I have a LTD guitar with ESP microphones. Is it ESP or LTD in your opinion?

I have LTD, and have owned jackson, dean, fender, ibanez and others. What i can very clearly admit by experience is that, LTD are above all other brands mid range point. For example; my LTD KH2 is a $1200 AUD, and it is better in playability than my ibanez S6 and Ibanez Jem and far better than my Dean vendettas and Gibson, all of which actually cost more. To those that look at LTD to mean 'limited' is subjective, because LTD may not be the quality of ESP, but it is better than most other brands mid range quality for being thw apparent low end of ESP... Make sense? It's unfortunate that ltd have that stigma but it really is a mid - high range guitar for such a cheap price. Ltd are fkn awesome, they're like porsches.. smashing everything, but an ESP is a bugatti veyron.. 😅

I had an ESP and LTD Kamikaze. The ESP had an original Floyd, and a Seymour Duncan pickup. All Maple construction. Weighed 278 pounds. Loved it. The LTD was Maple neck and Basswood body. Floyd 1000 and a Duncan designed pickup. The ESP was $1800.00, the LTD was $599.00. The LTD was a killer. The weight was really the only difference. I had the LTD set up perfectly and it was a player. I would NOT spend 4x the amount to have an ESP logo. ESP has always been overpriced, just like Gibson. If you bought all of the components to build the guitar separately, including the body and neck, it would not be 2k. I have a Chibson that looks INCREDIBLE. After upgrading all of the pots, pickups, bridge, etc., I have about $550.00 in it. It's a 59 clone R9 that Gibson charges 2.5 million dollars for. Not quite that much, but close. These overpriced companies make a killing.

well i got a mij horizon 3 and i'm never gonna sell it, never ever, it stays in the family

Both guitars seem to be out of tune

Acabo de comprar una LTD KH-602 de kirk hammett, veré que tal.

I own the Epiphone Adam Jones, Veil of Bees and the new Epiphone '59 Les Paul. Both are seriously good quality, pro grade instruments.

Just bought the Epiphone Greeny, '59 Les Paul, and he 355 Custom. Of all the 50+ guitars I have owned (including PRS core, Fender Custom Shop and Gibson Custom Shop) these are the BEST 3 guitars in value that I have owned yet. Keeping all 3 and looking for another one!

Which h & k amp is it based on, it's savage asf

Man that sounds great !! I was looking at these to see how how they sound and found it here...excellent job on this video and I love that backing track..subbing now.

I have one of these but I don’t see a marking to align the needle. Does yours have some sort of marking?

I went the whole route from Epiphone to an actual eighties Tokai LP Custom and then a Gibson only to find it didn't fit the sound I want. Also they are heavy AF so I much prefer more modern brands even though I am a sucker for that official Les Paul shape... epecially when it dons that headstock

Oh boy what's going on with the comments section?

The VST FX are only effecting the little virtual guitar inside of the VST, but theyre not actually effecting my real guitar that I have plugged in, any ideas?

It's like a The cranberries Riff 😂😂😂 the animal instinct song

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The mirror in it?

I love my 59 2022 les Paul limited edition 🎉

I owned 2 Gibson Les Paul Studios back in the 1990s when you could buy them for $699.99 a piece along with a Marshall Super Triple Lead 100 watt amp. One was stock and the other I had installed active EMG 81 & 85 setup for the Zakk Wylde sound. I still to this day have the stock gold pick ups from the one I converted to EMGs. I'm now playing on a Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro in KOA the has split pick-ups on 2 of the knobs and a phase shift on another knob. It came stock with Grover locking tuners, 5 way binding, CTS pots, and Pro Bucker pick-ups. Solid 1 piece neck. The Epiphone sounds and plays better than the stock Les Paul Studio I had back then but the one I had the active EMGs installed was just an ass kicker!!! Epiphone has come a long way with their newer custom and custom pro lines. From what I've heard some of the Epiphone Customs and Custom Pros are actually made in the Gibson Custom shop in China...Great video...

Thank you so much, as a aspiring guitar player I have ideas for new riffs constantly flowing in my head. But have no way of recording or remembering them. This has helped me genuinely so much, game changer video right here. 🙏

I've had the LTD KH603 guital for several years and never wanted to play anything else. LTD is awesome for the money for most players. I'd rather spend leftover cash for equipment.

No, apoligizing is a sign of wisdom 🦉

I’m super prejudiced against Epiphone. Not gonna lie. Not sure if I’ll get past that. Oh well.

