This guitar was quite the bargain. Only $149.99 for the Custom Shop Limited Edition! The mahogany body and neck create very deep sounds, and the Epiphone 690T (neck) and 700T (bridge) carry the tone surprisingly well. The fretboard is rosewood, and the 700T is overwound to produce a little extra output. The neck is bolt-on, but sustain is incredibly good. It did have a couple teething problems. It came out of the box with a loose wire, so the neck pickup didn't work until we did a little soldering. Could have sent it in for warranty repair, but it was really very simple to fix. Additionally, the strings that come on low cost guitars are always garbage, so they were immediately replaced with Ernie Ball .10s. The controls are simple. Just a three-way switch, a volume pot, and a tone pot. With my current rig, this guitar sounds really good. Playability is quite good. The neck is smooth and relatively quick. The frets are the right size for the curvature of the neck, and the action is just right out of the box. If you can find one of these, it is a highly recommended budget guitar. Even the standard Les Paul Special II is a good budget guitar, but this one is a lot prettier and a bit unique.
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