Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX Review

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Overall Rating 3.79

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Features 4.01

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Quality 2.88

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Reliability / Value 3.97

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  • Body Shape: LP  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Neck Shape: D-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Blade  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • String Nut: Graphite  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Coil Splitting: Yes  
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There are some musicians that might state that Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX is not a very good guitar, but there are more of those who claim that Epiphone did a fine job. Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX is a guitar model with balanced price for the quality and sound it offers. It's up to you to decide if it's right for your playing style.

Epiphone went really far in carefully choosing Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX's features. There's little to be wished for, which makes Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX a full-featured guitar for a musician that plays a music style this instrument is primarily built for. If you decide to go for Epiphone's Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX you will be happy with its, safe to say - rich features. A job well-done by Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX.

There are, definitely, better sounding guitars then Epiphone's Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX, but this guitar stands up to the instruments in its category when it comes to tone it delivers. It needs to be fiddled with to make it sound right, you don't get the tone that's larger than life right away, but it will play and sound OK the way it is. Epiphone could have gone a bit further and could have made it sound richer, as it doesn't sound as cool as one feels it should.

Epiphone did a good job. Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX is built well, the finish feels just right, the hardware is solid. While playing for a longer periods of time you can expect Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX to stay in tune and you will be pleased while playing, because the neck is extremely comfortable. You might find that over time metal parts will oxidize a bit, but that's normal and nothing to worry about. Epiphone did a really good job with Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX guitar.

Playing live, Prophecy Les Paul Custom GX will perform well and will not let you down. It is fairly reliable instrument both in studio and on stage, and will be a long term companion, as it is built to last. Epiphone has made a solid instrument that you will be happy with, and can depend on right from the start. Needs no backup as it has proven to be built really well.