Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro Iii Review Review

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Might buy a Epiphone Les Paul, Is the Pro iii anygood?

• Thread starter yoshiii
• Showtime date Oct sixteen, 2019

• #1

Hullo

Guitar heart has the Epiphone Les Paul Pro 3 on sale for $299
Normally I wouldnt purchase a Epiphone les Paul simply I want a Les Paul and it will exist a few months before I can get a Gibson.

Are the Pro iii's good?
Is it worth ownership it and changing out the electronics and pickups?

What are the the Epiphone Les Paul Customs similar? Worth $600 ?

• #2

I simply got a gold top i on Sunday. I'd say information technology'southward pretty damn practiced.

• #3

I had a pro plus summit some years back. Solid guitar for the price. It stayed in tune so I changed out the electronics and it was a pure histrion. I somewhen sold it to fund other things but it was a great guitar for the toll.

• #5

I've not run across very many Epiphone models that weren't a actually practiced value.

I've had a Wildkat, Dot, and Elitist Byrdland. All very good for the $.

Go for it.

• #6

My buddy has one... dainty axe.

I liked the matte terminate on the cervix. It's a steal for $300.

• #8

I accept a Trad pro III goldtop. Electronics are ok it came with alnico 2s , matte terminate on the neck is fine, I bought knowing I might be swapping for hotter pickups, kept the pots. I really went to GC and ran the racks to find the closest neck to my strat, I noticed they vary quite a bit.

A setup and summit wrap I'k happy with the purchase, all tolled I accept most $400 into it.

• #9

Honey the gold pinnacle. Would be nice to find a darker lath.

• #x

These LP'south have Pau Ferro fretboards, and they vary somewhat in how light or dark they are...they feel and sound great though. I was happy with the stock pickups, I'm more of a slightly hot PAF guy though.

• #xi

Oh, yes—if y'all listen to Mark Agnesi'southward interview on Anderton'south (from last calendar week?), most the end he pretty much gets empty-headed about some upcoming Epiphone news. He sorta hints that a brand and/or product line update is imminent. Spotter for yourself and come with your ain inferences and implications, merely for me, i'd kinda have to await on ownership an Epiphone for a few months. Non sure if more volition exist known before NAMM, though, so maybe that affects your timeline.

• #12

Love the gilded top. Would be overnice to find a darker board.

These LP'southward have Pau Ferro fretboards, and they vary somewhat in how lite or dark they are...they experience and sound great though. I was happy with the stock pickups, I'm more of a slightly hot PAF guy though.

Yeah, I looked at SG-400s earlier this year and I but tin't exercise those pau ferro fretboards. I wouldn't even mind if they stained them darker, it only doesn't await right. They expect dry out and mis-matched.

• #13

Used Epiphone Les Paul 60s Tribute Plus. Find i used for ~$375.
Dearest mine - upgraded the hardware & pups & like Gib-what ?

• #xiv

Used Epiphone Les Paul 60s Tribute Plus. Find 1 used for ~$375.
Love mine - upgraded the hardware & pups & like Gib-what ?

What did you upgrade to ?

• #15

In that 1 I put a set of Corsi Peter Green Manalishi pups. Bank check out Larry Corsi'south - what I telephone call - tribute to Peter Light-green on YT. I would besides highly recommend Manlius A3 LT 59 - merely a tad over his A4 Fat Diane's. Bank check out Roknfnroll demos on YouTube. Behemothic player with proficient bear on & phrasing

• #16

I looked at the GC motion-picture show of the goldtop and noticed the sloppy masking job and goobered paint along the fingerboard extension on the cutaway side. Pretty bad with a pool of paint pooled along the binding. The masking task looks all wiggly like no care was taken and would authorize the guitar as a blem/2nd by anyone's standards. Yikes! I guess that's to be expected at $299, but the Epiphones. I've owned in the past were all near-flawless.

Last edited: Oct 17, 2019

• #17

I looked at the GC picture show of the goldtop and noticed the sloppy masking job and goobered pigment along the fingerboard extension on the cutaway side. Pretty bad with a puddle of paint pooled forth the binding. The masking task looks all wiggly like no care was taken and would qualify the guitar equally a blem/2nd by anyone's standards. Yikes! I gauge that's to be expected at $299.

I bought two of them, yous can see the pics before in the thread, and there are no paint puddles or poor bounden masking...the QC on mine are quite skillful. Much better than some of the Epiphone's I've endemic in by years. The satin finish on the back, sides and neck does show the grain and texture of the wood, but looks fine to me and feels great with no stickiness.

• #xviii

IMO the Pro 3 might be the best Epi ever made. Really like them.

• #20

I'll second the 60'southward tribute plus. My start 'real' guitar. Easy to play, stays in tune well, Grover locking tuners, Gibson pickups, hard instance, etc. Tough to crush.

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