What Epiphone Les Paul Is This ?

[Silverdragon]

Hey guys i just recieve this les paul and i dont know what series this is. Ive been searching all over the internet but i still didn't manage to find the answer. At first i thought it was a standard plain top but there is no "sign" on the headstock that says standard. Then i thought it was custom and yea theres no signs of any series its in. Just a plain headstock with the brand epiphone and the trustrod cover says "gibson". The colour is honeyburst. Check out the pictures below and hopefully someone could tell me what it is, still wondering please help guys, i know theres smart people out there >.<

 

[lemonade93]

It's a MIK Les Paul.

Not the usual MIC les Pauls with the 'Les Paul Standard/Custom' on the truss rod.

 

[Silverdragon]

Btw my les paul dun have anthing about made in korea or china, nor those it have a serial number

 

[predz23]

The headstock looks weird compared this googled image of a random epiphone

 

[Silverdragon]

The headstock looks weird compared this googled image of a random epiphone

yeaa bro i find it weird too actually, its hard to really know what this les paul is in, but ive been told that its the made in koreas one? And im sure the headstock of the pict u showed is a MIK too but then my tuning peg is the silver one instead of the one in the picts. hmm..

 

[predz23]

Well you know, does it play nice? does it sound nice? electronics work fine? If so you shouldnt really worry, I have an epiphone that got refurbished so it doesn't have the epi logo and serial number on it anymore. But it feels nice and sounds nice so I dont care

 

[Silverdragon]

yea i think the serial number faded away too. It looks exactly like a standard honeyburst. Just that its MIK ones, which is not the current MIC . Anyhow the guitar still plays good. ^_^

 

[subversion]

did you get this used/ fresh? there's no 'Les Paul' decal there which makes this rather queer.

can you show us the headstock's flip-side?

 

[Silverdragon]

did you get this used/ fresh? there's no 'Les Paul' decal there which makes this rather queer.

can you show us the headstock's flip-side?

I get this used, by a dude. He said its made in a korea factory. His uncle work there and brought him back this epiphone. I dont know whether to believe or not. There is no serial number and i asked him, "why isnt there any serial number?" and he said " its directly from the factory and theres no serial number". What u mean by flip side sub? As in side view of the headstock?

 

[dmitry_a]

^ back of the headstock.

Anyway, you could email the pics to Epiphone, they should be able to clarify what model the guitar is.

 

[Silverdragon]

^ back of the headstock.

Anyway, you could email the pics to Epiphone, they should be able to clarify what model the guitar is.

Alright thanks yea dude. Btw do yknw whats their email? Ill upload the picts here too aites.

 

[Silverdragon]

Here is the Picts Sub ! but im sorry for poor photography, hope u could still see what u want. Sorry >.<

 

[3hree6ixty]

at least the neck angle seems legit... but the tuners look dodgy to me...
should've had a serial on it though... but other than the tuners, it's a MIK...

 

[theliverevolution]

Hmm, comparing the Epiphone logo to my MIK Epiphone G-400, the logo looks kinda weird.
The tilt degree for the Epiphone logo should be greater than what I'm seeing in the photo.

Also, the headstock seems... kinda narrow in my opinion.
The open-book shape should be slightly wider, if I recall properly

 

[EugeneSmasher]

I find the lack of a serial number on the back of the headstock kind of weird...

 

[subversion]

there are some missing features on your Epi's headstock to really give it a positive i/d. the missing Les Paul decal & different truss rod cover makes indentification even harder. however, my utmost concern here is the headstock's tip cutaways, which are not as specific as the ones pictured on Epi's homepage.

if you could remove the pickups to view the wood underneath (the colour) then it would tell us if there are some piracy involved here.

 

[Silverdragon]

Is it possible of it being a "fake" les paul? im scared i would be scam or somethng. lol

 

[Everdying]

iirc, only in the late 80s / early 90s did epiphone put stickers as serial numbers before printing them on...and had those chromed tuners before going tulips later on.
but the late 80s / early 90s also had a diff headstock shape, before it changed to what we all know now.
but even then also, all of them had the les paul gold script on the headstock.

so in short, i would say this is a interesting fake of a mid-90s epi

 

[Silverdragon]

Ahh fake? how much do u think i could sell this fake les paul? lol dont like fake guitars in my house. It looks good anyways so maybe people dont mind having a fake mid 90s les paul. >.<

 

[shamprophet]

http://soft.com.sg/classified/showp...e=wts3a-epiphone-les-paul-mik28relic-29&cat=1
Are you trying to sell it off with another account now?