Epiphone Elitist Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Standard Guitar Review :: Electric Guitar Reviews
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The ultimate Les Paul Standard, featuring a quilt-maple top and abalone fingerboard inlays – equipped with Gibson USA-made Burstbucker pickups, which are coverless humbuckers with “zebra” black and white coils, designed to replicate the pickups on the original sunburst Les Pauls of the 1958-60. This guitar features Green Keys by Gotoh tuners, rosewood fingerboard with abalone inlays, 1-pc Mahogany neck set at the 16th fret, 22 frets, 1-11/16″ nut width, 24-3/4″ scale, Book-Matched Quilt-Maple top, and Book-Matched Mahogany back.
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Sound of Epiphone Elitist Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Standard
- clean sound;
- enhanced resonance;
- the neck Burstbucker is so woody, warm, full, and articulate;
- the bridge pick up is loud and hot, and the neck is nothing but warmth;
- these are way more fluid and full sounding with a Hendrix-y bite to the neck BB2;
- no hum or electronic issues.
Pros of Epiphone Elitist Tak Matsumoto Les Paul Standard Electric Guitar
- long tenon neck which is only found on Gibby Custom Shop models now;
- you could play anything you want on this guitar;
- awesome playability;
- the binding sure gets lots of points;
- very solid, dependable for years ;
- close to a LS-150 ;
- these japanese guitars have long neck tenon and quality for less than half of their American made counterpart;
- might outstand the gibson;
- the bridge pick up is loud and hot, and the neck is nothing but warmth;
- almost identical to the LS100 or higher models in the Love Rock line.
Cons of this Electric Guitar
- lacking the nasal qualities of single coil pickup guitars.
Amps & Effects used by users – Fender Bassman, Marshall tube amp
| Features + Technical Specs | |
|---|---|
| Tuners | Green Keys by Gotoh |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood Abalone Inlays |
| Neck | 1-pc Mahogany, 22 fret |
| Neck Joint | Set, 16th fret |
| Nut | 1-11/16″, Bone |
| Scale | 24-3/4″ |
| Top | Book-Matched Quilt-Maple |
| Back | Book-Matched Mahogany |
| Sides | n/a |
| Rhythm PU | Gibson Burstbucker-2 |
| Treble PU | Gibson burstbucker-3 |
| Controls | 2-V, 2-T; 3-Way Pickup Selector |
| Strings | Gibson USA |
| Hardware | Nickel |
| Finishes | TakBurst |
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