There are many Les Paul guitar models around, but none is superbly this affordable for beginners to grab hold on too, and needless to say that Ephiphone is the brand to consider other than Gibson when it comes to the production of a proper Les Paul guitar.
Epiphone as a sub-campany of Gibson has somehow manage to put together a less expensive guitar without having to compromise some of its core features. Like the iconic body shape patent to the 1952 model, but a bit smaller and much lighter. Tilted neck that requires more wood to build, and humbucker pick-ups which gives the guitar its hum free vintage Les Paul sound.
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- Combination of mahogany with maple top for the body
- Bolt-on SlimTaper mahogany neck
- 22 medium jumbo frets rosewood fingerboard marked by inlay dots
- Set of sealed chrome tuners
- Tune-o-matic bridge and stop bar tailpiece
- Pair of humbucker pick-ups are placed at the neck 650R and bridge 700T controlled by a 3-way toggle switch, 2 volume and 2 tone knobs
Body and Neck: Arguable no other guitar maker uses mahogany more often than not for their guitars are these two brands, Gibson and Epihpone. It is a well balance wood fairly dense with a medium to heavy weight that also differs in species, and can be combined with other wood like maple.
For this Epiphone Les Paul 100 in particular, it is a combination of mahogany with maple top for the body that comes in 3 finishes perceived to produce a dept of warm tone, tight lows and appealing highs. The bolt-on neck is also mahogany with a 22 frets rosewood fret board marked by inlay dots.
Pick-ups: Pick-ups is another thing all players look at or hear the sound to make more sense. This is mainly the heart that pumps the sound and so important to muster the tones you want. When we talk about a Les Paul it can be a humbucker, mini humbucker and a P90 installed.
For the Epiphone LP-100, a pair of humbucker pick-ups are placed at the neck 650R and bridge 700T providing a bare knuckle of a punch for its high-gain with lots of sustain output when played overdriven for rock in all its forms. While creamy and not muddy during clean.
The controls for the humbuckers are very similar to a Gibson Les Paul. It has a 3-way toggle switch for pick-up selection and dedicated master volume and master tone knobs for each humbucks,
Hardware: Standard for this guitar is the chrome tuners, Tune-o-matic bridge, and stop bar tailpiece to hold the strings and helps to increase sustain, enhanced harmonic overtones, and improved tuning stability.
Final Thoughts: It would make more sense and realistic to pit this Les Paul only with its contemporaries on the same brand. So when compared with the other entry level Les Paul made by Epiphone, namely the Les Paul VE Special, Slash AFD and Les Paul Studio LT. The LP-100 is way ahead in the mimicry of the original. Making the guitar a much better guitar to recommend for budding guitarist who wants to start affordably with a Les Paul.
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