The most METAL Les Paul of them ALL??! | Epiphone Matt Heafy Origins Les Paul Signature Model

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@edwardcullenhotass Жыл бұрын

The Heafy pickups are actually not supposed to be any different-sounding from the standard Moderns, Kyle. They've just got an extra single coil voicing and the gold squiggle, but Matt Heafy didn't want to mess with the tone of the Moderns for himself. That's why they're "Custom Series" rather than "Signature Series".

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

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@sparemers8380 Жыл бұрын

Also you can buy this set seperate from the guitar as well just an fyi for Kyle

@clintbrown9622 Жыл бұрын

@@sparemers8380 I believe originally you couldnt get these separate from the guitar, they kind of released them with the guitars?

@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875 Жыл бұрын

As much as I love Matt Heafy and having owned his previous Epiphone for a year,there's no better metal singlecut guitar than an ESP/LTD Eclipse. And I've tried basically every one out there too with the exception of boutique manufacturers

@clintbrown9622 Жыл бұрын

Yes the Eclipse guitars are nice. I debated on a 7 string version of them as well. I really think this Epiphone shows how if Gibson as a whole can take attention to detail and emphasize its importance. They could clear up all the recent years of quality issues. The guitar I received is flawless. Only problem I have are the pickups. I personally dont like active pick ups and will most likely change these, eventually.

@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875 Жыл бұрын

@Clint Brown yea man they are nice guitars no doubt. It's just that for me,the pickups keep me from wanting to pick one up. Although,I will say it is hard to ignore that at this price,it ginally comes with a hard case and locking tuners...two features that the previous model was definitely lacking. And I kinda agree on the pickups however I prefer EMGs over Fishman pickups but honestly I'd rather have Duncan's in it more than anything else. To me,Seymour Duncan's really can't be beat

@troyperkins9593 10 ай бұрын

I can’t argue. I also have an EC-1000 with Fishman moderns along with the Origins. Love both guitars.

@stell4rt 9 ай бұрын

You're comparing a 1000 $ guitar to Eclipses ? Aren't they like... 2500 $ ? It's like comparing a bugatti to a porsche, for a low price, you will have a hard time getting a better car than the porsche if you want to go fast, but of course if you're ready to pay 50 times the price, the bugatti will be way faster, is it worth it ? It depends what you're searching for but there is no comparison to be made.

@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875 9 ай бұрын

@jacksonVjs32t I like how you missed where I said LTD ECLIPSES, which people often call the EC-1000s. But nice try,bud.

@alexoday5224 9 ай бұрын

Just bought the black 7-string model. Absolutely love it.

@sb632 Жыл бұрын

Great vid as always. I will say in standard tuning where I felt the 5150 was not a good fit with the guitar. The mesa filled out the tone everywhere and it sounded massive. When you say the neck is the thinnest, is there a neck shape you could compare it to thickness wise from any of the other brands? I think for 1100 these are a bargain. The features and the fact that you get a hardcase included in that price really make it stand out compared to pretty much every other guitar in that price range.

@jasonbates2687 Жыл бұрын

I also have a Prophecy, mine is a 2015 swirly black. I bought it used on Reverb and the previous owner installed Fishman moderns in place of the EMGs and locking tuners. I got a killer deal and it's a screamer.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@MrEvil666maiden Жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of classic and simple guitars so this is definitely one that I'm saving for. Ibanez RG, and Jackson Is what I grew up with. But i love Single cut's too 😂

@Blitzkrieg.u812 Жыл бұрын

That rectifier,,,that guitar.... DAM DUDE!!! That was sick!!!

@MeTuLHeD Жыл бұрын

Ooooo...that guitar and The Rectifier...a synergistic match made in metal heaven!

@needsLITHIUM Жыл бұрын

in this case, it's probably because Matt Heafy plays 6505+/6534+/Dual Rectifier amps, and the 5150/6505 and Recto were both originally based on the Soldano SLO circuit.

@troyperkins9593 Жыл бұрын

I have this same guitar. I love it! It sounds great, I also enjoy the neck carve. Super easy to play! 🤘🏼🤘🏼

@juha7261 10 ай бұрын

@troyperkins9593 9 ай бұрын

@@juha7261 I haven’t had that issue. Mine was set up and gone through out of the box by my local guitar shop though. If there were any issues there’s a chance they took care of it before I got my hands on it.

