Epiphone Power Players Les Paul Electric Guitar Dark Matter Ebony

Could not tell from photo or description it has a flat top. I thought carved since it has LP Standard style fretboard. I have only played it a little. It seems better than many in the same price range. Gig bag is too thin. I might keep it. 4 star. If a little better I would give 5

This Guitar is poorly crafted

This is the first time I have ever bought and played a Les Paul, the guitar itself is awesome. The fret ends are finished nicely, the only 2 issues I had were the nuts on the tuners were not tight and the strings were junk replaced with primo slinkies and tightened the tuners, all good now. The sound that the pickups produce is better than anything I have played in the last 30 years but I have always been limited to budget guitars for one reason or another, I highly recommend this guitar but replace the strings and make sure the tuner nuts are tight or you'll have issues with it holding tune.

I love this guitar. I have a beginner electric, but wanted a basic Les Paul - this fit the bill. It is affordable, it plays so nicely, and sounds amazing! For beginners or hobbyists, this is a solid instrument.

The quality of this guitar was much better than expected. I got the lava red. Tested it out at the GC and brought it home to my orange cabinet setup. It passed my personal quality check (intonation is good, no wonky frets or string buzz). It sounded awesome for the price with my overdrive and death metal pedals. My girlfriend who complains about having small hands (my other guitars have jumbo or extra jumbo frets) LOVES this and couldn't put it down. She named it Scarlett. I might upgrade Scarlett's pickups some day, but for now she's perfect as is.

I bought this the day they were released at my local store (7/28/2022). We bought the ice blue version. For context, I own many guitars, and my daughter is an SG lover, but she wanted a travel guitar. Fresh out of the box, the action was okay, but the nut really was binding, causing all kinds of tuning issues. When we got it home, I filed the slots and added graphite. It's much better, but I may just replace the nut. No issues with the pickups at all…they sound fine and the wiring is standard LP. The only real quality issue is that the fretboard is so dried out that you can feel the grain. I doused it with orange oil and it's much much better. It's an order of magnitude better than the little Squiers, Ibanezes, Jacksons, and any of the other little travel guitars. My daughter is 5'3", and it looks pretty normal on her, and she loves the thin body…it feels as thin as an Ibanez S. I was really surprised.