Maybe Consider Renaming the Les Paul ModernĬonsidering all this, the naming convention of the LP Modern is strange. With coil-splitting engaged, it sounds Stratocaster-esque.
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That'll give you the full effect of both humbuckers, which sounds really good.įor cleaner tones, this guitar handles well on both pickups, and gives you a lot of different sounds to tinker with when you incorporate the coil-splitting feature. For heavier tones, we'd recommend the middle pickup position without coil tapping. We found higher notes to be a little bluesier, with a lot of definition coining out of pick scrapes and right hand movement. The LP Modern has some nice sustain and really bright harmonics, which could be another feature of the lighter body design. It can definitely sound heavy, but isn't more modern than the Les Paul Custom that we already really like. With some tweaking this guitar was really similar to the Les Paul Custom, which is what got it on this list. When we tested it with some heavier sounds and high-gain distortion pedals, it didn't seem quite as punchy as more modernized guitars like PRS or Ibanez. It sounds good, but we wouldn't consider it distinctly modern. If you listen to the Musicians Friend demo below, you'll hear the vintage tone pretty clearly: More Vintage Tone?įor the "Modern" title, we actually found this guitar to be fairly vintage in its tonal lean. Otherwise, the electronics are pretty much the same. We also noticed that the CPS brand is not mentioned in the description of the potentiometers, which leads us to believe they're provided by a different company, perhaps for the push-pull functionality. It also uses the same pickup combination as the Les Paul Custom - the ProBucker 2 and ProBucker 3 - but with coil-tapping enabled, giving you some additional flexibility. Though we noticed that it loses some of the "punchiness" in its tone, which is probably a result of said weight relief. It feels more like a "typical" guitar in regards to how weight is distributed. Differences Between the Modern and Customįirst, the Modern has some additional weight relief in the body, which makes it less cumbersome to play standing up. There are only a handful of technical differences between the Les Paul Modern and the two other Epiphone LPs we've tested. Most modern styles, heavy metal, classic rock, and even blues guitarists are great candidates for the Epiphone Custom. Ideal UserĪt under $700 retail it's an intermediate-friendly electric guitar that could also be helpful to semi-professionals or those who want a cheap gigging axe. Even in the new lighter models, the body feels much heavier than the neck, like it wants to hang from the strap with the body lower than you might want.īut it's a small problem, and you'll get used to the weight distribution after awhile. If you're used to other electric guitar designs, it might take you awhile to get used to the weight distribution of a Les Paul. It's certainly a guitar that plays faster, with the SlimTaper neck design and 22 jumbo frets. In that respect, even with the cheaper pickups, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom can handle a wide range of sounds and styles without much limitation. You get the same brassy, kind of high-end chime on the upper register of the fretboard, along with the percussive, chunky rhythms on the lower notes. Having said that, the tone of the Epiphone Les Paul Custom is still quite good. They're a high-end product that Gibson reserves for their nicer instruments. These are actually built by a third-party called CTS, a fairly large-scale manufacturing company:Īs you can tell, it would be much pricier to put these pickups in any guitar. PotentiometersĪnother part of the Custom that isn't stock, but falls more in the electronics category, would be the potentiometers. They're actually Grover® Rotomatic® 18:1 tuning machines in the Custom, which gives you some high-end hardware, and an uptick in value. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does mean you're getting cheaper, mass-produced hardware that allows Epiphone to bring down the price of their guitar.Īlthough one important note about the tuning heads: Stock PartsĮpiphone uses the following stock parts on the Custom: The primary differences between the Gibson and Epiphone version of the Custom are going to be in the parts used. Epiphone's version of the Custom does a good job of capturing the aesthetics and menacing look of the Gibson version, right down to the gold hardware and split diamond inlay on the headstock.
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