@istvankovacs7886 Жыл бұрын

Nice guitar kyle, happy new years for you

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@captainflamson Жыл бұрын

Green is gold Mitch, I want it all! Happy New Year!🤘

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@129studio8 Жыл бұрын

Definitely wanna see more vids on guitars!🤘

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@tbirdpunk Жыл бұрын

I'm just glad they finally got a decent looking headstock on the Epi's.

@edwardcullenhotass Жыл бұрын

I like it better on Custom-style Les Pauls. I have an Epi 1959 Standard, and I've never liked the headstock, TBH. To me, it just looks gigantic next to my Gibson. Kinda like a paddle, LOL.

@amandahuginkiss6868 Жыл бұрын

I have an Epi SG in Korina, with the older mandolin style headstock. It's the only thing I don't like about it.

@vincebu6441 Жыл бұрын

Bigtime!! The older headstock looked like the corners were hacksawed by a 10yr old.. horrible design!! Now epiphones look much more pro level and respectable..

@2wheelsnsunset Жыл бұрын

Hey Kyle. I’ve been enjoying your videos a lot for a while. Gotta say I love how your palm mute swell/chugs sound with the pick attack down soo good with all the tones you try. I’m pretty new at playing and I just got a Marshall jcm2000 tsl and looking for a OD or boost/distortion pedal to put in front. What pedal off the top of your head would you put in front of that head that might compliment that Sound i mentioned?

@jonathanm9069 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year Kyle! 🎉🎉🎉

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@yeti1002 Жыл бұрын

I like it very much , I'll take one home ..... Nice metal guitar. Nice demo Kyle 👍😊👍 sounds brutal on the recto . Chug for days.

@tjcollick6674 6 ай бұрын

First time here because I want that guitar. You play how I want to play just chugging and having a time!

@retrocny5625 Жыл бұрын

That recto sounded fucking gnarly, good lord. I am NOT a recto guy, when you drop tuned the guitar, that thing came alive and ripped my head off. I'd die content if that was the only amp I could use for the rest of my days.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@jasoncrump1886 Жыл бұрын

Man I had the epiphone les Paul prophecy loaded with emg 85 81 and that guitar is a beast . I sold it to a friend and regret it but I still get to play it some. I think they are putting the fishmans in em now . That thing played better than any Gibson I had played before and I've played a few. Got a buddy that has a really old early les Paul and the prophecy was heavier in weight than the old Gibson and it shocked us so be ready for the weight it's pretty heavy guitar but also heavy sounding.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@MeTuLHeD Жыл бұрын

You're right. Both Prophecy models come with Fishman pickups these days. Flavor of the day for now.

@davemarriott9332 Жыл бұрын

I didn't like the tone until you moved to the Rectifier and the EngL. 5150 sounded so muddy. Thanks for the review. It pretty much changed my mind on what I'm getting ready to buy.

@NakedChickfilaFightClub 9 ай бұрын

Cool video! I know nothing really about guitars and have wanted to get into riffing/metalcore so I picked up one of these in ebony as my first ever guitar haha. I haven’t tried many guitars, but I HATE the way strats feel and look with a passion, but this LP feels natural to me? Not sure why

@vincebu6441 Жыл бұрын

Emgs still rule but it's nice to have alternatives.. Thin necks can mean tuning instability too unless the neck has reinforcement like carbon or if it's a multi piece neck. If it's not reinforced I'll take a 50s-60s neck profile any day!!!

@timothyjerry1177 Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a first run MKH EP that had 81-85 emg’s. I had fishman will adlers put in and love it more.

