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After a few days of surfing the local online buy & sell site looking for a cheap used LP Special or JR a lovely wine red LP Special II appeared for sale. Not a bad deal including a cheap well used gigbag and a couple of straps.

 

This particular guitar dates to 2008 and other than having to do a quick and easy action and truss rod adjustment it's in near mint shape with hardly any wear on the all black hardware.

It has a really nice feeling neck and a pretty heavy solid mahogany body. The pickups are nicely matched in volume and both controls and switch work perfectly. Right now I am playing it through a small practice amplifier and it sounds great!

 

I haven't had an electric guitar in a couple of years and for me this was a nice deal. I'm really happy with my purchase. :)

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After a few days of surfing the local online buy & sell site looking for a cheap used LP Special or JR a lovely wine red LP Special II appeared for sale. Not a bad deal including a cheap well used gigbag and a couple of straps.

 

This particular guitar dates to 2008 and other than having to do a quick and easy action and truss rod adjustment it's in near mint shape with hardly any wear on the all black hardware.

It has a really nice feeling neck and a pretty heavy solid mahogany body. The pickups are nicely matched in volume and both controls and switch work perfectly. Right now I am playing it through a small practice amplifier and it sounds great!

 

I haven't had an electric guitar in a couple of years and for me this was a nice deal. I'm really happy with my purchase. :)

We would love to see some pictures, they always garner more responses. What are you using for an amp with that one, anyway?

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I'd like to add pics but my camera was stolen recently in a break in of the apt I was living in at the time. I have sinced moved and am saving up for a new one. I am pretty sure most folks on this forum know what an Epi Special II looks like. ;)

 

Now that being said, after a string change to Ernie Ball Super Slinky's this guitar is really nice to play! I do find the pickups sound a little harsh but lowering them seems to help. I am thinking of some pickup upgrades already. ;) Also as to be expected the tuners are pretty cheap but they work. The guitar stays in tune pretty well even with a lot of string bending. I do like the black hardware. It really goes well with the wine red colour.

I am pleasantly surprised at the quality of this guitar. It's certainly worth modding.

 

For an amp I am using a tiny little generic practice amp with a 5-6 inch speaker. It works ok for clean tones but the overdrive is nasty and unusable. Eventually I will be also upgrading to a better amp. The Fender Champion 20 looks pretty good. I play mostly blues and jazz so I don't need a high gain amp.

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I am pretty sure most folks on this forum know what an Epi Special II looks like. ;)

Ya, I've seen a lot of them, but they're still fun to look at. Sorry to hear about the camera, though.

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