GUITAR BOARD

> Thats the way I do it. Ive never quite followed the thinking behind an
> expensive and/or made in USA/Japan is automatically going to be better
than
> anything cheaper and/or not made in USA/Japan. Sure, some of the price
does
> reflect in the materials used, the flawless finish/workmanship etc. but
> unless you require an ultra low action, very robust harware, or want to
> examine/admire the guitar surface at regular intervals, something cheaper
> will often sound just as good, providing you havent automatically passed
it
> over in favour of the pricier stuff. OTOH I will concede if you do have a
> really good pricier instrument, you may genuinely find cheaper guitars
> lacking, but equally it could be all in your head.

> If I could get an Epi Les Paul with real Gibson pickups Id buy it, I
> cant...
>

> William Black wrote:

>> If I could get an Epi Les Paul with real Gibson pickups Id buy it,
>> I cant...

> Dont worry about it, I dont think stock Gibson pickups are all that
> good anyway. My Gibson pickups got changed to Seymour Duncan Seth
> Lovers at Ł200ish the pair. Ouch!

> William Black wrote:
>
> > If I could get an Epi Les Paul with real Gibson pickups Id buy it, I
> > cant...
> >
>
> Dont worry about it, I dont think stock Gibson pickups are all that good
> anyway. My Gibson pickups got changed to Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers at
> Ł200ish the pair. Ouch!

> Am I alone in finding that Epiphones simply dont have the same
> musicality as a good Gibson. Granted there are plenty of crappy
> Gibsons, but I have NEVER picked up a modern Epi and found that it rang
> like a bell. Always they seem to come up short, without exception in my
> experience, and this goes beyond the pickups, which could be easily
> changed. The wood just doesnt have the musicality and tone for me that
> the occasional great Gibson has. To me the modern Epi guitars I have
> tried are all as underwhelming as the bulk of Gibbo Les Pauls out there,
> but that I do occasionally meet a great Gibson Les Paul, and that has
> never happened for me when trying a modern Epiphone.