Epiphone Les Paul Special II Electric Guitar 

Comments about Epiphone Les Paul Special II Electric Guitar:

Love this guitar, it looks,sounds,feels great. I'm very pleased with this purchase and the fast delivery.

Comments about Epiphone Les Paul Special II Electric Guitar:

great sound very lightweight

great value for the price

Comments about Epiphone Les Paul Special II Electric Guitar:

One of the best valued guitars I've seen period, there's not much more to say.

Comments about Epiphone Les Paul Special II Electric Guitar:

I bought this guitar from a stranger only because I wanted to have another guitar to play. What a shock it was to plug it in after having it set up by a professional! I do not know how this guitar was set up out of the box. It's a good idea to have a professional set up all your guitars so as to make them all that much more fun to play.

I've been playing guitar for 30 years now, and was about to stop playing before deciding to find some new guitars to rekindle my interest in playing guitar. I don't have an untrained ear when it comes to rock guitar so let me conclude this paragraph simply--this guitar is rock action.

The pickups are chunky, which is what humbuckers should be for rock folks. Distortion is wonderful for the old school hard sounds of Nirvana or the not as old school hard sounds of The Hellacopters.

When I play clean, I like the guitar to have a heavy bass sound to it. It really does sound fantastic on this guitar. The bridge pickup on clean tone sounds good, but please use some bass in your tone so as not to rip the ears off of people.

You could play jazz, blues, or metal, on this guitar pretty well. Why would you though! The guitar is Rock Action so play rock and roll, even the sleaziest rock you can find to play won't discourage this guitar.

My guitar is about five years old so I have not had scratchy tone/volume potentiometers or a scratchy input jack (the usual guitar problems in the world of Rock Action). The pick ups sound full and bright to this day.

The neck is thin, which is great. Enjoy it! It's very comfortable to play on this guitar's neck; and therefore, better to play faster than a person would think for something with Les Paul in the name. The fretboard is also just flat enough to make a person forget the arc of a Stratocaster, which is probably, as far as I can tell, the most difficult guitar to feel as though one is getting better at playing guitar. I do, of course, own a Stratocaster so don't think that I am talking out of school.

This guitar out-performs guitars well beyond its price range so buy a couple so as to have the proper "Rock Action" look while playing for the crowds.

All in all, if you want Rock Action, then I highly recommend this guitar to you. You could read endless reviews about X or Y guitar. I suggest, however, that you go find one and play it. That'll be the truest test of whether or not Rock Action is for you.

I give it 5 stars because the guitar does not pretend to be anything it isn't. It delivers on its promise. If I wanted to play jazz, then I wouldn't pick up this guitar first. No, Rock Action is the thought that comes to my mind when I see this guitar waiting for me.

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I got this guitar as a Christmas present (I picked it out) 15 years ago. I'm just now writing a review about it, lol. I forget whether it came from Musicians Friend or another (well known) catalog.

I've been playing guitar for 18 years now and I've majored in music in college. So I don't have a "newbie" ear. But let me tell you, this guitar sounds absolutely fantastic.

The pickups are fat and chunky, as humbuckers should be. It has a rip-roarin' sound with distortion, suitable for the old school Metallica I constantly played at the time. But they are also extremely versatile. On a clean channel, the neck and neck-bridge pickup positions sound AMAZING. I'm not exaggerating. It really does sound fantastic. The bridge pickup on clean tone does not sound bad, but bridge pickups generally sound "cheesy" clean tone, anyway.

You can play jazz (clean tone), blues (clean OR overdrive), metal (distortion), or classic rock or alternative (overdrive/distortion) on this guitar pretty much equally. I've played them all!

The hardware issues I've had (keep in mind I've had it for 15 years) are scratchy tone/volume potentiometers (normal to occur) and scratchy input jack (also normal to occur). Pickups sound strong and beefy as ever. The "G" tuner also sometimes "jumps" just slightly.

The neck is thinner than a Gibson Les Paul, which is fine by me, as "real" Les Pauls, to me, feel like I'm holding a baseball bat. I also like the feel of this neck better than my SRV Strat. It's very comfortable to play. And rather fast! The fretboard itself is also "flatter" than a Strat (which has more of an "arc" to it).

I think at the time I got this guitar as a gift (black finish, by the way) it was slightly more expensive. That said, it out-performs MOST guitars in its price range and MANY more expensive than it.

I do not remember how this guitar was setup out of the box. It's a good idea though to have a professional set it up, anyway. (Or a VERY knowledgable and experienced friend who KNOWS what they're doing!)

Oh, and the 22 frets are nice, too. :)

All in all, if this guitar is made as well now as it was 15 years ago, then I highly recommend it!

I give it 4 stars because it is better than "average," though obviously not better than or equal to a true 5-star guitar.

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I've had this guitar for about 3 years now, and nothing has gone wrong. I can get anything from an old Yellowcard sound to a new Green Day sound, it's just amazing for the price. The finish was unbelievable, even though I covered it in stickers. I would buy another one of these guitars in a heartbeat. Don't bother with Gibsons, this feels like one.

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A gift for my son...He loved it..

THank you so much...

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All in all for the price I'm very happy with this purchase.Fun to play and learn on

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Above all guitars Ive used, this it the best guitar ive ever played on. When I ordered it online here I needed a second hand guitar quicklyh for an upcomming show. But i didnt have the cash at the time to put towards another full scale. So as soon as I got it, It surprisingly played just as well as my epiphone les paul standard and had a surprisingly better feel. The half scale quality realy didnt matter either, but with the lack of craftsmenship and no pickguard, i knew i had to style it, so i ordered mine in Diamond white (limited edition paint job) and installed a gibson ES-335 pick guard on mine. So if you can get past the way it looks, it has basically everything you would ever want out of a les paul of any kind.

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This was my very first guitar purchased 6 years ago. I actually bought the package which came with a strap, picks, tuner, and a small 10 watt amp which sounds horrendous to say the least but all in all, it was for learning anyway.

Which I think is Epiphone's original intended purpose of this instrument anyway: A cheap, reliable, piece of wood with a bolt-on neck, some pickups, some simple wiring, 6 tuners with pegs, and just you and your hands. As such, this makes it wonderful for a initiate into the guitar playing realm to just focus on just that...playing. As such, I'd place it first and foremost as a learning guitar and maybe for practicing though it has other applications as well.

I've used it on occasions as a backup and though the pickups are a bit muddled and don't have the clear tone I may want sometimes, it gets the job done. Do be warned though: some of these contain fret buzz (mine didn't, fortunately enough!) and may not hold tune that well thus requiring tuning every now and again (the burden which mine faces) but for the price, there's just nothing better.

For those wanting to learn, look no further than this instrument though I may contest that there may be some better axes in or around the price range. After 6 years, it still plays wonderfully though in all honesty and humbleness, I'd say it's more influenced by the player than anything. I'm sure if I put this in Jeff Beck's hands, he could still make the guitar do exactly as he wants.

Check out other manufacturers as well if you'd like though I'd say for the price, there's no better buy than the Special II.