As-is, the guitar is decent, but with an injection from Seymour Duncan and a fresh set of strings, it can be far more usable and professional-sounding. Reactions: Soothsayer, Jim85IROC, mdrake34 and 29 others. This is a review of the Epiphone Les Paul 50s Standard Gold Top Guitar. The semi-gloss finish is cool too, no fingerprints or sticky neck. This is a review of the Epiphone Les Paul 50s Standard Gold Top Guitar. The faded burst is a little weird, but looks great in person. The fretboard is Rosewood and plays nicely, while the pickups are a type of Alnico magnet that ships as a stock product from Epiphone's warehouse. If I only had this guitar, I could easily get by, highly recommended if you dont want to spend big bucks on a solid les paul.
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It's tempting to replace the unit, but since it's just a stop-bar without any functionality (like a tremolo or locking tuners) we'd recommend leaving it in place, as the upgrade from a replacement would be expensive and more a boost in pride of ownership rather than actual quality. It's not really exciting one way or the other. The bridge is a Tune-O-Matic stop-bar, which is a stock Epiphone product. & lt img class="lazy lazy-hidden tve_image wp-image-33137 lazy-loaded" alt="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" title="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" data-id="33137" src="//data-lazy-type="image" data-src="//data-lazy-type="image" data-src="//width="730" height="300"& gt & lt noscript& gt & lt img class="tve_image wp-image-33137 lazy-loaded" alt="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" title="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" data-id="33137" src="//data-lazy-type="image" data-src="//width="730" height="300"& gt & lt img class="lazy lazy-hidden tve_image wp-image-33137" alt="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" width="730" height="300" title="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" data-id="33137" src="//data-lazy-type="image" data-src="//class="lazy lazy-hidden tve_image wp-image-33137" alt="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" width="730" height="300" title="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" data-id="33137" src="//data-lazy-type="image" data-src="//class="lazy lazy-hidden tve_image wp-image-33137" alt="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" width="730" height="300" title="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" data-id="33137" src="//data-lazy-type="image" data-src="//class="tve_image wp-image-33137" alt="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" width="730" height="300" title="Upgrading a Cheap Epiphone Les Paul Build Guide Banner" data-id="33137" src="//The Electric Guitar Core ModelĮpiphone's Les Paul Standard model comes in a black, gold, red or light blue finish and sports a Mahogany tonewood for the body with a thin layer of Maple covering the guitar's top.Īs a bonus, Epiphone puts real Grover machine heads on your tuners, adding significantly to the value.