hey i got a epiphone special 2, to me (my personal view), it sounds great thru my roland amp. just that the frets are a bit ..... haha, specially the higher notes, so you got to learn how to adjust your fingers when you play the higher notes. i learnt to adapt so im fine when i use LP special 2 to play.
for live performance wise, thru those big watts amp, sounds great on high gain, just that you may need effects to back up instead of using the amp. clean is good. cheers!