Another great review by John Bohlinger; Epiphone Les Paul Special 2025.

[Saul Goodman]

If I hadn't just bought a Hamer Special I may be interested in this. I may still be.

 

[velorush]

Looks like it's just the 1960 Inspired By, so first fret measurement of 0.80" - pity that. Wildwood has one for $1,100.

Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Special Double Cut | Reverb

[crunchee]

If I really wanted an Epiphone, I'd look for one of the old Japanese-made Elite/Elitist models from about twenty years ago.  DGS has had a few LP models recently, priced at about a Grand each.

[murkat]

That’s alot a $ for a cort made guitar…

Edited August 20, 2025 by murkat

[crunchee]

I still don't get it...what's so valuable about the price tag?  Or was the title caption written by an AI?   

[Jim85IROC]

I really don't understand the appeal of this model.  This is in used Gibson Special territory. I brought this up on TGP and got a bunch of pushback about there not being a comparable Gibson available.  Between a Gibson LP Special or a Hamer Special, both of which are out there at around the same price, this is a hard pass for me.

Hell, there's used Epi LP Specials out there for $350.

[Jimbilly]

I've had a couple of the older Epis, not very impressive imo. I've also had a couple of recent builds, probably 4 years old or less: LP Custom, Lucille, and 'goldtop' w p90s (black, which was an option), those recent builds were very nice, much better than the older ones as I recall. 

[ARM OF HAMER]

On 8/19/2025 at 6:01 PM, crunchee said:

If I really wanted an Epiphone, I'd look for one of the old Japanese-made Elite/Elitist models from about twenty years ago.  DGS has had a few LP models recently, priced at about a Grand each.

                      Exactly why I bought my 90's Epiphone SG-70 which was the early forerunner of those models. Super high build quality, great neck profile, evenly matched alnico humbuckers, at 7.4 each, light 6 lbs. Epiphone SG-70 Ebony – Chicago Music Exchange

Edited August 28, 2025 by ARM OF HAMER
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[Jimbilly]

4 hours ago, ARM OF HAMER said:

                      Exactly why I bought my 90's Epiphone SG-70 which was the early forerunner of those models. Super high build quality, great neck profile, evenly matched alnico humbuckers, at 7.5 each, light 6 lbs. Epiphone SG-70 Ebony – Chicago Music Exchange

I look for MIJ Epi everytime I'm out shopping, never seen one, - rarer than Hamer around here 

[ARM OF HAMER]

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Edited August 27, 2025 by ARM OF HAMER

[ARM OF HAMER]

Just now, ARM OF HAMER said:

 I looked for this model in excellent shape for years, rare in this color and hard to find in decent condition, guitars made by Hamer, Yamaha, Epiphone, were not always particularly well cared for so finding one this nice was great.

 

[hamerican gigolo]

Love the fact that it's a dual P90 guitar with a wraptail. Not a lot of choices in that respect.