Jim85IROC

Whatever. I liked it.

It was funny. He must be here from TGP. Poke him and say "I think my Epiphone is great!" If he throws a fit, then he's from TGP. All joking aside, I came across that video a week or so ago. My kids and I laughed like hell. It was fun. There's also some real good that can come from it. One of my favorite artists is Randy Travis. He had a massive stroke in 2013, but now with this tech, "he" was able to sing again, and I'm not going to lie, it was pretty amazing to hear "him" sing again, even if it wasn't really him.

I believe those are chinese copies. Chamers if you will.

I have a 2017 Monaco and in some pictures the burst looks almost as bad as that Standard, but in person it's actually pretty nice. That guitar is one of my most resonant guitars. It has that bell-like reverby sound up the fretboard like a good strat has. The flame veneer on it is killer too. This pic makes the burst look bad: This looks more realistic: Check out the rosewood board: There's something pretty special about those 2017s.

Marketing or not, I won't be surprised if it sells. The 2017 rebooted models were extremely well made. If one with a way less clowny burst popped up, I'd take it over a MIK model any day.

What are you looking for from it? PAF tones? Hotter? Jack of all trades? My Studio Custom came with Whole Lotta Humbucker pickups (I bought the guitar used in the Seymour Duncan video for them) and I found them to be a bit too bright for the guitar, which is brighter than a Les Paul to begin with. I swapped to A2 magnets and now I find them to be well balanced and more in my wheelhouse. Likewise, because I find these guitars to be brighter than Les Pauls, whatever you're looking for, plan on something a hair darker than what you actually want.