Shector does sound a bit more dark and heavy

I had the PLEK fret work done on a Epiphone Les Paul Custom and it is amazingly smooth! It added $299, but the frets felt 10x better than the one I played in the store.

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I was lucky enough to purchase a 2008 Epiphone 59 Les Paul Standard 50th anniversary recently. Quite rare as only 1959 were made. It has Gibson hardware and the long-tenon neck. Great sustain and absolutely love the sound and feel of it. In my opinion, it is every bit as good as its overpriced counterpart. I think Epiphone really nailed it with this model and all for a quarter of the price.

guitar cost like 300 bucks to make

What about the ESP USA? I believe they’re handcrafted in California

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Isn’t it just a smaller version of the pod 2.0?

I will say, LTD (at least the “deluxe” or “1000” models) have made absolutely premium guitars for the money for a very long time. And, a lot of if not most of them have been manufactured in one of the finest guitar facilities in the world, in South Korea. South Korea is a higher wage, developed country with first-world employees and higher standards, whereas Epiphone has been and still is, made in China. I think that you’re going to get higher quality more consistently out of Korean craftsmanship than you would out of China, due to the elevated standards and higher wages. I recently got an LTD Phoenix 1000. It was $1,300 USD, and came with locking tuners, TonePros locking TOM, Ebony fretboard, Fishman Fluence Moderns, all gold hardware, and it’s just simply a well-built guitar, made in Korea. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with Epiphone, especially some of these new guitars they’re sending out. But I do think that the money usually goes further for an LTD in general than it does for an Epiphone.

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Barry Rules! Nice Rundown!

That Adam Jones Les Paul is a fair price. I like the fact they've finally started using the Gibson headstock...

All I know is this: Epiphone is about to drop the Les Paul Custom with the open book headstock for 1,500 or 1,600 hundred bucks!!! I cannot freaking wait are you kidding me?

Epiphone is still an outdated old style stuff whatever they try to do. You have much better options nowadays why still bother ourselves with this brand if just not for snobbery and laziness to step out of the got used to boring track?

I bought an Epiphone Les Paul Custom in silver burst and modded it myself to be a metal machine a la Adam Jones, Randy Rhoades, Zakk Wylde, Matt Heafy, Björn Gelotte, and many other metal guys who have used Les Pauls. Stock, it was a great instrument (honestly it just needed new pickups, I went the extra mile because I'm obsessive like that), but to be fair to everyone's thoughts here, I did have to try 5 different versions of the same model before I found a killer playing, resonant one I love.

Since 2020 Epiphone lines are now pro quality you can't compare them to the old ones...

if something is true about EPI Guitars is that we all learn how to have a level of appreciation for them is just a matter of time of finding the RIGHT Epiphone One in my case me owning both Custom versions for the Les Paul Black Beauty and the SG Black Beauty they are great for my Doommetal tones

admit it. your still a brand snob

I've always liked Epiphone. I agree that in the 90s Epiphone was seen as a want to be Gibson. However, with their Prophecy series and other guitars released as of late they are making it seem as though Epiphone has become serious.

Ever since the current Gibson ownership and leadership took over from Henry J, they have been doing a lot of great things. One of which is treating Epiphone as a more important brand than previous ownership. The "inspired by" series has been a positive thing and now with the inclusion of the Gibson open book headstock, that tells me they are really serious about elevating the brand in the minds of the market. Sure, they will continue making entry level instruments, but now the premium instruments from Epiphone won't be limited to just acoustics and jazz guitars. The specs on this recent Adam Jones addition are insane. There is some sticker shock, but the more you peel back the layers of the spec sheet, the more it makes sense. Its really being built as though it was made in the Gibson custom shop, except its made in China at a different plant. Has a long neck tenon, real mother of pearl inlays, Gibson and Seymour Duncan brand pickups, hand wired electronics, and so on. I couldn't resist it once I read more about it. And I own two Gibson Les Paul Customs (an '89 and a current era fixed bridge Axcess model).

There can't be that much difference in the solid mahogany or korina guitars with no maple cap aside of maybe one or two piece neck and bodies. The SG, V and Explorer are all perfect examples of this. Of course the hard ware is better on the Gibson or Fender both are to their Squire and Epiphone mid level budget instruments. That can be upgraded with out much financial damage.

I got a Slash goldtop, not because I am a big Slash fan, but, because it is the best Les Paul I ever played. Killer guitar. Period.