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The Studio I received is the best built Epi I've ever bought. The fingerboard, in particular, is really attractive and is pretty much perfect. Apparently Gibson's efforts at improving their Epi builds are paying off. I got lucky with the top, mine has a really nice maple veneer on it. The Smokehouse Burst is really attractive.I had read that some of the Studios have push pull pots and coil tapping, and yep, mine does. Don't know if Epiphone have put them on all of them, but they don't advertise it. The pots are CTS, and it shows...probably the nicest improvement they've made here. I won't use the coil splitting, but the pots are solid.Guitar was unplayable out of the box. Truss rod slid out of it's cavity, bridge was at it's highest, tailpiece at its lowest. I don't expect a full setup out of a box, but you would think they'd try to make it at least somewhat playable. That said, once I set it up, the truss rod turns smoothly, and the fret work was good enough to let me set the action and string height quite low. Really easy to play.I could only find one flaw, about a three inch piece of ghosting in the finish when viewed from some angles.In Smokehouse, this is a real good looking guitar. I added a poker chip, just cause. The pickups and pots are great, it plays and sounds great. I'd have a hard time paying over three times more for the Gibson version of the Studio.Great guitar at a unbelievable low price. Highly recommended.

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I didn't think I could get something that could hold up next to my bandmate's Gibson BFG P90. This one is as close to that tone, but with a little more grunt because of the humbuckers. It plays beautifully, looks just as good if not better than his Gibby, at nearly 1/3 the cost of his!

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If you are looking for a great guitar then look no further. This is the best guitar you can buy for the money. Got mine yesterday pulled it out of the box and plugged it in and was blown away by the sound and quality.

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I can talk about this guitar a lot but I don’t have to, I’ve been playing for 40 yrs and have had hordes of guitars this one does it all in spades and is beautiful.

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I don't normally do reviews for all the guitars I purchase from zZounds , but I was extremely impressed with the Les Paul studio. I specifically ordered this because I didn't need another guitar with coil splitting , and it wasn't listed in description. But I have to admit I'm glad it has the option because it sounds great for SRV and older blues , this is my first Les Paul and completely blew my expectations. I received this on the 25th and have been playing it since , it's very versatile in anything from heavy metal to blues. Great for playing Cream and Zeppelin and everything in between , after some minor tweaking , truss adjustment , lowering the action and a string change. I tuned it up and let it rip! The quality of this guitar is perfect , no flaws , blemishes , sharp frets etc. Very pleased with this guitar and for the price it's a steal. If you're on the fence , don't hesitate because you won't be disappointed. On a side note , this is 5th guitar from zZounds. They are easy to deal with and usually have what I want in stock , they also have very competitive prices!

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bass player and had to have a les paul. this Ebony Les Paul Studio is perfect. split the coils to single coils and back to humbuckers. Gibson/Epiphone quality is in this les paul. go buy it and see for your self. i would tell you to go buy it!

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I received this guitar about a month ago. Finally got it out of the box and was amazed at just how beautiful it looked. (Ebony model). I was very surprised by how impressive the overall setup was. Strings were at the perfect height. All I literally had to do was tune it. Seems to be in perfect intonation. Only thing I found strange was that instead of having Grover tuners (like advertised), this particular one had Wilkinson tuners installed. Once plugged in it sounded absolutely amazing. Plays absolutely amazing. I've been playing for 26 years, so I think I would know a thing or two about that. Over all a very, very solid guitar for the price.

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Excellent value, tone and quality. Quite the sleeper deal! ✌

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Ok great job zzounds and great job Ephiphone owned Gibson in the past and if your just wanting to play this is the one if not as good surpasses even

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I ordered the Epiphone Les Paul Studio Ebony (NEW) and received a guitar that had numerous scratches and what appeared to be water damage on the backside to the extent the finish was coming off. I contacted CS and requested to return for a NEW guitar not a floor model. I received the NEW one and it needed a new output jack and was way out of tune. After replacing the output jack and setting up the guitar it plays very well. This was my first purchase from zZounds and my last, there is another vendor who performs an inspection and makes adjustments to guitars before sending them out. If asked, I would never recommend zZounds.