Are epiphone finally making good guitars?

[Mr Ed]

I would 99% of the time choose something else over an Epiphone.

[Sifu Ben]

The great thing about these is that they look great, they've got a decent spec and they're CHEAP!!! You can get a Les Paul GX for £311. At that price who cares if it may need a bit of a fret dress?
 I have to disagree with Indysmith, part of the reason I haven't looked at Epiphone recently has been their slavish adherence to the Gibson pattern. I'd be very interested in a cool looking Les Paul with a fast neck, and TBH these look better than any sub-£500 ESP.

[Sailor Charon]

Gaaah. Enough of the Epiphone Prophecy already!
Everywhere I look lately - there they are.
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Anyway, I've got an SG GX on order, so I'll let you know what I think.
Thin neck, 24 frets what's not to like. Especially at the money.

[Ratrod]

I'm beginning to like the Futura.

[Mr Ed]

I look at the price and wonder "what's wrong"... a guitar that cheap I would always be suspicious of until I've held it and played it. Plus then you don't know what's up in the body with that dodgy neck tenon and the horrid cavities/pockets in the body.

[Will]

They should also change that headstock, as it's pretty much the only thing i dislike about epiphones aesthetically)

Yeah, I agree with you there, they seem substantially smaller, well enough to notice, but it is entirely fair, it is then impossible to make an epi headstock appear like a proper Gibson.
But damn, I love the real pointyness of Gibby corners

[_tom_]

My Korean Epi LP Custom feels better to me than my Pearl MIJ, so its not like they're bad guitars to begin with. Cant say I like the look of any of those Prophecy series guitars, all very ugly and tacky imo. The only thing I dont like about Epiphone is the headstock.

[AngusYoung01]

I'm very very tempted by this Les Paul with the Dirty Fingers....... good lord am I!

Not sure whether to opt for one of these or a genuine Gibson - obviously though, the price of these looks great.... how close would the sounds be I wonder  :?

And also if I'm too snobby  :oops:

[Philly Q]

Not sure whether to opt for one of these or a genuine Gibson - obviously though, the price of these looks great.... how close would the sounds be I wonder  :?

I think the 24 frets will make quite a difference to the sound, because of the placement of the neck pickup.  Other than that, who knows?

[Jonny]

From the time span of a day I REALLY want a Futura now..

[AngusYoung01]

Surely they will sound more like Gibbos (I'm after that John Sykes sound... so this could be a good contonder) due to the hardware over the standard Epiphones.

Still I don't like the headstock.

[apmaman]

They look rather hawt  :o

It would be nice to see that LP with a Floyd though...

Yeah, that would be cool!

I remember they did do a run of them a few years ago but they had a terrible Epiphone designed locking tremolo made out of black tinfoil. Not exactly good shall we say.

Epiphone didn't stop making good guitars....the elitist line is very good by all accounts :)

Ahh, forgot about them. Got me there! well, now there is more! yaay!

[kellar]

I have played a couple of these at Thomann, the Les Paul versions.
They play just like Epiphones. Good guitars. Felt comfortable.
I jammed around on the GX, liked the Dirty Finger pickups. Hot, biting tone, didn't like the cleans though. They reminded me of the Seymour Duncan JB. Quite typical of Gibson pickups actually, I always seem to like one aspect of them but just can't live with the other.
Also played the EX, which is basically the same but with an EMG 81/85 set. Not really my thing, don't like those pickups. Still, very cool option.
Some things I did notice that were definite bonuses:
24 frets
strap locks
graphite nut
push pull knobs for coil tapping
The neck was also quite comfy. Very smooth and fast.
May look at the GX for a future buy. I envision a pair of Mules going in there! 8)

[HTH AMPS]

you don't know what's up in the body with that dodgy neck tenon and the horrid cavities/pockets in the body.

that pretty much describes my Epi Korina Explorer, but it doesn't stop it from being a really cool guitar with a fast/easy-to-play neck and a really fun guitar to play.

[dave_mc]

initial impressions:

-website looks like a trailer for some dodgy hollywood blockbuster...  :lol:

- they actually look quite nice.

- those floyds don't look recessed (not a problem, just pointing out if you like vai-style up-pull)

- are those ping or schaller OFRs?  :twisted:

thanks for the link though, i was too lazy to look at them before, but i just about managed to click a link. :)