@stug5041 6 ай бұрын

Heafy’s pups are literally just fluence moderns with a single coil voice added - if you’re hearing “high end roll off” I imagine it’s either the shorter scale length of the guitar or a placebo

@lowtonezf104 Жыл бұрын

Bad ass axe. I like how modded it looks. Still classic, like a restomod

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@dpark551 Жыл бұрын

I own this guitar. I enjoy it a lot. I do find the single coil pickup option to be very noisy, so I rarely use it. I do like keeping the bridge pickup in the active mode, and the neck pickup in the passive mode. Keeps the neck pickup a lot more smooth sounding, and when you combine the bridge and neck pickups in the middle position, it sounds super fat. Overall, it's a great guitar. I highly recommend it to anyone itching to buy it. Only thing I hated about it was that stupid plastic wrapped around the pickups. I don't know what the idea with that was lol.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@juha7261 10 ай бұрын

I got mine a week ago and today I started removing protective plastics from pickups and noticed that pickups were wrong positions from the factory. Fluence Ceramic was in the neck (should be a bridge) and Fluence Alnico was a bridge (should be in neck). Have you faced the same issue or someone else... "Only thing I hated about it was that stupid plastic wrapped around the pickups"...Yes, why there been wrapped all the way around. Takes some time to remove.

@Ouzo66 8 ай бұрын

@@juha7261 how did you know that the pickups were reversed???😮😮 Thanks

@juha7261 8 ай бұрын

@@Ouzo66 I checked the Fishman Fluid wiring diagram. Anyways...I think it sounded better when pickups were wrong position? Have to do some testing in the future. Pickups are with plugs, no soldering is needed.

@Ouzo66 8 ай бұрын

@@juha7261 aaaaa ok i got it

@jasoncrump1886 Жыл бұрын

Keith Merrows signature fishmans are awesome too . I got em in a km6 schecter. They are active but feel like passive pups in a weird way. They are nice pickups .

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@Theenragedone Жыл бұрын

"Keith Merrows signature fishmans are awesome too . I got em in a km6 schecter. They are active but feel like passive pups in a weird way. They are nice pickups ." The KM pick ups are really strong if you want low to mid output pick ups, and you are running them through high gain amps like 5150s, Mesa Rec's Engls, the MT15, and such. I've had a KM7 MKIII for a couple of years now. If you want high output pick ups the KM pick ups are not ideal.

@Joe-vc3cc Жыл бұрын

I didn’t like the Fishmans at first but after dialling them in it made my EMGs sound like mud. Going between the 2 is crazy. Don’t get me wrong the EMGs still have their place but the Fishmans moved up a notch in my book. Cool vid man.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@felinekaiju4517 Жыл бұрын

Without a doubt.I still love EMG's for the downtuned compressed, 90's deathmetal tones and sludge metal. Althiugh the X series and retro active pickups are pretty cool. Although I'm tossing up between the Keith Merrow or Devin Townsend Fluence pickups.

@Joe-vc3cc Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard the KM sound all kinds of awesome 😈😈😈

@shanewilfon6860 Жыл бұрын

I hope u go to namm would love to see ur take on new gear love ur channel 💗

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@t_separator Жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with the maple top on a les paul 10:14

@andrewbecker3700 Жыл бұрын

I believe they're weight releived and 25.5 inch scale. All the Inspired by Gibson line of Epiphones have maple caps, except the customs obviously.

@toblessedtobestressed9107 Жыл бұрын

Damn!! That Recto was crushing!!

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@TheMeyekulBayrd Жыл бұрын

Love my MKH Origins. Did yours show up with all the knobs bent and crooked? That's really my only complaint so far.

@mercilessforever Жыл бұрын

This is one of the signatures I would actually play a lot. Or a fan of other peoples setups, but it really has all the features I would play myself (although I haven’t tried fishmans, just 81/85’s) on my eclipse. It also doesn’t scream “somebody else’s” guitar.👍

@rmpunk99 5 ай бұрын

That’s what I love about his models and with Jim Root’s. They’re super versatile and don’t scream Trivium or Slipknot so people who don’t know or don’t like those bands can still get it.

@Andrew_182 Жыл бұрын

Cool guitar, and love MKH/Trivium, but comparing it to the competition (mainly the ec1000) I think it falls short. EC1000s have the stainless extra jumbo frets you mentioned, which is the obvious plus. But they have better neck carves imo, and theres more variety of pickup options from various SDs, to various fishmans, to EMGs. There's also multiple bridge options from ToM to Floyds to Evertunes. And while I'm not someone who will turn my nose up at a guitar because of it's place of origin (I have a Chinese made Epi 335 that I love), the fact is the Korea QC is just waaaaaay more consistent. I know theres the artist tax and all, but all things considered I think this one is just too much when you can get an EC1000 for similar money.

