a;ll played the finest guitars of their time. T-Bone Walker's ES-5 , Muddy Water's Telecaster, Lowell Fulson's ES-335 and ES-5, Earl Hooker's black/gold Les Paul Custom and EDS-1275 Double-Neck, Lightnin' Hopkins's Gibson J-50 and Stratocaster, B.B. King's ES-345, ES-335, and black guard Telecaster, Albert King's Flying V's, Freddie King's gold top Les Paul and ES-345, John Lee Hooker's Epiphone Sheraton, gold top Les Paul, Lonnie Johnson's Martin 00-21, Elmore James's Epiphone Broadway, Robert Johnson's Gibson L-1 and KG-14, Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Gibson SG Custom, Little Milton's ES-345, Howlin Wolf's Gibson Firebird V, Epiphone Casino, and custom color Stratocaster, Son House's National Duolian, Otis Rush's ES-355, Albert Collin's Telecaster, Buddy Guy's gold top Les Paul, SG Custon, and Strat, Sonny Boy Willaimson's guitar player, Robert Lockwood Jr,'s Guild Starfire XII 12-String Hollowbody, Magic Sam's Epiphone Riviera sand Stratocaster, Magic Slim's sunburst Les Paul and Fender Jazzmaster, Shuggie Otis' sunburst Les Paul, SG, and ES-335, Big Bill Broonzy's Gibson Style O, Gibson L-7, Epiphone DeLuxe, and Martin 000-28, Taj Mahal's National Duolian, etc., etc., etc. They all played the finest guitars of their time. Anyone says you aren't supposed to play blues on expensive guitars doesn't know much about blues.

​@@mr-nr4td Thanks for all the work put into your comment. I've seen videos of a few old blues players. Their guitars looked like junk. Maybe they bought them used. Maybe they used them until they were fully worn. Perhaps they were mistreated. Keith Richards destroyed his guitars with abuse. I owned guitars for twenty years or more (playing them regularly) and some of them looked new until the day they were sold.

That's true. There is so much potential for the epiphone and it's original model, but Gibson just didn't put enough effort in it

@@Aguirrethewrathofgod What they need to do is make the Junior a bit cheaper or give us more options finish wise. I’d be a buyer at 299 for what they offer currently, might spring for what they charge if they come out with some cool colors.

If Epi issued a Johnny Thunders TV Yellow DC Junior, they'd sell a Million of them. It boggles the mind.

The SG specials with two p90s are very close to that price point, don’t miss out on the model!

Indio by Monoprice Offset OS30 DLX Electric Guitar with Gig Bag - Sunburst. Isn't to bad sub two hundred bucks its a jazzmaster style with p90 style pickups.

When BB King started playing the ES-355 TD in 1967 msrp was $750. Adjusted for inflation that's over $7,000. Charlie Christian's ES-150, adjusted, was $3200. In 1954 Pee Wee Crayton would have had to shell out the equivalent of $2800 to buy his custom red Strat had Leo not gifted it to him. And, last one, T-Bone Walkers out of phase wired ES-5 (natural finish which was extra) cost $390 when new. Or..$4,600 in today monies. The blues can be played on whatever you want. Don't fetishize poverty.

@@vyasadodson9614- I agree with your point, but you could’ve made it without typing “monies”, which is one of the most repugnant non-words in the history of language.

@@crusheverything4449 maybe. but it was fun to type and I was trying to be less mad.

@@vyasadodson9614 Dude, it was an obvious joke. Unclench your sphincter a little.

@@derick-smith if it was a joke then cool but I didn't read it as such. It's not far from what I read all the time on yt, in books, documentaries, etc, etc. one of these guys 🙄 usually signals sarcasm pretty well.

me too

With the creativity of that fly, I would want you in my band.

@@masonkanterbury3007 Lmaoo, best comment branch I've seen in a while

Couldn't care less.😊

so you DO CARE? how much?

I'd use it to perfect my Jimi @ Monterey act.

This one would pretty cool if you set it up like a lap steel.

maybe every player needs a guitar like this to keep him from wasting his money :)

Unless you don’t want to play slide or open tunings… lol

@@alldaylong7107lol

He mightve been able to pick up your scent a bit still!

