IbanezFreak666 Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 (edited) THIS: Epiphone Les Paul Custom: but in black Good points: amazing tone amazing sustain brillient harmonics cool look £600 great classic rock guitar which i dont have atm no trem(have 2 floyd guitars and need one without a trem) Bad points: upper fret acsess SUCKS neck is ****ing wide very very heavy hate the inlays OR THIS: Ibanez XPT700Ibanez XPT700 buut i would have to get it professionally repainted which could be up to about £460 Good points: AMAZING metal guitar great pickups (but would be replace with EMGs and the old pickups would go in my LTD) awsome looks Through neck (great upper fret acsess) edge pro ii trem Bad points: never played it could be awkward already have 2 metal guitars only £300-400 BUT would DEFO need repainting dont like the inlays but better than the LPs edge pro iii trem Edited June 13, 2007 by IbanezFreak666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Why don't you just get an LTD Eclipse if you don't like the Epi? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted June 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 because i want a "classic rock guitar" and i love the eclypse but im trying to vary the type of guitars im getting, because i keep going on about how good ibanez and ESP are and iv never really tryed anything else ever. and i love the gold hardwear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba Pa Ti Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 you could try a bc rich (they make some nice metal guitars), it also depends what sortof rock you're after and if you're after suggestions or just want people to advise between the 2 you posted. personally for classic rock id get an epiphone casino (depends what you class as classic.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOAMdude Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 hrmm, if you don't want a metal guitar, you should open your search to things not like well that guitar. it is made for metal. and if you play stuff like CC, gorguts, MA, or death, it would probably be perfect. but since you already have 2 like that, save up for something LIKE the LP, also you could always contour the heel once you (if you) buy the LP, the weight goes hand in hand with the tone, and well i've got nothing to say about the inlays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Not wanting to diss a brand at all but my singers got three Epiphone's (2xLP 1xExplorer), two have had the pickups die, all three have had electrical problems of one sort or another (scratchy pots, intermittant loss of signal or just giving up the ghost mid gig completely), the two which have gold hardware lost it almost immediatley, one's lifted it's binding in two places blah blah blah - overall for 600 quid i'd save a wee bit harder and buy a real one, at least you'd get a reasonable return if you sold it on or better still buy a Hamer ! Jem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 oh i would never sell on guitars now. i sold on my first one at a charity auction and now i realise iv lost a perfectly good "tester" guitar body. hmm a real les paul would be uber sweet. but it could be at least twice the price :/ you could try a bc rich ha when i didnt play guitar i thought they looked really really good, now when i see someone playing them they look so stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 EPIPHONE EPIPHONE EPIPHONE!!!! I don't care if it's not "metal," true metal comes from the player. Look at Maiden, they play Fenders for crying out loud. If metal is in looks only, then you better start shopping at Hot Topic But please, whatever you do, don't get that Ibanez. I played it at Daddy's for a good half hour straight and can't think of a part of the guitar I actually LIKED. Those pickups are crap, the body shape is probably the most uncomfortable I've ever played, I didn't like the feel of the neck, the Floyd speaks for itself, and reverse sharkfin inlays just look dumb. If you're on this forum, that means that you have at least a slight interest in modding guitars. Most of the "bad" points you list for the Epi can be fixed with a little elbow grease. Even the guy who says they have electrical problems, that can be fixed too. But please please please don't buy that Ibanez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batfink Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Xanthus, you're quite right, all the electric problems we're fixable - i just junked the whole lot and replaced them with CTS/Switchcraft stuff and the binding was just clamped up with a bit of CA and is still holding fast. My point to IbanezFreak666 was that if he was thinking of shelling out £600 ($1200 Usd) on a NEW Epi LP i'd hold out for a secondhand Gibson LP that i'm sure he'd be able to pick up for around the £7-900 mark depending on how fussy he was about spec or colour etc. Me, being extremley bias after using nothing else since '84, would still recommend him to look at a secondhand Hamer for playability and reliability. Jem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 why would you need to repaint the ibanez?! that already has a 400$ chameleon paint job! and how can yo not like the block inlays on a epi/gibson? i would go for the ibanez, pickups can always be changed, reverse inlays are awesome, and it was very comfortable to play for me. and anyone playing metal woul know you would never play it sitting down anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 $400 paint job on a $650 guitar....... I agree, Batfink, I'd save up the extra money for a secondhand Gibson too. Ebay is dangerous territory, haha, but there are quite a few diamonds in the rough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 ha i didnt just go for the ibanez for the look, i have played ibanez and i love their necks and everything really. apart from the trem not always staying 100% in tune my ibanez RGT 6 EX is just about the most perfect guitar i could ever have for playing metal. but i want some radically different guitars to the normal superstrats i end up buying. and i would want to repaint it because i HATE that colour i love everything else about the guitar...but the colour is just awful. and anyway iv pretty much decided to go for a les paul i found a les paul studio carved top, in black with gold hardwear for about £800, or with silver hardwear for £700 so im pretty sure im gonna go with one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 ............HOLLOW BODY!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 New jointer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneMonkey Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 I'd get myself to as many guitar shops as possible and play everything decent you can get your hands on...... .......Then I'd look for a second hand one the same. Never saw the point of buying a new guitar, might as well let someone else take the hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 The Studios are great LPs, as are the Vintage Mahogany and Standard Faded. Both can be found for around the same price as the Epi Custom if you look around on the used market. The VM has the same neck as the Studio, but I like the BurstBuckers better. The SF is a Standard without the final gloss coats of nitro. Besides, if you're going to start replacing pickups and possibly refinishing the guitar, might as well start off with the proper ingredients for a genuine LP rather than a plywood copy made in Korea or China or wherever Epi's manufactured now. The Elitist LP from Japan is the only non-Gibson LP I'd consider. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 well for the moment at least im going to be leaving this guitar in 1 peice if im gonna be modding guitars itll be really cheap secondhanders that noone wants anymore but yer iv decided on the les paul studeo carved top, but im stuck on colours now:p cherry red with gold hardwear (like the pic in here) black with silver hardwear or black with gold hardwear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwood999 Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 ok well i would save up for one of my guitars (you asked for it) is this what your looking for?LOL (what !!!!what !!!!HE ASKED) ok sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbanezFreak666 Posted June 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 :O now thats one sexy beast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted June 15, 2007 Report Share Posted June 15, 2007 Why are the ferrules so far away from the bridge? The ferrules on my guitar are too far, in hindsight, from the bridge, and I don't like the way it plays with thin strings, I had to put 10s on them to make it "feel" right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwood999 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 its a preference thingy they seem to work pretty well there (although i have put them closer to the bridge ) plus bending a string up in note is easy and fun when ya get them to close to the bridge ya have to watch that it doesn't hit it too(prob already know that though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 New jointer! +1 LOL:))BTW I have one for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 clicky You'll never regret it. Best guitars (always consistent) under $1000 IMO The LG EMG and LG hmb are very nice guitars. One of their SD models was my first electric (could you tell? ) and it has always served me well. Dang I need to change my forum name, I feel like I'm plugging Godin when I should be plugging myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I saw some Epiphone LP Studios yesterday at the music store with flip-flop "chameleon" finishes. Might check those out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToneMonkey Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 I read a review of the Gibson Les Paul BFG the other day. Might be worth having a look at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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