As an owner of an Epiphone that was rated guitar of the year in polls in 2012, the ES 339 Ultra, which I bought new in 2014, I'm kinda in love with the tuner that is built into the bridge pickup bezel which also has leds to tell you what your current pickup configuration is. That feature is only now on the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III which goes for about $750. But I'm a bit torn that I'd be buying something too close to what I already have. But if you haven't tried the LP Ultra with the nano-mag pickup in addition to the burst-buckers, check YouTube for any demos. I would recommend this model to someone who doesn't have a top end Epiphone first and the tributes a close second.
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I don't have it but I'm sure it's a smart purchase and a hell of a fine guitar. I have been comparison shopping for an EPI Les Paul so I've seen demos on YouTube and read glowing reviews. I'm pretty sure that model comes with a hard case too. I prefer ebony fret boards and it turns out the the top model in Epi's Les Paul line, the Matt Heafey signature model seems to be the only one with ebony but it has EMG pickup and every demo I happened to access on YouTube turned out to be guys playing Pentera-like noise that gives no hint of the guitar's capacity to do anything else. The '60 tribute has many demos of people playing in all pickup combinations. The pickups are true to form Gibson style if not actually Gibson.
As an owner of an Epiphone that was rated guitar of the year in polls in 2012, the ES 339 Ultra, which I bought new in 2014, I'm kinda in love with the tuner that is built into the bridge pickup bezel which also has leds to tell you what your current pickup configuration is. That feature is only now on the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III which goes for about $750. But I'm a bit torn that I'd be buying something too close to what I already have. But if you haven't tried the LP Ultra with the nano-mag pickup in addition to the burst-buckers, check YouTube for any demos. I would recommend this model to someone who doesn't have a top end Epiphone first and the tributes a close second.
As an owner of an Epiphone that was rated guitar of the year in polls in 2012, the ES 339 Ultra, which I bought new in 2014, I'm kinda in love with the tuner that is built into the bridge pickup bezel which also has leds to tell you what your current pickup configuration is. That feature is only now on the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III which goes for about $750. But I'm a bit torn that I'd be buying something too close to what I already have. But if you haven't tried the LP Ultra with the nano-mag pickup in addition to the burst-buckers, check YouTube for any demos. I would recommend this model to someone who doesn't have a top end Epiphone first and the tributes a close second.