Prog Guitar Hero and one of Canada's greatest exports Alex lifeson had fans rejoicing around
the world with the release of his Epiphone signature Les Paul joining the ranks is this
brand new Les Paul Custom axcess
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this Les Paul custom variation takes inspiration from the rush Legends previous Gibson Custom
Shop Les Paul's but of course taking away a few extra zeros from that price tag go through
all of the tonal potentials of this amazing guitar so if you do want to skip to any of
them we do have chapters but we'll highlighting everything that this guitar can do but before
we get into them let's run through some specs and differences from his last Epiphone signature
model Alex lifeson's Mission with his previous Epiphone Les Paul was to give you like a bit
of a custom shop quality guitar a kind of fraction of the cost and to be fair I absolutely
think they've nailed it with this guitar so let's break down some of the key differences
between this new custom model and the Les Paul Standard that was released a few years
back if anyone is familiar with that of course the most obvious difference being this sort
of move from this standard to the custom Les Paul now that's more mostly to do with Aesthetics
obviously with the triple binding on the body The Binding on the headstock the diamond on
the headsock as well and the block and lays on an ebony board I think these also suit
really really well with this guitar another key difference for those who were familiar
with the previous model is the choice not to include a Piezo system with that now obviously
that takes away some of those acoustic sounds that came with the standard model but fret
not as this still does have independent coil splits for each humbucker there and a phase
control so you can get absolutely tons of sounds out of this the pickups in this are
the same as the standard model as well with a pro bucker 3 in the bridge and a ceramic
Pro in the neck for anyone who they'd want to know of course the inclusion of the Floyd
rose on a Les Paul is in my opinion the coolest feature on this guitar and for anybody who's
obviously familiar with Rush or Alex lyson know how much this is essential to his guitars
finally before we get into the bulk of the sounds and behind this quadruple a veneer
quilt top is kind of one of the coolest features and certainly one of the you know the reasons
why this guitar is named in axis and it's this neck heel here which Gibson an epiphone
call their access heal previously kind of only seen on custom shops until the release
of his previous model and also their prophecy series which shares a bit of a similar sort
of feel but certainly for me from playing this for you know kind of a good little while
since we've had it this hill along with the rounded neck are just it's an absolute pleasure
to play just I've not had any issues with it at all my hand hasn't been cramping and
just you know it gives you absolute like proper full access up to the dusty end of the fretboard
if uh if you're in any way inclined to go there the other usual Les Paul appointments
as well with mahogany body are 24.75 live and you're skill radius it's going to be pretty
similar for kind of anybody who's familiar with Les Paul's I think you're going really
well with this so let's hear how this thing sounds we're running through a fender Princeton
today and I'm using a line six Helix just for all the pedals I'm gonna go for just kind
of all It Rock and really show what this guitar is capable of doing foreign
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this guitar can fit into an absolute ton of scenarios or genres you know I think anything
you throw at this whether it be big monster riffs really nice cleans or kind of anything
in between I think it will really really suit you I mean I guess that's why Alex lyson uses
it because he needs so many tones at his disposal so obviously this is going to be you know
an absolute day one purchase for many many Russian Alex lifeson fans because it's so
sort of synonymous with what he plays I think it's really worth looking at this just as
something that is you know just for anybody who wants just like the top of the line sort
of Epiphone Les Paul with the inclusion obviously of so many sort of sound options the Floyd
Rose which you know maybe a deterrent for some people but I mean come on Floyd Roseanna
Les Paul like look how cool this thing looks but yeah if it's in the studio if it's on
stage if you just want this kind of all-in-one guitar that still encompasses that of a Les
Paul you know you're not really going to get much stuff that is that big kind of chunky
mahogany Powerhouse that everybody's used to but then with the flick for the switch
you've got that much more sparkly sort of S-Type sound that maybe some people want as
well and you know that's all from the one guitar for a little bit of immediate gratification
for anyone here is how the coil splits actually sound from humbucker to single coil foreign
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my name's been Kieran have a great day [Music] foreign
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