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For the Epi Les Paul Signature (Model ENL 5), the 2009 Blue Book says:

 

60% (Good) = $325

70% (Very Good) = $400

80% (Very Good+) = $400

80% (Excellent) = $500

95% (Excellent+) = $550

98% (Mint) = $625

Last MSRP = $1,299 (1998-2000)

 

PS: I like it and if I had $500 kicking around would get it. Seems to be fairly rare and probably won't lose much if any value. Might even go up...

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Is it fair to pay like 500.00 for one of these?

 

Thanks for the help guys!!!!!!!!

 

I had a gold one for awhile:

 

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The original low impedance pickups had been swapped out for P-90s, so I can't comment on how they sound. But the guitar itself is very nice, $500 seems like a good price if it's in decent condition.

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I had a gold one for awhile. The original low impedance pickups had been swapped out for P-90s' date=' so I can't comment on how they sound. But the guitar itself is very nice, $500 seems like a good price if it's in decent condition. [/quote']

 

Jerry, I notice your gold one had one varitone switch like a BB King, but the one in unreal's photo has two. Which one is factory or are they just different versions?

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Jerry' date=' I notice your gold one had one varitone switch like a BB King, but the one in unreal's phot has two. Which one is factory or are they just different versions?[/quote']

 

Mine was not original. The actual pickups are low impedance, and the two chicken head knobs are used to control the way they sound. I actually still have the plastic rings, one say 50 250 500, the other says IN OUT on the top and PHASE on the bottom. Since I never had the pickups, I don't know the actual effect of those two knobs.

 

The original owner of the one I had put Lollar P-90s custom installed because one of the original pickups had died. He still had the two rotary switches on it, but they weren't connected. So I put a varitone in it, but the third knob was just a dummy.

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Mine was not original. The actual pickups are low impedance' date=' and the two chicken head knobs are used to control the way they sound. I actually still have the plastic rings, one say 50 250 500, the other says IN OUT on the top and PHASE on the bottom. Since I never had the pickups, I don't know the actual effect of those two knobs.

 

The original owner of the one I had put Lollar P-90s custom installed because one of the original pickups had died. He still had the two rotary switches on it, but they weren't connected. So I put a varitone in it, but the third knob was just a dummy.[/quote']

Gotcha, thanks.

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I had a gold one for awhile:

 

lp%20pro%20full.jpg

 

The original low impedance pickups had been swapped out for P-90s' date=' so I can't comment on how they sound. But the guitar itself is very nice, $500 seems like a good price if it's in decent condition. [/quote']Me too (actually mine was a gibson)! Wish I still had it. I played it in my college band oh so many years ago.

 

And if one came up and I had the $$, I'd definitely get one again. However take a look at THIS. These are made in the Peerless plant in Korea. Check out the "Bird of Prey" model.

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Me too (actually mine was a gibson)! Wish I still had it. I played it in my college band oh so many years ago.

 

And if one came up and I had the $$' date=' I'd definitely get one again. However take a look at THIS. These are made in the Peerless plant in Korea. Check out the "Bird of Prey" model.

 

Yeah, the one I had was made by the Peerless factory. I guess they kept the tooling. There's also a Turser Cleoparta and an Eastwood Savannah (I think that's what they're called) that had a similar shape body, but they were made in China.

 

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