
tubedude
New member
Some of you know I've been looking at Epi Les Pauls, but I found a real Les Paul, but its the Menace version, all black without any kind ofbindings or cosmetic niceties except for some weird tribal grooving and a brass fist inlay at the 5th fret, for $625 locally with hard shell case and its in perfect shape. From the appearance of the frets, its hardly been played and they seem like a pretty new line anyway.
It didnt play quite right so I snuck it in the back and dropped the action down on it and then it played much better. I figure a real Les Paul, even an unusual and toned down version of it, will be better than the Epi. Decent pickups and tuners. I think I may buy it tomorrow.
It has brass poles on the pickups though, they are calling them "smokey coil" 490r's. Wonder if they actually sound any different than regualr 490R's.
Whats the word on these?
It didnt play quite right so I snuck it in the back and dropped the action down on it and then it played much better. I figure a real Les Paul, even an unusual and toned down version of it, will be better than the Epi. Decent pickups and tuners. I think I may buy it tomorrow.
It has brass poles on the pickups though, they are calling them "smokey coil" 490r's. Wonder if they actually sound any different than regualr 490R's.
Whats the word on these?