@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875 Жыл бұрын

Man the playability on the ECs really can't be beat.

@TheMeyekulBayrd Жыл бұрын

Hit send a little quick there. I think the build quality is on par with Gibson USA. The price is a little high even with the build spec when you compare it to the prophecy model but is still better than buying a Gibson Studio or Tribute.

@21stcenturymetal31 Жыл бұрын

It’s basically a prophecy. Which are killer especially the V

@SpaceAceScott Жыл бұрын

I like it. But do u think it's better than the Prophecy Red Tiger Aged Gloss that has 24 frets and also has a belly cut! And I know the Fishman pickups in the Red Tiger Prophecy are different than what's in the Origins models. Just curious if anyone has had a chance to compare those two models and I'm looking for any input. Also undecided on the color bc the ebony and bone white are both sweet looking! Prophecy or Origins? And if Origins....which color?

@KevinTheMetalhead Жыл бұрын

Nice! One correction, you can actually buy the Matt Heafy Fishmans separately.

@Paul_Lenard_Ewing Жыл бұрын

THANX ...see ya next year 😇

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@rajeshwaghade6923 10 ай бұрын

I am thinking of buying this but not sure on ABR-1 will maintain the intonation for drop C, drop D tuning ? Please suggest how is your experience those who own this specifically for drop tunings ?

@thunderstruck507 Жыл бұрын

I have the original signature with the axxcess heal and it is a phononinal LP.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@NitroCigarette 11 ай бұрын

If I wanted to replace the humbucker rings with white ones, which should I get?

@salimburgia8646 Жыл бұрын

When r u getting the Marshall Mode Four solid state amp?

@TheMerc1950 Жыл бұрын

The only thing missing is body contouring. But damn, hell of a spec'd guitar for the $$

@jerrylogan2562 6 ай бұрын

I personally don't have any of the problems as you noted..maybe why Sweetwater "gave" it yoy?

@09Kingpeter Жыл бұрын

Would anyone please be able to tell me the weight of this guitar? I am interested in getting one but not if its too heavy (like my Gibson les paul) Thank you!

@samuelfuentes824 Жыл бұрын

Tuning Stability is 10/10?

@takesteadyaim88 20 күн бұрын

the 7:35 mark had me dying hahahaha

@robertcarey3383 Жыл бұрын

Really like the neck joint and pick-up's , lack of stainless frets is the only drawback.

@gkswift1999 Жыл бұрын

I would have to differ with you there. The stainless, although adding a seriously extra bright tone, that tone can be annoying especially to sound man, but those stainless frets also hurt like a mother! When you play as a working musician, it doesn't get any better. The stainless fritz make you wind up leaving the guitar in the stand as a backup instead of having it as your main guitar.

@gkswift1999 Жыл бұрын

The stainless, although adding a seriously extra bright tone, that tone can be annoying especially to sound man, but those stainless frets also hurt like a mother! When you play as a working musician, it doesn't get any better. The stainless fritz make you wind up leaving the guitar in the stand as a backup instead of having it as your main guitar.

@beefnacos6258 Жыл бұрын

@@gkswift1999 I agree with you and I feel like nobody's discussing this. Also I have guitars that are 30 years old with the original frets on them I seriously do not see the big over hype with stainless steel frets.... I mean if people like them that's cool but I agree with you all of my high dollar guitars have stainless steel frets and they actually are just sitting in the corner......oh the irony

@gerard2206 9 ай бұрын

What is the width or depth of the body?

@bucketfeet5567 Жыл бұрын

Bought this new and unfortunately the binding was sooo bad I had to return it. Tool marks all over the place, the binding stripe varied from 2 to 4 stripes all over wavy... Was really bummed

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@adriankurt1872 Жыл бұрын

Gibson never put maple top's on to get a brighter sound. That belongs to the realm of myths and legends they did it cause a thicker mahogany body is 1# more expensive and 2# maple (depends on the origin) is softer so the cutting tools meaning cnc bits etc stay sharper for longer wich is also a cost cutting thing.

@MXP250 Жыл бұрын

“Maybe that will inspire me to learn the guitar”. That’s a t-shirt.

