Monday, March 29, 2010

Widdling Les Paul

Epiphone is releasing (come Musikmesse this spring) a whammy-able Les Paul in the form of this Plus Top Pro FX. There are also some extras here, among others, a pickup tapping feature.

Would the inclusion of a Floyd Rose whammy bridge comprehensively entice the average guitar dweeb out there to possibly switch camps considering the immortal singlecut design in guitardom, now appeals to us introverts who whammy their guitars? I would think the manufacturer should include more upper fret access & innovate that bulky neck-body heel to really capture a sizable group of players out there. But then again, Gibson has this revision in the Les Paul Axcess & reserves to be accessible (forgive the pun) to those out there with deeper pockets. A whammy bridge + more upper fret access isn't exactly a fresh idea, isn't it?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm any hints on how much it'll go for? :D

subversion.sg said...

might be in the mid-price range, say $800-$1.2K, in the same price category as the average floating whammy bridge equipped guitar (ibanez/ jackson/ LTD)