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What is a good electric guitar to buy?

I’ve been playing acoustic guitar for 3 years and I’m going to switch over to electric.
I currently have a very nice washburn acoustic guitar that is 25 years old, and a cheap ashton electric guitar, which is a piece of crap that rusted out, and I can’t change the strings.
Anyway, I like the sound of a les paul better than a strat, but i’m not willing to pay for a genuine gibson les paul.
I’ve been looking at the epiphone les pauls, and played some of them, they sounded ok, but not great.
I’ve also looked at SG’s, i liked them too.
Anyway what is a good quality electric that will sound somewhat like a les paul, and will be a good price ($500 to 800 AUD).
Are the epiphone les pauls and SG’s good, and what do you guys think of Ibanez.
Give me any suggestions

Hoping that you understand that all responses are completely a matter of opinion, my opinion is that Epiphone is a very good choice for you at this time. Both the Les Paul models and the SG (esp. the SG-400, over the 310) are very good quality for the money and you can play around with different pickups until the proverbial cows come home. Just because you didn’t like what you heard when you played the LPs you mentioned does not mean they are not capable of producing excellent tone. The amp you played through also had a part in that equation. Until you can spent a decent amount of time with a guitar to play with its switches and controls, you just can’t make a decision. Both the Epi LPs and SGs are capable of producing all sorts of sounds! The SG is lighter in weight if that makes a difference to you.

You may want to check out the reviews on any instruments you’re considering at:

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/

I can’t stand Ibanez guitars and would never purchase one. Just my opinion after having done repair work on them.

Kabum

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