I have a 1993 Epiphone Les Paul...I believe its the Standard. I have owned it since 1995. I love the guitar. Even though it was one made in Korea S93101xxx. I've even gone so far as to replace the Pick-ups with Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates and wired it with 500k push pull pots and one of the Jimmy Page wiring schemes plus Orange drop capacitors. All cavities are sheilded with copper tape sheilding.
Lately I have been thinking about getting another guitar and wondered if I should go for an american made guitar and get a genuine Gibson.....not that there is anything wrong with my Korean made....it still made to Gibson specs. Or is it?
Does anyone know if there is any real differences in the materials used in the American Gibson and the Korean EPI from that time period? The guitar is quite heavy and has massive tone...especially now with the Pearly Gates Pick-ups.
If there is a difference in the neck construction I would like to know that too. When I did the pick-ups I also put new frets on it and found that the neck radius is not quite 12" like the Gibson specs. The original Pick-ups where definately different from the comparable Gibsons that I have seen pictures of.
