Epiphone Review: Slash Les Paul

History:

Purchase: I paid about £400 & got it off the net. Had to wait 3 months for one to be imported. I couldn't find one in a shop at all.

What I Like About This Epiphone Slash Les Paul: The sound is great! it sustains forever, does excellent sounding rock power chords & has a lovely warm clean sound too. I gig it regularly in a rock covers band & it is well up for live performances as well bedroom guitarist use. The glued rather than bolted on neck gives you loads of sustain. It sounds much better than some other guitars in it's price range, I have a Jackson as well & the Epiphone sounds so much richer. It's something a bit unusual as well, I've often had people come up to me & ask me about it when they see the slash logo on the body.

What I Do NOT Like About The Epiphone Slash Les Paul: They only do one colour, red. This is a bit strange as Slash is known for playing a sunburst Les Paul!

Epiphone Slash Les Paul Quality Rating: The construction and quality of the guitar are where it falls down. Upon arrival to me brand new, the intonation counld not be set correctly & it needed to have sky-scraper high action to avoid fret buz. The frets needed re-rendering & the truss rod adjusting to correct this. Although the importer paid for this work, it's hard to imagine how the guitar passed Epiphone's supposedly strict quality control. The knobs, switches & machine heads are of very low quality. Within a few months the pick up switch had failed leaving me with no bridge pick up in the middle of a gig. The volume pot also failed & needed replacing & the things you secure the strap to fell off!

Review Summary: This is a great sounding guitar let down buy a few cheap components. If only they'd fitted quality knobs & switches, I'd have been happy to pay a little more for the guitar. Once you've replaced the pick-up switch, knobs, machine heads & fitted strap locks you'll have a truely excellent instrument. If only Epiphone had thought along these lines I would have nothing negative to say about it

Rating of this Epiphone product: 3

This Epiphone Slash Les Paul Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Mark from Scooby

Review Date: 2002-12-31