Epiphone Les Paul Studio E1 Electric Guitar - Ebony Finish | Professional Quality for Rock, Blues & Stage Performance

For the money I spent on this guitar as my first electric guitar to learn on? It's AWESOME. I already have an acoustic and wanted something that was more conducive to classic rock music and rifts. I don't need all the bells and whistles for my first electric guitar while I'm learning and this was what I settled on. It has two tone controls and two volume controls on the body. Perfect for any beginner. I paired it with a 20G Front Man Fender amplifier. This is a great pick for a beginner or intermediate player. The quality is amazing. The fretboard was in perfect condition as were the frets and body. All mahogany body, Laurelwood fret board with perfectly polished fret ends and polished crowns. I adjusted the truss rod, lowered the string action height, tuned it and played it with the strings it came with. Wow! Great sound right out of the box. I bought some Ernie Ball Slinky strings to replace the factory strings but I think I'll wait a while since the strings it came with are pretty darn good. UPDATE: This guitar is worth it folks! It's been almost 2 months now and after a few more tweaks to my bridge, stop end, and some new "Slinky" strings I am still in love. The sound is smooth; the notes are as clean as you want or as dirty as you want with proper amp settings. Note: If your amp does not have reverb then just add a 40 dollar pedal. The sound is so much better with reverb.The EPI LP E1 with its zebra coil pick ups can hold their own with a $1K guitar any day. Ceramic pick ups have come a long way and will compete with the best of them without any unwanted sound interruptions.