Epiphone Les Paul Custom Ebony 2020 - Demo/Review 

This is a great review……! Nice and slow pace…. No loud talking and to the point….. Covers everything and explains in an easy to understand way …..👍 Dirty and clean tones ……. Perfect in my opinion…….!

The custom is by far my favorite LP model. Unfortunately for me, ever since Gibson moved production of these from the standard production line to the custom shop, they are no longer attainable. I'm seriously considering the Epiphone koa wood LP custom.

Many years ago I learned to play on a Les Paul Custom copy ( Hondo 2) and this Epiphone appeals to me very much.

Two months ago, I got an Epiphone LP Modern...one of the tone knobs was easy to pull off...solution: use a screwdriver and slightly widen the split shaft...end of problem. Nice playing, nice review. Thanks Davor.

Great review! Concerning the volume and tone pots coming off too easily , I would suggest taking the knobs off and with a slot head screw driver, very, very gently, pry the split shaft of the volume and tone pots a very small amount wider. You don’t need to spread the split shaft very much to make your dials fit snuggly. This has worked for me whenever needed, just be careful and never try this with plastic shafts, the CTS pots on this guitar are metal. Just passing along what has worked for me. You can decide if you think it is something worth trying. Cheers!

Thank you for the in depth review Andres! I bought the Silver Burst Custom version. Epiphone's stepped up its quality control big time! I love all aspects of it. Great buy!

Bela guitarra! Belo teste. Força André.

Excellent demo , as usual my friend. Thanks for going through the electronics and hardware explanations too . Epiphone's are very good value for the money . Please keep the videos coming. Much appreciated.

Cheers! Yep,no one sends a new Custom back! Keepers. We added Gibson pups and soon a real Gibson Les Paul was gathering dust ...so we sold it,kept the Epiphone. That Chinese neck,perfection.

Excelente!! Eu tenho uma Epiphone Standard de 2002, e realmente esse novo headstock está mais legal. Essa aí parece ser uma excelente guitarra, André. Bela aquisição! 👍🏼

Hey man, thanks for the review! My wife just gave me the very same model for Christmas. I love it, it instantly became my go-to guitar. As for the scratches you pointed out, there aren’t any on my guitar, so maybe that was just bad luck? Still, I totally agree, this is a great guitar and can’t be beat for the price. Rock on! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

My main question was the tuning stability so thanks for pointing it out :)

Great demo.. Sadly i’ve just purchased one from new and it sounds awful.. I’ve a Blackstar practice amp and a Marshall valved amp and on both it sounds awful.. It stays in tune ok but? What are you playing yours through here? any pedals? i just don’t know where to go with mine perhaps it’s going to have to be sent back..

i got 2 ....... a 2017 Ebony , and a 2020 Alpine Custom, i changed the pickups to gibson 490r498t , the probuckers are ok, but and i might get seymor duncan P-rails(2017 ebony) to take advantage of the coil taps. this guitar is so versatile, and plays like a dream Les Paul should.........

Hey man,,I use this guitar too, but it produced 2010..great playbility, and I swap the pickup It became the crazy guitar 😁🤘🤘

Great review and fantastic playing too. I have the Matt Heafy version of this guitar which is similar to these. They’re not Gibsons but they get you in the neighborhood and for the price are a great value. Add a nice set-up and possibly a few upgrades if you want and these are hard to argue with. You can buy 4-5 or more for the price of 1 Gibson CS model. Sure, if you can spring for the Gibson and don’t look back. However, for most that’s not reality. The new IBG Epiphones are the best that Epiphone has ever been under the Gibson umbrella. Do I have Gibsons? Yes I do. Do I have and enjoy Epiphones? Yes I do. Very well done here!

Awesome review! In your opinion, this Epiphone is better than the New Yamaha Revstar?

beautiful guitar , havnt seen it myself but i like the changes .

I have the same guitar with the koa top and it’s a banger, but I still want this black beauty as well. Just looks so sharp! Had a Firefly copy which was nice but I sold it. Not the same without the ebony fretboard

Hey man everything sounds massive! Do you remember which fm3 amp/ir/preset you used here at 8.40-9.30? String gauge? Thanks!

hey I know this video is older but what are the 2 chords that you play at 8:22?

Swap the pkups out and that's a badass fiddle !! 💥👍

Great Video!:) I'm planning to buy a guitar but i'm hesitating between this model Vs epiphone les paul modern x) is there any difference in the playability... or something that makes the one better than the other? they look similar and i'm having trouble deciding which one should I get (btw I play Neo Soul/Jazz/R&B)

Fala André, tenho uma Fender Strato e to querendo pegar uma Les Paul Custom… meu medo é a grossura do braço. Você curte o conforto? Entendo que é mais grosso que a Strato. Timbrão! Mas, a mão do guitarrista falou alto aí! Toca muito! Abraços

The things that made me not want to buy an Epiphone was the headstock. I'll consider this brand now, kinda sad I bought a LPCS Chibson because I hate she headstock/horn shapes of other brands.

Never played an Epiphone I liked, Might have try this one?

Thank you

Good review!

Hi. Did you change those pickupringscrews? Those black one's

A beautiful guitar. Good review.

Great playing man

Excuse me Sir, what amp pedals or plugins are you using? Sounds rad!

Eaí, André! Tranquilo? Não conhecia teu canal. Me inscrevi aqui! Parabéns pelo trabalho! Onde tu comprastes essa guitarra? Quero comprar uma desse modelo, mas branca.

The 2021 Epiphone Custom Koa Les Paul is said to be the best Les Paul of 2021 American Master Builder Scott Lewis over at the Qingdao Epiphone facility definitely beat Gibson on this one

looks sick to me

i just have been to a store to try this guitar… exact same issue with the knobs. I know it is an easy fix, but I just CANNOT accept paying nearly 700 EUR in a guitar that comes with such an absolute ridiculous flaw. Not happening… Also, I have played the much older Epiphone custom model, and realising that this new re-issue doesn’t have coil splits was a major set back to me. Just like that, you loose half the tone possibilities. This guitar is nowhere near its price range.

Superb demo,can you tell me the exact weight of it?

It’s a better choice than the Gibson, because the Gibson has got weight relieve, bad pickups, nashville bridge, etc. This Epiphone with better electronics and pickups is a winner.

Ahh yes. The CTS pots everyone is talking about. Problem is, if you get the left handed version, they don't use lefty pots. Normally I can deal with that, they just turn the other way. But in this case they wired them backwards. Which basically makes the pot useless. All of the volume or tone adjustment is in the last 20%. Terrible experience. Looks like I'll have to rewire it. Too bad for the price. They could've used left handed pots. Everything else is perfect.

Essa ou uma Epi 1959?

I wish they would have put a 59 neck on it. ☹️

Yo WTF ? They’re supposed to be made in Japan right ?😨

These Epiphone guitars just don’t have the tone. Save your money and buy a Gibson.