@clintbrown9622 Жыл бұрын

Uh ABR-1 and Nashville style? Isnt the only difference that the ABR-1 goes into the body and the Nashville uses post holes? And I am certain this guitar has nashville style or Import style. Its a tune o matic. I have multiple guitars with tune o matic bridges on them and If set up properly you can tune as far down as drop G maybe even drop F with heavier gauge strings and the proper set up. I have the 7 string of this and its amazing!

@mattjackson4239 Жыл бұрын

"one fret has popped up" in the words of lemongrab, "this is unacceptable"

@austinwilson3395 Жыл бұрын

If you fix the fret use a very small amount of liquid super glue, wood glue won’t make its way down in there. And side note you should make a video comparing some of your esp and ltd eclipses to your Gibson les Pauls

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@beefnacos6258 Жыл бұрын

LTD cannot compare to actually ESP or Gibson. There's your video

@briancooke5532 9 ай бұрын

HAHA I have no business on the upper frets as well, I prefer brutal riffs!

@MadAlhazred Жыл бұрын

That guitar probably should have been sold as a factory 2nd.

@scottanderson4175 Жыл бұрын

Is that different than the Prophecy Les Paul 😐 Sweetwater has the Prophecy Les Paul on sale for $699

@mcchurch118 Жыл бұрын

I think if they added some luminlay side dots I would be all in. There are so many guitars around that price point that have those and stainless steel frets but it is still killer 🤘🔥🔥🤘

@iwilrage Жыл бұрын

Glue on the neck...so much for the 55 point inspection...or does that mean they just look at it....does 55 point mean they fix what they find?...nope

@willmcwithey6796 Жыл бұрын

Nice axe.

@resington Жыл бұрын

There's just something about a Les paul for rhythm tones man. Recording, it just gives everything, better than any other style guitar.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@BrandonVoorhees Жыл бұрын

I've had guitars come in the shop after Sweetwater's "55 point inspection" and literally not work at all.

@beefnacos6258 Жыл бұрын

Wow finally somebody said something about this. I've said it to people before and I'll say it again but obviously you know better...... The whole 55 point inspection thing from Sweetwater is clearly a marketing tool. Do people realize how much gear they get every single day and sell every single day? If somebody actually thinks that they took that guitar out of the box picked it up and actually spent some time with it inspecting it they are absolutely delusional. These companies simply do not have the time to do that it's impossible. And it's hilarious that it seems like 90% of the people that shop at Sweetwater actually believe that the 55 point inspection is real. I ordered an e n g l fireball 25 head... When it came to me it had things and Nick's on it and when I looked in the inside it was just bad... It looked like they just slapped it together and rushed it out of the factory. German engineering huh. Anyway I instantly returned it but that was the day I realized the 55 point inspection thing was clearly a marketing tool

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@D14V0R05 Жыл бұрын

I'd say the most metal "Les Paul" is the Ltd EC-1000 Baritone.

@belligerentamateur Жыл бұрын

that's not a Les Paul though

@D14V0R05 Жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateur That's why I put the quotations!

@JFields718 Жыл бұрын

Single cut

@Noshimonoriku Жыл бұрын

You can buy the pickups by themselves. They're available everywhere... Including Sweetwater The knobs activate the Passive tone and Single Coil voicings for each pickup. Haha Maybe, watch some other reviews before reviewing. The pickups are just Moderns with a Single Coil voice. 😘

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@bradkillingsworth4137 Жыл бұрын

Sounds best on the Mesa. Hands down just nasty

@johnaranjo2059 Жыл бұрын

People still use lp for metal?

@belligerentamateur Жыл бұрын

fucking edgy BROTHER

@jconner3891 Жыл бұрын

What?

@guitarlair Жыл бұрын

I bought an Epiphone LP Prophecy Jerry Cantrell a few days ago, I loved the guitar when I first tested it at the store.. once I brought it home and started trying new tunings and playing other things like solos then I got so disappointed...The intonation on that guitar was terrible, the guitar was in tune but would't sound right moving past the 12th fret.. that was a huge turn off.. I took it back to the store and tested a few other guitars, Charvels, Fenders and Gibsons.. I returned the Epiphone and got a Fender American instead because I already own a Gibson.. I'm never making this mistake again... run from Epiphones ppl.. save more money for a PRS or a Gibson, it's worth it.

