On an Epiphone Les Paul standard.  for the money, you can't beat it.  It plays great, and it's got that great neanderthal-rumble-double-coil-Gibson sound.  Like for Led Zeppelin songs The bridge (where is that confounded bridge) pickup is hot, but not too hot and the neck pick up sounds really sweet clean.In the middle position, it sounds great clean. Like some of those Collective Soul songs. I'd describe the color as a honey burst flame top.  It came with 9's on it so it took about an hour for me to bust a string. (at least it was the high E)  So far, i recommend them.  If you like that great gibson sound and you don't have a lot of coin (like me) they are good guitars.  Just play a bunch of them cause some of them felt like they had that crappy fret wire.

I have an Epiphone G-400 (SG style), and I think the same.  Epiphone are quality guitars. 

I'm glad you like it.

Well I have a 80 dollar Jasmine acustic I been playin since I was 16 Im 31 now pretty sad though huh. I wish I could get one of the guitars designed by the Monroe brothers, Bean Blossoms I think they call them.

just glad somebody wanted to talk about guitars.

I just wished I was blessed with actual talent, ohh well I have fun with it even if my wife doesn't like Haggard and Jones.

 I think the only difference between Epiphone and Gibson is the location of manufacture.  Gibsons are MIUSA, Eps are made elsewhere.

Not sure about that though.   

Even if i had 3000 to spend on a guitar, i don't think i could. i'd be afraid i'd hurt it. at least if this one gets knocked over, (which when you're out playing, could happen) i won't be happy, but i won't want to kill myself either.

They are really good functional instruments.  

Does Guitar Hero count?

Just like anything else each person has their own preferences when it comes to guitars.

I've never played a Les Paul that I liked, and I've played a few dozen, including some $3,000 plus models.

For whatever reason I just love the RG series Ibanez guitars, and my main three gigging axes are different RG models.

When it comes to strings I always play 9's (even on my Ovation acoustic/electric that's in my avatar pic) but I hardly ever break strings.    I hardly ever replace them either, for that matter!

I'd bet that the strings on my main RG have been on there since I bought it 5 years ago or so.   I've probably played it a couple thousand hours in that time, and have used it on at least 40 recorded songs.   I do use "finger ease" which helps keep them from rusting, so right now the strings still sound great, and have no sign of rust/extreme wear.

I don't use my tremelo, but I do bend the strings quite a bit, so I don't know why I just never seem to break them anymore.   I used to break them pretty frequently (especially the high E) in my first dozen years of playing or so.  I'd guess that my picking technique is the main thing that has improved over the years, and that was probably the reason I broke so many before (in the past I have broken a few while TUNING though lol) 

dmsday11:

just glad somebody wanted to talk about guitars.

Thanks for clearing that up....I know what acoustic means, but I was a little in the dark on this thread....

Kihan:

Does Guitar Hero count?

Lol if it does, I'm the biggest rockstar on this board.  I was off work for a month looking for a job when I moved back to my hometown, and I played that game for hours on end.  I love it!!!

Just like anything else each person has their own preferences when it comes to guitars.

I've never played a Les Paul that I liked, and I've played a few dozen, including some $3,000 plus models.

For whatever reason I just love the RG series Ibanez guitars, and my main three gigging axes are different RG models.

When it comes to strings I always play 9's (even on my Ovation acoustic/electric that's in my avatar pic) but I hardly ever break strings.    I hardly ever replace them either, for that matter!

I'd bet that the strings on my main RG have been on there since I bought it 5 years ago or so.   I've probably played it a couple thousand hours in that time, and have used it on at least 40 recorded songs.   I do use "finger ease" which helps keep them from rusting, so right now the strings still sound great, and have no sign of rust/extreme wear.

I don't use my tremelo, but I do bend the strings quite a bit, so I don't know why I just never seem to break them anymore.   I used to break them pretty frequently (especially the high E) in my first dozen years of playing or so.  I'd guess that my picking technique is the main thing that has improved over the years, and that was probably the reason I broke so many before (in the past I have broken a few while TUNING though lol) 

CowboyGirl1983:

Kihan:

Does Guitar Hero count?

Lol if it does, I'm the biggest rockstar on this board.  I was off work for a month looking for a job when I moved back to my hometown, and I played that game for hours on end.  I love it!!!

Just for the record......playing Guitar Hero is to guitar what playing Madden on the Playstation is too playing football.  

cool, I wish I had the patience to learn, never a musician though I love great guitar, Randy Rhoads in particular.

I saw Randy Rhoads about 2 weeks before he died.  What an excptional talent.  I loved the guy  I didn't even buy any more Ozzy records.  I know about Jake and i know about Zack and they are very excellent, they just weren't Randy.  Oh, I'm not that good, i just love to play and have  for 30 years.