I went to GearFest in 2018 and I need to go back, I'm only in Ohio.

So basically, you took a $150 guitar and put $500 into it? Could've added another $200 and found a decent Gibson Les Paul Special. LOL

@@Racoldgin not even close ahole. Guitar was $100 parts were around $100 for what i didnt already have and all labour was by me so didnt cost anything. Dont make assumptions and you wont look like an ass.

Sounds like a lot of aftermarket add ons. How much $$ did you put into it?

That's an excellent point. I say, "If it sounds good and plays good, it is good." Regardless of what you paid for it. But the best guitar is one that you want to play. That cuts through all the noise guitar players make about these pots, that pick up, this tonewood, that finish, this chinese construction, blah blah blah.

Some people badmouth bolt on necks BUT it's worked well for Fender for over 70 years & the neck can be reset with thin hardwood shims to adjust the angle without any major labor.

This Epiphone is one of the best guitars for a build project. I upgraded the hardware on mine as well, now it is my main instrument.

Y es.

Yes! Pred is a low price guitar deal!

Listen to the classic Charlie Parker recording from Massey Hall -he’s playing a plastic horn. Proving that a great player sounds great no matter what the instrument.... But hey-we all can’t have The Gift = nothing wrong with geeking out enjoying playing on great gear Great video BTW

Right on the money. I don't have anything against the $150 guitars but I've hated every one I have bought. They just don't feel good. Sweet spot for me seems to be the $600 to $1000 range. Fit and finish is just better and it feels better to play. Above that certainly has diminishing returns. But find what works for you.

Excellent advice. Jimmy Page famously loved cheap guitars including his plywood or particle board Danelectro, which I think was sold here at Sears along with Silvertone instruments.

Now that you got the LP special get a paul reed smith

@@dankhill6851 I don't like them, or their price. An SE ight be in my future at some time though.

I hate that pick guard but that can be fixed

@@gmac8852 It's completely routed underneath, so not by much.

Link to album?

I've got one. Bright but really low output 5,5K single coils. My inexpensive strats are louder and sound better with ~8K pickups, better with overdrive pedals, too. This guitar is feather light, which is nice.

@@pekkatervala8476 This replaced a P90 version, and is worse in almost every way. The low end squire bullets are way better.

These days it's possible to get a very good guitar without spending too much money. I think the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion record a lot of their stuff using "cheap" guitars. If someone can afford an expensive, custom-made guitar that's fine, but consider what you're going to use it for. If someone needs a car for the school run and shopping then it's pointless getting a Ferrari.

Amazing really

Sorry... this guitar is ok in the beginning... but after just a couple of years it becomes crappy.

Thank you! Cheers!

They do make it it’s called a Gibson Les Paul jr.

I have an Epiphone SG too. £135 new. I consciously decided not to pay for finishing, ie. it's matt black; it's got visible knots. But it's best guitar I've ever owned. Intonation is perfect. Never goes out of tune. It's got mojo. I may never change the strings. I wouldn't sell it for £2,000

That was great. Thank you for that

That’s a great take Mark. I believe it’s also an option with a ‘sound’ explanation and great simple diagram in the Haze Guitar wiring book….yeah it belongs on everybody’s cocktail table Don’t put it away on a shelf…. It’s á fabulous resource that should be grabbed when lightning strikes your inner guitar nerves 🎸⚡️🎸 Heat up that soldering gun…..

Inspired by the Donahue Telecaster, I used that mod on the guitar I built with 2 x P90s, a 4 way switch and a push-push pot. It now has 8 distinct sounds, out of which I find 5 are really useful. The 'half out of phase/series' position is the most unique - it has a honk that sounds a lot like Stevie Wonder's clavinet in Superstition, and is surprisingly great for fuzz tones, too.

@@meadish It's a sorely neglected option that I wish more people would explore. I guess it gets overlooked because traditional "out-of-phase" gets a bad rap from the thin sound. I forget whether it was Bill Lawrence or Red Rhodes who came up with it, but it's a big improvement on what people may *think* they are declining to install.