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Which is better Epiphone or Gibson Les Paul?
Though Epiphone does a good job of keeping up with Gibson aesthetics, Gibson Les Pauls put more effort and money where it counts, in the body’s top wood piece, pickups, electronics, and hardware. Epiphone and Gibson Les Pauls are hard to distinguish at first glance, yet there’s a vast pricing difference between the two guitars.
What happened to Epiphone and Gibson?
By 1990 Epiphone and Gibson were in very different places. Epiphone would break from tradition and start building the only official licensed Gibson copies available, only four years into yet another change in ownership. Creating Les Pauls, SGs and ES-335s.
What is the difference between a Gibson SG Standard and Epiphone?
The Gibson SG Standard is constructed around a beautiful mahogany body, as is the Epiphone. The prime difference being the nitrocellulose finish on the Gibson and the hard wearing polyurethane lacquer on the Epiphone. Both guitars have the iconic “devil horn” double cut, and superb ergonomics thanks to the shaped body.
Is Epiphone legally allowed to use Les Paul name?
This means that Epiphone is legally allowed to use the ‘Les Paul’ name. In addition, it means that Epiphone follows along with all of the Gibson’s speculations.
Are Gibson and Epiphone the same company?
In 1957, the company that owned Gibson bought out Epiphone and since then, they’ve been sister companies. Other brands may make copies of the Les Paul, SG, 335 etc but Gibson and Epiphone are the only two brands that can really lay claim to these guitars.
What happened to Epiphone?
By all accounts, Epiphone was a successful company producing some of the finest acoustic and archtop guitars, but what caught the attention of then Gibson President Ted McCarty was the Epiphone upright basses. Gibson would make an offer to Epiphone to feature the basses in their catalogue but would later instead purchase the entire company.