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Dan Erlewine lui même à répondu à un de mes posts où je demandais la différence entre les ABRdes Les Paul Epiphone et Gibson:
Dan Erlewine
Fret Mechanic
Registered: Jul 2001
Location: Athens, Ohio
Posts: 702
Epi is not so bad, now . . .
. . . Some of the Epis are quite nice, especially for the money. As for their ABR-1 bridge, it's not so bad. One thing I LIKE about many I see lately is that the saddles are WAY taller. Slightly funny-looking at first, but they sure offer the option of setting the string radius at the bridge exactly the way you want (and re-shaping the top of the saddle) with plenty of height to work with.
The biggest improvement I think they benefit from (as do some Gibson guitars from all price ranges as well as other brands) is the carefull running of superglue under each fret to solidify them. So man Epis have "hollow" sounding frets - and loss of tone. Of course the biggest advantage would be a complete refret of you want it to be more like its big big brothers and sisters. (Then again sometimes the whole family could benefit from a refret).
For sure a proper neck adjustment and fret levelling (after the superglue treatment) will make an Epi play just right.
If you get into superglue/frets study up (wax the board, use water-thin fresh glue, have appropriate safety materials at hand, etc., and practice on scrap).
I wouldn't advise "just anybody" to take a bottle of fresh superlgue and go at their guitar.
dan