Epiphone ES 339 vs Epiphone Les Paul Standard

I compare and contrast these two great guitars!

[@p2warshipfc]

Very helpful clip Really helps with the decision making... The decision will be buying both of them...

[@tjstevens001]

I've just decided on my next guitar the 339

[@pedalheadgeardemos]

It’s an awesome guitar

[@njcranes]

Loved the vid but I'm no where closer to choosing one over the other. For me personally, I like the slightly darker tone of the LP but it's that heavy LP weight that pushes me towards the hollow body. Would love to hear a slow blues comparison

[@phillipholt6005]

I bought my 339 a few years ago and last year I bought the LP Muse with the chambered body. The 2 sound great.

[@HezelpowersOfficial]

does the 339 cause feedback when you put max gain??? i was thinking to buy one

[@pedalheadgeardemos]

Not really. I mean, if you turn an amp way up and stand close to it... probably. But that would be most guitars. This guitar doesn’t have the feedback issues that a 335 would have.

[@johnsenior2566]

Thank you

[@beccaanderson1287]

they say these guitars are versatile but I was hoping that included some clean hollow jazz sounds for a different mood

[@pedalheadgeardemos]

I have a full review of the 339 on my channel. Just go to videos and scroll around until you find it. It has plenty of clean tones.

[@mikemurdock7234]

I have an Epi ES-339 and I think it sounds better than even a Gibson Les Paul I owned. In this video, the neck pickup definitely sounds better on the 339. It sounds so much better clean too. In my opinion, the 339 is a Les Paul killer. It handles clean tones so much better and it has that sparkle and twang from a 335 that makes it ideal for playing country.

[@pedalheadgeardemos]

I agree. I just have a special place in my heart for my les paul. I've had it for over 20 years.

[@mikemurdock7234]

@@pedalheadgeardemos I wish I had that love and affection for a Les Paul. They were my dream guitar growing up, but have never found one that really suited me. Having back problems don't make it easier. It wasn't until I began playing an ES I realized they suited me better.

[@mazklassa9338]

Is the Les Paul the 50s heritage cherry?

[@pedalheadgeardemos]

No. I got this one back in 2000. This is the much sought after made in Korea epiphone les Paul. The 2020 standards, IMO, are a lot like these (besides the headstock design)

[@user-iw3dy6qd2d]

Thanks

[@phillipholt6005]

I'm not Bitchin that I have the 339 PRO with the original headstock. I also have the LP Muse with all the bells and whistles so I'm ALL SET.

[@icblundell60]

Guess I'm going to have to go over to the shop and give these bad boys a go. I don't have the greatest speakers so I dont really hear too much of a difference but I definitely prefer the aesthetic of the 339.

[@mylittlepalemoth]

I play modern metal on my epi es339.

[@timwhite5562]

Replace the ground wire that shunts the coil that gets shut off when you split the coils with a resistor, id start with a 1 or 1.5K. It'll make the coil splits into taps, and it won't be as thin as it is when you split them and they'll also retain a bit of hum cancellation. I do it with almost all my humbuckers. 95% of players use splits/taps to get a single coil tone, however i go the other way usually so when i use them it shuts off 25-40% of the coil. The way i do it makes it more of a "bright/full" type thing, but it works really well to get more of a single-coil tone. This is all PRS do for their coil taps.

[@pedalheadgeardemos]

sounds like an interesting mod. I've done all kinds of mods except that kind. we'll see.

[@timwhite5562]

@@pedalheadgeardemos It's a pretty simple one, just a coil split but using a resistor to ground it instead of a wire. You could use a pot/variable resistor to do a blend too. I have a PRS that i did both humbucker with 2 different taps like this: 1 that removed 75-80% to do the single coil thing, and the other 30% for the "bright/full." You have to do each on the other coil, so that first does the outside and the other does the inside coil.