Epiphone has taken a fair amount of flak for its $1000+ Inspired By Gibson Custom Shop versions of established electric guitar classics like the Les Paul – especially its signature models.
Some players take issue with Epiphone stretching into these kind of price points with its Eastern-made instruments but these models are a conscious move to close the gap with Gibson, and the fact is there are still the more affordable versions available for us without the US pickups and other bells and whistles. The question is then, how much difference do they make?
