SG or Les Paul? (Gibson/Epiphone)

[Pho]

I'm looking at buying a new guitar. It'll most likely be the Epiphone versions, which are rated very highly against their Gibson counterparts. However I can't decide whether I'd prefer the SG or Les Paul. I like the look and sound of both of them, the Les Paul is the more bluesy style guitar I've heard, yet you see many rock bands using them.

I've not had a chance to play either of them first-hand yet, if someone who owns either (both would be great) could post some sound samples showing their tone differences that would be nice, it's hard to find sound clips playing the same riff. I play pretty much anything, from rock and metal to nice blues style riffs.

So, what would you personally prefer? .

 

[Pho]

It seems most people prefer the LP then (from reading online, talking to my friends etc). I guess I should be looking at the standard (or above) specs rather than the specials (they only have 2 controls, I think). Although, I'd of personaly made standard the povety spec and special the better spec .

 

[Pho]

Completely forgot I made this thread .

I was hoping for a one-sided vote, but it seems pretty even, makes my choice harder . I only have a MG15DFX amp at the moment so I'm probably going to upgrade that some time too, too many choices of amp though.

I'm liking the fact it seems pretty tough, the amount of times I've moved and smacked my Yamaha against the wall

 

[Pho]

I'd go for the Les Paul. I've played both but the LP just feels better. Thicker sound and bags of sustain. You'll probably need a chiropractor on speed dial because of the weight though! Plus, a sunburst LP with Chrome hardware is the best looking guitar in history of course!

Heh my yamaha feels as though it's made of balsa, so light . I was thinking about the cherry, but the sun burst does indeed look nice.

I use an epiphone LP Standard and love it to bits for the indy crunch goodness

The indy tone is good .



Still yet to go and demo one of these, apart from the trimmings the studio version is very similar to the standard right? (and a lot cheaper).

 

[Pho]

Ah yes I didn't think about that. The less paul is only a single-cuttaway isn't it, would be hard to reach the top frets without bending your hand I imagine?