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Re: fender mexican strat or Epiphone Les Paul Standard???

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Posted by Brandt (from: ) on August 15, 2003 at 10:17:53:

In Reply to: Re: fender mexican strat or Epiphone Les Paul Standard??? posted by rimm on April 01, 2003 at 03:27:28:

O.K., finally a real answer to the question. I have been playing for 16 years, I play both American and Mexi strats, and also have a Les Paul (68' custom sunburst), and an Epiphone standard. I play all of them during one gig.(our band does a variety of different style music). The Mexi is as good sounding live as my 69' vintage Strat. Brighter tone , but that is where the tone knob comes in, and the Mexi has a great neck.The Epiphone standard, well, If I happened to leave (god forbid) or forget my 68' Les Paul at home, well, no big deal, the Epiphone would substitute without question (I wouldn't look as cool doing GnR tunes, or Zepplin) But the truth is, the Mexi is the best deal on the market......for players who choose to follow thw Fender Way of life (Fender for life), now for those of you who may choose the dark side or should I say Gibson (no hate, all love) the Epiphone Les Paul standard, well it's as close to the actual thing as you can get, I mean CLOSE. And they are a little more easy on your shoulder. So in closing, both are as close to the real thing as you can get without the big price tag. Whichever you choose, play for the love not the look or the fame. You may love the look of a low slung Les Paul but if you've never played a Strat, well you just need to. 'Preciate it. Rock on!!!

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: O.K., finally a real answer to the question. I have been playing for 16 years, I play both American and Mexi strats, and also have a Les Paul (68' custom sunburst), and an Epiphone standard. I play all of them during one gig.(our band does a variety of different style music). The Mexi is as good sounding live as my 69' vintage Strat. Brighter tone , but that is where the tone knob comes in, and the Mexi has a great neck.The Epiphone standard, well, If I happened to leave (god forbid) or forget my 68' Les Paul at home, well, no big deal, the Epiphone would substitute without question (I wouldn't look as cool doing GnR tunes, or Zepplin) But the truth is, the Mexi is the best deal on the market......for players who choose to follow thw Fender Way of life (Fender for life), now for those of you who may choose the dark side or should I say Gibson (no hate, all love) the Epiphone Les Paul standard, well it's as close to the actual thing as you can get, I mean CLOSE. And they are a little more easy on your shoulder. So in closing, both are as close to the real thing as you can get without the big price tag. Whichever you choose, play for the love not the look or the fame. You may love the look of a low slung Les Paul but if you've never played a Strat, well you just need to. 'Preciate it. Rock on!!!

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