Joe Bonamassa Epiphone Les Paul Registry (Page 10 of 16)

Just arrived to me this morning

Owner: Sch3cter
S/N: 11091506517
Mfg Date: Unknown- no warrenty card in the box
Quality Issues: None on the guitar it's awesome. Case has a couple screws sticking out of it though.
Country: Bought in the UK , but i live in Ireland

NB - Mine also came with a black thick leather Epiphone branded strap that in the Case ( stuffed under the head stock)

So far man, it's beyond awesome!!! ....Not mad on the pink case interior though

Welcome to the Forum!  You can never have too many Irish, eh?    (I'm Irish-American myself!)

I'll second what Stefan said about top-wrapping, and add that I had nylon saddles installed on mine on the G, B, and top E, and so far I'm happy with the change...

I am the proud owner of a new Epi JB #11071509985 from Vancouver, Canada. This is my 7th Les Paul and honestly the first one I have really bonded with. I have been a Fender player for many years but have just recently discovered the joy of a Les Paul with either low powered PAF's or low powered P-90's. I have replaced the Burstbuckers (which are actually quite good for production pups) for Bare Knuckle Stormy Mondays and am replacing all the electronics with CTS pots and switchkraft toggle and jack. I honestly prefer the vintage tulip tuners but the Grovers are very smooth. The neck on this guitar is perfect. i love thick necks and this makes such a difference to the sustain and feel. I just recently sold a Gibson Les Paul goldtop with the 60's neck that I just couldn't bond with. The minute the JB came home the standard never got played again. My only complaint on this guitar is the smaller Epiphone frets which will have to be replaced and a few small finish flaws. Other than this a perfect guitar that I will never sell, the best current Epiphone guitar by a country mile. I got to meet Joe last December and just recently purchased the Midnight Blues lithograph so I get to meet him again at an upcoming show, though none anywhere near me for a long time and get him to sign this for me.

Thanks!

Just received mine here in Belgium. No defects so far; first impressions of the setup : intonation very slightly off, not sure about the nut height, frets are a little rough and that's it. I only played a bit on it for now, I have yet to measure and set it up. I love its unplugged tone and voice.

By the way, this is my first message on this board. JB is the reason I even looked at Les Pauls again, with all the gorgeous tones he squeezes out of one, and finally I got an Epi JB. It is very different from what I play otherwise - an Ibanez JEM and a Fender Lead II - which is the other reason I started to crave a LP.

I'm tempted to try 11-XX and/or Eb tuning on this, but I fear that too heavy a gauge might ruin my playing on light gauges. Oh well, we'll see, it's the beginning of a journey anyway.

I'l post the SN later.

Cheers.

Yes, an introduction of course, thanks for reminding me.

So, S/N 11071509293 is in Belgium. I did find a crack in the 7th fret inlay that I had not initially seen.

(BTW, PSmith1946, I tried pure nickel 11-48 and it does feel good. Bending's a bit stiff right no but I want to fight a little bit on this one, it's my "don't try to play so many damn notes" guitar, and I _still_ have the option of a top wrap)