Epiphone Les Paul Standard '60s - Smokehouse Burst Sweetwater Exclusive Review

Smokehouse 60s

Hands down the best finish of the new Kalamazoo headstock Epiphone Les Pauls and a Sweetwater exclusive. I prefer gloss tops over satin the flame pops out so much more on the 50s and 60s vs the 59s and Lazarus 59. Frets were level and not gritty as Ive heard others say and no sharp ends. Probucker 2 and 3 have enough drive to play metal and sing with overdrive but clean up nicely.… read more Ill add a recessed Switchcraft as I do to all my import guitars but no other changes are required. The Grovers are smooth with no play in their action. After I set it up w 9-46 strings action is .75mm hiE 12th fret and 1mm low E at 12th no buzz and plays effortlessly. I will say the 60s slim taper neck is not so slim compared to my Ltd EC1000 and ec400 or the Schecter Solo II which I dont own but have played. The EC1000 are shred Pauls though and this Smokehouse 60s is the best looking most accurate Les Paul style guitar for the money in the sub $1000 market.

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I mean come on man!

I own more than I should, but how can you not? The build quality of these Epiphones continues to blow me away! Pushing the limits, and to boot, on a model like this for 599! Superb, and Sweetwater continues to get the best looking tops available, always a hit. Some fantastic instruments, the Les Paul line is blazing!

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Great GUITAR, Awesome support from Todd Kitchen

This review is long overdue. A special thanks to Todd Kitchen for the level of after sale service I received. His followup and persistence made for a great experience with my purchases from Sweetwater! They've earned my repeat business. The gear I bought is a Epiphone Les Paul Standard '60s Electric Guitar - Smokehouse Burst Sweetwater Exclusive and a Yamaha THR5 ver ll guitar amp… read more Years back playing copy 70's rock, Stratocaster was my main guitar along with a Mesa Boogie combo amp and a few pedals. For original tunes and some jazz I dabbled with a pianist friend and a road worn used Trini Lopez and a Fender Deluxe tube amp . That pair just had great tone. Still have the Trini, but needs some work. The amp was sold a long time ago. So here I am stuck in COVID times and wfh , which is now mostly subsiding , still drawn to play. The old Trini needing work and it's very narrow neck by the nut somewhat limiting and no real amp , it was time to rekindle the joy of music and guitar playing . Sweetwater became my go to. The little Yamaha and Epi Les Paul a final choice. Tone, playability, finish and overall workmanship on the guitar was a real surprise. The Yamaha amp is the perfect living room amp, beautiful clean tone and built in effects providing great flexibility . Add to this the Yamaha app for Windows or Mac ( installed on both!)which opens up a whole range of tones. And as a bonus the Yamaha amp came with a free Cubase DAW download. This stuff was just not available years back at this level of performance and costs. I play everyday now and am learning to use the Cubase software . Great stuff, great dealer and awesome help from Todd!

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The Gallery pics really don't do this finish Justice!!!

This guitar begs to be played. Everyone that has layed eyes on it in person has fallen in love with it on first sight. It plays as well as it looks. All of this AND the Sweetwater treatment and service make it a Win!

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I'm in love...

It's so hard to buy a guitar without playing it first. But this beauty spoke to me over WIFI... What an amazing instrument!! So proud and so in love!!

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