The single Player pack is still available, but now the amp has shrunk to nothing more than a toy for kids.

Sweetwater's Sales Engineers are regarded as the most experienced and knowledgeable professionals in the music industry, with extensive music backgrounds and intense training on the latest products and technologies. Therefore, go with the Special of any kind, but maybe replace the tuners and test it out first for fretwork and other considerations. And if you consider all the other factors in a child's development, these may be a better choice than funding an expensive guitar.And as for sound, these dual-humbuckers produce rich, warm, and clear sounds, and just like the PAF originals featured in the original LP, these pickups can be very aggressive and cutting when you need them to be. All of their years of experience has been fed down in to Epiphone to make sure you are getting the best guitar possible for the money. You won't have the bragging rights, but you will have a useable guitar that sounds good and inspires practice. Epiphone have paid great attention to detail on this guitar, including the traditional pearloid "Dot" inlays along the fretboard, making it easier to find notes and chords. When some of us first started playing guitar, we were a little snobbish about brands like Epiphone and Squier.

As far as the rest of the hardware, the two metal strap buttons work as expected and the covered tuners are smooth, and hold their tuning well. What ever model you get the main thing is that it has a good neck with fast action for playing lead and having good tuners will save you a lot of pain.Now, yet another problem has emerged, the Epiphone Les Paul Special II is no longer in production and has been replaced with the Epiphone Les Paul Vintage Edition. The body of the Les Paul Special VE has been crafted from light Poplar and cut to the same, iconic Les Paul profile as all genuine Les Paul guitars, with the single cutaway design allowing for easy reach of the higher frets – perfect for solos. They picked poplar, which is a downgrade from the mahogany bodies you’ll find on Epiphone’s higher-end models. Some may think sports provide some of those life lessons too, but with guitar, you don't risk critical injury or regular public humiliation. The highs might be a bit harsher than I’d prefer, but for the most part, I thought it was really well-balanced.

One of the most famous is the Les Paul Special TV Yellow from the Inspired by Gibson Collection, which is loved for its classic look and storied history.A master tone, master volume and a switch (thats slightly crackly, but not too bad) is perfect for me, simple and to the point. The Epiphone Les Paul Special VE (Vintage Edition) features a vintage worn finish in a vibrant cherry sunburst. There are several quality PAF style humbuckers that will also give you a more vintage sound with lower output. It is no longer speculation, but a well known fact that music lessons improve other scholastic scores because only daily practice improves any new skill.