@beastlybeast2716 Жыл бұрын

Bruh… you said you changed your tunings…. Of course the thing is gonna need to be intonated. All you have to do is turn a screwdriver a couple of times. With that said I have definitely experienced what you’re describing… in fact I’ve experienced that with almost every guitar I’ve ever bought. Setup was never good out of the box for me. Probably because I live in a humid environment

@guitarlair Жыл бұрын

@@beastlybeast2716 buddy, I know how to set up a guitar lol that shit needs to be re-freted... I don't want to spend 1600 bucks on a guitar to bring it home and then have to spend another 200 to fix it. I bought a Fender American Performer instead for a couple hundreds more and that's the best decision I made at that moment, I'm loving it, the guitar plays better than my Gibson.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@beastlybeast2716 Жыл бұрын

@@guitarlair Oh ugh re-fretted is different. That is be a pain. But a complete refret out of the box is weird.

@guitarlair Жыл бұрын

@@beastlybeast2716 that's because we're always rushing trying out guitars in stores... lesson learned, if I have good gear idgaf, I'll ask them to try the guitar with similar gear and I'll take my time with it to learn all the aspects of that guitar.

@fearlesstrooper8536 Жыл бұрын

Hey Kyle....I like your videos and this guitar....but I'm not really in gold hardware. I don't like it 🙄

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@jonathanm9069 Жыл бұрын

I like Matt Heafy and Trivium by the way, and the guitar seems great, but first thing I would do is change those ugly ass knobs.

@tbirdpunk Жыл бұрын

Gold speed knobs would look yum.

@JohnWiku Жыл бұрын

They aren't ugly per se, I agree that they don't look like they should be there, just doesn't look right

@gkswift1999 Жыл бұрын

Right? Exactly! And no top hats either, you could get away with a set of white speed knobs that have the gold or black inset numbers

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@I-HAVE-A-BOMB 7 ай бұрын

Buddy, nickel is insanely more durable than steel lol its like comparing copper to steel.

@icantdraw4776 Ай бұрын

Well yeah, but No. Take any Cort guitar, with higher specs, it will cost half the price with better quality. And having Nickel frets, seriously? Sounds like disaster to me. This guitar isn’t bad, it’s lower than average. For the money you can get a way better instrument.

@REDDRAGON666ful Жыл бұрын

It only has 6 strings though, Matt plays 7 strings for quite a while now!

@belligerentamateur Жыл бұрын

he plays both

@morellasgeorgios8449 Жыл бұрын

@@belligerentamateuryou should know that epiphone actually puts full thickness tops for years now even on cheaper models. Also I don't really believe it is the top wood that does something for the brightness. I attribute it more on the metal difference on gibson vs cheaper guitars. A lot of all mahogany guitars can be super bright. Remeber yamaha putting a brass block under the bridge of the sg2000? You can adjust a lot of things regardless of wood. Just check outetal differences on floyd rose bridges, ibanez edge ect. Tremolo blocks on strats. From cheap zinc to ultra expensive titanium. Now for a thin bright sounding guitar zinc can work better in principle. In the end...you chose but the amp cuts everything above 4khz and below 150 or higher way before the speakers. Helps like boosting and not oscillating and avoid a lot of problems inside the amp. What you hear as treble is overtones produced by the clipping on tubes from a lot of lower frequencies and are called harmonics, multiples of those frequencies. so something around 500 hz will produce 1000, 2000, 4000 hz after 4 gain stages. And it is something you won't like even for standard thrash playing...it js tiresome. Bottom line if a guitar works, leave it be!

@srh361 Жыл бұрын

I can't purchase anything made in China! Epiphone may be good but being made in China I'll pass!

@beefnacos6258 Жыл бұрын

I hate to be a snob man but I don't think Epiphone was ever good. I saw an expensive one with a cracked neck at guitar center and the inside wood literally look like it was made with plywood. Garbage instruments

@srh361 Жыл бұрын

@@beefnacos6258 OH I know, I seen one of those Bonamassa Les Paul customs , I believe it was a 55 but not entirely sure, at a guitar store and the bridge was leaning so bad from poor installation that there was no way it could be adjusted. I talked to the salesman about it and he was telling me that a lot of the Bonamassa guitars were messed up in some way or another and that he noticed a trend with those guitars that a lot of the people buying them weren't guitar players but Bonamassa fans that didn't know much about guitar.

