Epiphone LP Custom thoughts

FastEddie

I'm putting together a pot to buy a white Epi LP Custom. I'm close but need to sell one more pedal first.

I won't have the budget for a Gibson LP. The White Steve Jones thing is my goal.

Is there anything I need to know?
I've looked at a few YouTube vids and they all come out well. Guitaristas does an interesting dive into guitars.

I will be stickering it up so not bothered about reselling.

Thanks.

chrisj1602

The “Inspired by Gibson” Customs are good, ebony board, better headstock shape, and the Probuckers are decent pickups. 

This was mine…

mark123

Hi i owned one and was going to do the same but sold it and got a black one.
Plus points , ebony fretboard , great build quality , pick ups are good ...felt better to play than a orville lp custom and a Jap Tokai lp custom i owned in the past,( if i'm honest i like it more than a USA Gibson LP custom i owned years ago.)
So why did i sell ?
The body colour white is brilliant white and think it will take a few decades to age to cream which is the Steve jones look.
The binding is a off greenish colour , it looked odd and clashed with the white (if that makes sense )
Sold it and bought the black one ,the binding looks o.k against the black and with the ebony board it feels as good as a few Jap l.ps i've owned.
So if you can age the white body you could get away with it .
Depends how 'exact' a copy you want.

hollywoodrox

I had a 2015/2016 black one , absolute sheer class , great quality  I think it only cost me about £500 from GAK then  ebony board , tusQ or similar nut ,Grover’s all high quality fittings , the pro buckers were ace, when I did some songs at open mic people liked them better than my SD slash signatures. Beautiful guitars I’m imagining they’re just as good now, don’t know if you still get Ebony board but you get a better headstock 

KrisGee

Ebony board still there with the new spec. I like them. The only thing that needs looking at with these is fretwork. I had three of the recent Epis and they all had not the cleanest frets, rough uneven surface, sharp edges etc. Might've been my bad luck but heard more people mention it too. Other than that great guitars particularly second hand ones couple hundred quid cheaper than new. And probuckers are great. 

darthed1981

Same here, got a 2016 white les paul custom I bought to do the JDB thing.

Probuckers are great, well built, frets could use a levelling.

FastEddie

Thanks. Some great insight and tips.