Can a LES PAUL do metal?

aviv_a · 09-10-2016, 01:21 PM

Hello everybody, I'm playing a Fender style guitar for the last 11 years. I was thinking to buy a guitar that could play harder with humbuckers and all, and then I found this Epiphone LES PAUL SPECIAL one. Now, I know this is a cheap guitar, but i'm not asking about its quality,
I'm asking if it's strong enough to play metal riffs..?

Chula Vista · 09-10-2016, 02:02 PM

Zakk Wylde and John Sykes say yes.

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-10-2016, 04:51 PM

If you can amplify and distort it, it can do metal.

The Batlord · 09-10-2016, 05:00 PM

You mean can it make swords and chain link fences?

Mondo Bungle · 09-10-2016, 06:47 PM

Yes you can in fact play riffs on a les Paul

aviv_a · 09-10-2016, 10:54 PM

Thanks everybody

cabrochino · 11-03-2016, 08:16 PM

Sure you can. **** you can do metal on a tele and it sounds sick with the right rig

sweetSmoke · 11-04-2016, 06:50 AM

Hey man, you into Sykes?

09-10-2016, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
aviv_a Groupie Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 14	Can a LES PAUL do metal? Hello everybody, I'm playing a Fender style guitar for the last 11 years. I was thinking to buy a guitar that could play harder with humbuckers and all, and then I found this Epiphone LES PAUL SPECIAL one. Now, I know this is a cheap guitar, but i'm not asking about its quality, I'm asking if it's strong enough to play metal riffs..?

09-10-2016, 02:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Zakk Wylde and John Sykes say yes. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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sweetSmoke Groupie Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 32	Hey man, you into Sykes? __________________ "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	If you can amplify and distort it, it can do metal.

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Mondo Bungle Prepare 4 the Fight Scene Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 7,675	Yes you can in fact play riffs on a les Paul

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aviv_a Groupie Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 14	Thanks everybody

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cabrochino Groupie Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 4	Sure you can. **** you can do metal on a tele and it sounds sick with the right rig