I like those Epiphone les Pauls. The have a great tone, lots of sustain and are great bang for the buck guitars. I just purchased a 96 Fender American Strat plus, an epiphone les paul or the gibson les paul jr special will probably be my next guitar. Try out the Les paul Jr special too, the are a little bit more the the epiphone (I've seen them about$650) they sound great.