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Don't get me wrong, I don't mean the "fake LP" in a negative sense, they are fine guitars for the money as I stated. They are however fake in the sense that although they look almost exactly like Gibson LPs there are guitars out there for similar prices that IMO sound more like an authentic LP...

I consider the Epi Les Paul to be fakes, they're alright if you really can't afford anything better, but more Les Paul like tones can be had from similarly priced guitars of better quality that don't even look like a Les Paul. As for SGs vs. Les Pauls, I'm much more of an SG person myself, but...

What about dark and fast?

This forum is really going down hill, where you used to get some actual advice now you get a bunch of kids who've only played a few Les Pauls and all of them Epiphones claiming theyre almost as good as something they've never played. Outlaws may piss people off but someone needs to give a few...

There isn't much difference in wood or electronics? maybe if all mahogany is the same and all pickups are the same. There should be better quality wood on the Gibson (though not great, this is still lower end stuff here), and definitely better electronics as Gibson pickups are atleast bareable...

That is a damn cheap gibson, no where near the quality of a real Les Paul, but when compared to an Epi IMO it's definitely worth the extra $150. It will sound much better than the Epi simply because of the quality of the components/wood used.

What kind of guitar do you have now? If you wanted the biggest improvement in your tone it would most likely come from spending the 500 on a new amp and sticking with the guitar you have now. A good guitar through a bad amp sounds worse than a bad guitar through a good amp. Another option is...

Just to get away from the Tool thread, what is everyone's thoughts on the new Pearl Jam album? Personally I was extremely satisfied with the first 8 or 9 songs (it was a few hours ago that I listened to it). The last few, and in general the slower songs of the CD were pretty disappointing...

Mine always sounded dull, I like the sound of week old slinkies, and IMO the elixirs brand new are more dull sounding than that.

stop making fun of me! :p I know they wear out. It just never occured to me until now that maybe the Mesa tubes in there now are those that came with the amp 12 years ago...

I'm aware of this, there were tons of results when I searched some of this stuff, sadly it was a lot of opinion and not much fact. I actually have no idea which one is the inverter, it was my understanding it was always the first one... but I really dont know much about tubes at all. The amp...

So I've been reading up on tube changes (via the search function) and have come up with a couple questions I haven't found the answers to. 1. The first of the preamp tubes (the inverter) is supposed to wear out first from what I just read, but would it be practical to just swap say that and the...

The string guide is there to increase the angle that the string goes over the nut at. Most guitars have their headstocks angled backwards and don't need the string guide, but Fenders definitely need this. Without the string guide you should get a weaker sound since the string isn't tight down...

The two in the picture actually are the same, the one on the top is just flipped over, laying on the other side. Everyone holds the bar slightly different. I usually use my pinky and ring fingers to hold the bar while holding the pick normally. If I'm not mistaken I believe Steve Vai uses only...

heres one. Do you mean that its angled up towards you and a bit off the guitar when in playing position? If so, then its fine.

Thats a pretty cool idea. If you've got the money and feel like putting a guitar together that should be a lot of fun. What body style would you go with on the warmoth guitar though? SG I hope :cool:

I test them all unplugged first, most I don't bother to plug in afterwards. And just a side note: I haven't ever been impressed by Gibson pickups either, especially not those on an SG Standard, though they are still better then Epiphones, I'm just saying I'd replace them either way. I'm not...

Are the tuners plastic or just the tuning keys? Certainly the casing for the tuner and the gears couldnt be plastic. Please post a link.

Theres significant differences in Epiphones and Gibsons not counting the pickups. I always test guitars by playing them unplugged first, and I have never found an Epiphone that sounded as good as a Gibson, so to comment on Richards statement its definitely not just pickups. That is an important...

They're probably the BestBuy Gibson guitars, not real Gibsons.