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Best Knock-Off "Cheap" Les Pauls


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Thanks for all the feedback. Going to head to GC tomorrow to get a better idea too. I'm not really sure about budget. He hadn't picked up his guitar for a year (I almost sold it!) and then just started playing again. Probably not more than $400.

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If you didn't like the Epi which is authorized by Gibson then most of the knock offs will be even less impressive.

 

No, except, of course, for all the knock-offs that are vastly superior to Epi's.

 

One inexpensive case in point: DeArmond M-series setnecks, like my M-72 (I no longer own, only because of acquiring some Gibbies).

 

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Lots and lots and lots of other possibilities.

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Just to throw something different into the mix, the Yamaha AES620 is a great LP-ish dual HB 24.75" scale. Replace the hideous chrome knobs with black speed knobs, it's an amazing guitar. Should be 300-400 used. Duncan JB in the bridge as stock, big fat neck, great tone. It blew away a Gibson LP VM I tried out side-by-side, tone and playability and workmanship (and was just as nice as a faded SG).

 

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Just to throw something different into the mix, the Yamaha AES620 is a great LP-ish dual HB 24.75" scale. Replace the hideous chrome knobs with black speed knobs, it's an amazing guitar. Should be 300-400 used. Duncan JB in the bridge as stock, big fat neck, great tone. It blew away a Gibson LP VM I tried out side-by-side, tone and playability and workmanship (and was just as nice as a faded SG).


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This. Love my AES620. Got it for $329 when they were blowing them out a couple of years ago at Sam Ash.

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I have a Korean Epiphone LP from about 2002 that I really like. This one's a goldtop that I put in a pair of Golden Age pups from StewMac. Plays and sounds great. I also had a black Korean Epiphone LP that I should not have part with.

 

At any rate, they can be found used for about $350.

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