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@thomastucker5686 10 ай бұрын

I find it weird to make excuses for this guitar and blaming it on shipping. I have purchased guitars delivered to me when it was -20F and I don't open the box for 3 days, but the guitars didn't have this issue. Epiphone is putting out cheap chinese crap. For the cost, I think Schecter is the better guitar. That said, I love the neck dimensions. If Gibson put out a guitar with the same neck dimensions, I would drop 3k on it. I would also not accept the smallest flaw at that price point.

@belligerentamateur 10 ай бұрын

I didn't blame.it on shipping, I blamed it on weather when sitting in a warehouse for months before being sent. Your guitars change with the seasons, I guarantee it.

@thomastucker5686 10 ай бұрын

@@belligerentamateur "when it was on it's way to me" is what I call shipping. Sorry I misinterpreted your intentions.

@Bronco2Cj 10 ай бұрын

@@belligerentamateur The Epiphone Les Paul Custom vs The epiphone Les Paul Custom Matt Heafy edition, which is the better guitar?

@belligerentamateur 10 ай бұрын

@@Bronco2Cj better is definitely subjective, obviously the Heafy comes with premium parts like upgraded pickups and locking tuners, but it's really up to you to decide which one you like better with the neck profile.

@ronaldjosephweech2444 2 ай бұрын

maybe you should learn how to play guitar ... hahaha. you are a killer guitar player, bro. i got the joke. ;)

@shakeyoulikehaiti Жыл бұрын

There were times where this felt like a review and times where there's definitely felt like an advertisement. That locking tuner segment felt really forced lol.

@jollyradtv9941 Жыл бұрын

I never understood why Epiphone can't make the headstock exactly like Gibson? The Les Paul guitar body, there is no difference visually between a Gibson vs Epiphone, then why not the headstock?! Everyone will buy Epiphone if the headstock was the same. That Epiphone headstock is always in the way even these are now far better than before but still not enough!

@markolivares6943 Жыл бұрын

Nice guitar but the heel cutaway, thin neck and fisherman pickups really ruin the guitar.

@shanewilfon6860 Жыл бұрын

Epiphone is garbage bought one and took it back. Horrible fretwork and quality control

@terhilewisdom Жыл бұрын

@tbirdpunk Жыл бұрын

Same can be said of Gibson at various points in history. I had an ES-335 Epi that was flawless. Can't say that every single one off the line was the same way.

@jjgson69 Жыл бұрын

I'm a huge Les Paul guy, and as much as I'd like to buy one of the new Epi's, I just can't bring myself to buy a Chinese made guitar or amp. I even have a hard time with Indonesian or Mexican. Sorry but I can't support what goes on in those countries....

@tommymann6182 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely right. I went right to the Sweetwater site to check this one out, saw that label on the back of the headstock and was like: NOPE.

@beefnacos6258 Жыл бұрын

I feel you. I'm a huge fan of Mexican made guitars though. I can't speak upon the newer fender models but upon the older fender models I see very little difference in quality between USA and Mexico. Also for the kind of music I play the Mexican electronics work better for me than the USA electronics. That's a pretty unpopular opinion. Anyway though when it comes to Gibson versus Epiphone I totally agree I guess I'm a head stock snob but I just can't fathom these prices on Chinese made guitars. It's actually quite comical and I feel like most people that are buying these instruments are suckers. Have you ever seen that Jackson Gus model? It's like 1500 bucks or something like that and it's made in China 😂

@beefnacos6258 Жыл бұрын

@@tommymann6182 if you pay attention a lot of companies are starting to hide the made in China pictures on the back of the headstock

@SilentNightBodomNight Жыл бұрын

But yet you’ll use other products such as your cellphone, laptop, tv, etc that are likely manufactured in those countries? Lol! Ok bud…

@ivanzivanovic4013 Жыл бұрын

For real man, I think the world is changed from the previous years. And as somebody else has already stated, you’re gonna have to stop using most of, like everything that is around you. Because “those “countries constitute majority of the imports coming into literally everywhere around the world.