“We wanted to make a model that was accessible to everyone at a price point that you could buy it and go out and gig with it it looks and feels like the original guitar,” said Bonamassa. And best of all, it ships for under a grand, with the Joe Bonamassa ‘Lazarus’ 1959 Les Paul Standard priced £799/$899. You might manage to grab the perfect guitar for you, and one that you stick with for years to come.Elsewhere, we’ve got a nickel-plated LockTone tune-o-matic bridge with LockDown stop bar, Epiphone Deluxe Tulip Keystone-style tuners, a Graph Tech nut, cream pickguard, and the whole shebang ships in a vintage-style brown hardcase, with, “BONAMASSA Nerdville, CA” graphic and a certificate of authenticity. Over the years I’ve found that the price tag alone doesn’t determine the value of a guitar. If any of this made sense you might want to check one out. But there is a reason the Les Paul is one of the best electric guitars of all time. Is the Epiphone Les Paul Studio the right guitar for you? Heck, I don’t know.
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But beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder, and some players (like me) might appreciate the bare-bones look of the Studio. One of the main appeals of the Standard is that it’s so darn pretty. Some players might even prefer the Studio just because of the way it looks, especially the Goth version.For the money, the Studio provides a great chassis for experimentation.
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You may want to mod it, experiment with different tunings or even bring it to gigs.
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You also won’t need to upgrade your guitar nearly as soon. Of course, it’s a bit more expensive than the typical beginner guitar, but if you know you are going to stick with guitar playing you might want to take the plunge.
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The worn colors mean the wood is visible beneath the finish. As of this writing, Epiphone’s website lists Ebony, Alpine White, Worn Brown, Turquoise, Wine Red and Worn Cherry as the available colors for the basic Studio. The Epiphone Les Paul Studio has seen a few different incarnations over the years, and the occasion “special edition” release.