| When I moved to California in 2003 I started | | | | Epiphone Les Paul Standard Honey Burst until he |
| working with guitars everyday. My opinions on a | | | | came to the store to AB it with the Gibson. My |
| lot of guitars started to be based on experience | | | | work-mate and I also compared the guitars. |
| and not word of mouth. During this time every | | | | As we kept playing we started to look for flaws |
| new Epiphone Les Paul I seemed to grab felt | | | | on the used Gibson because it was nowhere close |
| very good. Coincidentally this was the year that | | | | to the sound and performance of the Hal's |
| Epiphone Les Paul guitars became "Hand Crafted | | | | Epiphone. Hal decided to finally tell us about a |
| In China" and not "Made In Korea". | | | | modification he had done to his guitar, the Jimmy |
| My friend Hal is a 40 something year old guitar | | | | Page Mod plus a set of Gibson Pickups. This |
| player from northern CA, the typical Saturday | | | | basically gives every possible combination of |
| morning rock guitar player. He seemed to be | | | | pickup settings that the electronics of the guitar |
| doing fine judging by his Lexus SUV, but having a | | | | allows. |
| real life (Wife) made getting a Gibson something | | | | We were in awe of how he would just name a |
| of a leap for him. | | | | Zeppelin song, pull or push a couple of knobs and |
| Another friend happened to be selling a Gibson | | | | just nail the sound. We could have tried to |
| Les Paul Classic and the price was very good. Hal | | | | convince Hal to finally get a Gibson Les Paul but I |
| was really debating making the Jump. The final | | | | was the first one to admit that if it was me I |
| test was an AB comparison between his guitar | | | | would not change it. |
| and the Gibson. Hal had never told us he had an | | | | |