I'm thinking of getting a Les Paul -shaped guitar, but I don't want Epiphones and I don't have the money for Gibsons, so other brands are the way to go. I wanna go for a new axe although used would be welcome too.
I've seen this beauty which has lots of passionate reviews (mostly everyone who's played it puts it above Epiphones, for less than half the price)... It's the AXL 1216. It also comes in other amazing colors and finishes (below).
The blue crackled one is the one I'd get if the brown wasn't available. Or maybe both, at that price
Forgot to mention that every guitar is handmade, uniquely aged... So I could end up with a pretty different guitar that the ones seen there. That's part of the charm in my opinion.
The important part: they are supposedly very well built and set-up, and the pickups are reportedly great. I'm not a fan of judging guitars by Youtube vids but there ain't much info on this axes otherwise, so Youtube it has to be:
It appears "creame-er" on that video screenshot, but it's still clearer than the yellow Clapton Strat he used during the Lovetown Tour so I had ruled that out too. Good job stimating the year Edge seems to have a soft spot for 70s Strats
Check the video. They seem to have a lot of interesting tones.Also, it seems that they can all be altered with the use of an expression pedal. (More tonal options is never a bad thing in my view).
I can't wait to try out a few of these... Any who... Check the video link from the Moog sight.