What is an Epiphone Special?

What is an Epiphone Special?

The Epiphone Les Paul Special is part of Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson Collection and is designed to recreate the sound of the rare single cutaway 1950s era Gibson Les Paul Special.

Is Epiphone Special II good?

With overall pretty good hardware and construction for a budget guitar, and a mahogany body consistent with the original Les Paul’s design, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Overall, I give this guitar a rating of 4 out of 5.

Is a Les Paul Special a good guitar?

This is just a monster guitar. It is like the Gibson Telecaster. Just simple plain piece of wood, but just so great to play, and unplugged sounds amazing, very resonant and loud. Love the neck profile (very similar to the Traditional) but for some reason, this guitar is even easier to play.

Can an Epiphone be as good as a Gibson?

If you picked up a US-made Gibson and compared it to an Epiphone then you would probably notice a difference. The quality, setup and finish on a Gibson will almost always be superior. However, today’s mass-produced guitars are far better than those made a few decades ago.

What is the difference between a Gibson Les Paul and an Epiphone Les Paul?

Their tops are solid maple, while Epiphone uses a thinner sheet of maple and often combines veneer into their guitars. In the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson uses Burstbucker pickups; while Epiphone does use quality pickups. They do not match the overall clarity, tonal quality, and depth that the Gibson pickups produce.

Who played a Les Paul Special?

The Special’s two P-90 pickups offered an alternative to humbuckers that was preferred by such influential guitarists as Carlos Santana (who played an SG Special as well as a Les Paul Special) and Pete Townshend (who played an SG Special before switching to Les Paul Deluxes).

What pickups are in Epiphone Special II?

Epiphone Les Paul Special II Tones The neck pickup is an Epiphone 650R humbucker and the bridge pickup is an Epiphone 700T humbucker. These pickups allow you to create all of the classic Gibson Les Paul style sounds. You can create many different tones with this guitar.

Who played Gibson guitars?

Here are five musicians who immortalised Gibson in music history.

• BB King. BB King receives a cut-out of his Gibson Lucille as a birthday gift (AFP)
• Elvis Presley. “The King of Rock and Roll” Elvis Presley used Gibson acoustic guitars.
• Jimmy Page.
• Angus Young.
• Slash.

Why are Epiphones cheaper than Gibsons?

Epiphone Les Paul’s are foreign built. This is the main reason behind the price tag difference between the Epiphone LP and the Gibson LP. By not being setup in the United States, Epiphone guitars are comprised of cheaper quality materials and cheaper labor.

Who uses Epiphone guitars?

10 Of The Most Influential Epiphone Players

• Joe Pass.
• Noel Gallagher (Oasis/Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds)
• Gary Clark Jr.
• Nick Valensi (The Strokes)
• Lee Malia (Bring Me The Horizon)
• Paul Weller (The Jam/The Style Council/Solo)
• Tom Delonge (Blink 182/Angels & Airwaves)
• Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna)

When did Gibson guitars go bad?

Most people point the decline of Gibson as having started around 2006 and this seems roughly correct to me. What this means is that there are known, endorsed guitarists touring the world right now who have never played guitar in an era where Gibson was good and that just kind of sucks for Gibson.

What Les Paul did Bob Marley play?

1970s Gibson Les Paul Special Bob Marley owned just a couple of guitars; some say five, some say seven He’s mostly known for playing his brown colored Les Paul Special. This is reported to be Bob’s favorite electric guitar, used extensively throughout his career.

Are there any Epiphones that look like Gibsons?

The Inspired By Gibson Collections—announced today—will follow Gibson’s lineup restructuring from last year. Epiphone’s streamlined offerings will go nearly model-for-model with Gibson’s, offering less-expensive, foreign-made versions of Gibson designs that look more similar to the US-built Gibsons than ever before.

Is the Gibson Epiphone going to have an open book?

The plan to move toward the open-book shape for Epiphone was softly announced back in September 2019 by Gibson CMO Cesar Gueikian, who shared a photo of an elongated open-book headstock on Instagram and said “it’s coming” when asked to put it on more Epiphone models, as reported by Guitar World at the time.

Is the Epiphone Les Paul Special 2 locktone?

With two exposed humbuckers and a bolt-on mahogany neck, the Les Paul Special II from Epiphone is the perfect beginner guitar. 22 smooth frets and a LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge top off this pretty little guitar, giving it amazing playability and sustain. At such an incredible price and with such good looks, it’s a hard deal to pass up.