I have a Schecter with a neck-through body design that ruined bolt on necks for me. I have big hands but the neck is pretty thin and I would imagine it would accommodate small hands very well.
I’m trying to rock man, not clean! 
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I have an Epiphone Alley Kat (Korea) no bolts. Replaced the bridge pickup with a Seymour Duncan Pro. Slim neck, plays great, but i mistakenly put on some regular scratchy strings (old rock n roll rule: Never change strings stoned) Makes me feel like Duane Eddy
I’m trying to rock man, not clean! 
Old Rock n Rock rule #2: Never clean strings while rocking out. 
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Are they coated? I’ve heard the coating wears off in no time. For me that’s any time under a a few years. ;-])
Nothing screams rock and roll like meticulous cleaning! 
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Hey! After a few years, scritchy strings will play like flats cuz all those little grooves will be greazed in.
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“Greazed” reminded me of a trick I’ve heard some old school players do when playing. They wipe the fingers of their fretting hand on the sides of their noses to “lube” the strings.
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@Slick1
Schecter is definitely the value leader right now, although I think the Japanese Dean Strats came close
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Schecter catches some shit for being midrange priced guitars and leaning towards metal models but they make some great stuff. You get more guitar with a Schecter than with a Les Paul these days at 1/3 of the price. People talk smack on them right up until they play one
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Hahah, the acid in the oils you pick up from doing that will rust the shit outta your strings right quick. If you replace your strings every couple weeks it’s fine, but I’m a once a year, or as needed string replacer
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Glarry strat paid $60 shipped for this couple of years ago
Think there around $80 now,there’s loads of YouTube videos on these,real light weight guitar but the finish on them is beautiful
Real smooth nice neck,could change the pickups make it nicer
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I never did it myself. Fast Fret was always reasonably priced and plentiful if I needed to lube/clean my strings.
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Think I’m going to trade some
Weed for this later on today lol,I don’t really like SG guitars I’ve owned 4 of them but for a half ounce shit why not
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I like how they look but they feel like something somebody built in their backyard with scrap wood.
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Yeah they’re coated and will wear out with regular use, but no quicker than regular strings in my experience
I think one of the things about having the “right” guitar, is re-sale. Fer instance, if you bought a Gibson Les Paul 20 years ago, kept it in shape, probably worth $500 to $1,000 or more today. By keeping the prices higher than actual value (Gibson, Fender, Sure & a few others) they become a status symbol big names and wanna-be’s must have. So economics come in. Would you rather sell 1000 guitars at $1000 or 500 at $2500? So for the manufacturer it’s about the money and hopefully the quality. For a serious player, it might be about the quality and sound at a fair price. Some of the biggest names have played and recorded on “other” guitars, some even on the cheapies. I don’t think an audience cares what you play as long as they like it.
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Gibson really left a bad taste in people’s mouth with their whole “play authentic” BS they did and then going after other companies for producing Les Paul body style guitars all of a sudden. The funny part is that LPs production has been really hit or miss for years and instead of recognizing that and correcting it to live up to their legacy they got sue happy.
Fender isn’t crying that a million other companies make strat body guitars and the fact that their quality stayed consistent means they actually have the value in the first place. Gibson just implies everything they touch is amazing and pretends it’s worth half of what they charge just cause of the name on the headstock.
You’re right about the audience not caring as long as it sounds good though. Look at Brian May’s homemade guitar! Fireplace mantle shaped into a guitar with wooden matchsticks to patch any holes by non luthiers being played on a handful of hits is pretty impressive!
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Gibsons haven’t impressed me in years.
Even their weird ass norlin models from the eighties beat their current quality.
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I had a Gibson, I think it was a Memphis? Anyway it came out a few years back, but i returned it because the fretboard offset the neck by about a 32nd - sixteenth of an inch. And it didn’t play as well as my Epiphone. I can agree it possible was an aberration, but for the cash, they shouldn’t be ANY aberrations. They make good guitars, but so don’t many others at a better price. I suppose as an investment, if you could buy 20 of them, hold them for a few years you might sell them at a profit. Otherwise, get the guitar you like and likes you.
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I have a 2013 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. Nice guitar.
My Epiphone Bonamassa Les Paul Pelham Blue sounds and plays circles around the Gibson.
I have a nice playing Epiphone ES-339 in Black Tuxedo that is an amazing guitar…
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Where does the name Epiphone come from?
“Epiphone” referenced not only his own name, but the Greek word for sound–phone. It was also an echo of the Greek word epiphonous, meaning one sound on another, the son building on the dreams of the father.
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