A friend of mine won the epi version and the 1st thing he did was take out the stock pup's and put in the emg zakk pups. sounds great now

Agreed, +1

It's also got one of those special necks... You should look it up.



Also, the ESP LTD EC-1000 is a spectacular idea. Legit EMGs, sick looks... it's a solid guitar. I've got two friends who have them, they love 'em.

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The Epi Zakk Wylde LP is a pretty decent guitar. I think a trade for an Ibanez Artcore would be an upgrade on your end.
I'm not big on the tone of the EMG HZs, but you could easily swap those out for something better suited to your taste if you don't like 'em. Overall though, it's a good guitar, and with a couple of tweaks to your amp settings I'm sure you could get plenty of classic rock tones out of it.
My brother has one and he never puts the thing down (except on the rare chance I let him play the Tele )
So I said all that to say this...If I was you I'd go for the trade and enjoy the new tones I could get out of a new guitar. I always love sitting down with a new piece of gear and seeing what I can do with it.

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trade for this, perhaps it is a better LP.
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/F ... usk-tiger/

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeell crap. I have another guy that wants to trade his Epi Les PAul Standard Plus. It's a beautiful guitar, great sustain, and the pickups are hotter than hell itself.......BUT.....the neck was cracked at the headstock about 2 years ago and was repaired by a luthier. You can't feel it, but I can see it. I've heard that once an Epi neck breaks or cracks and is repaired correctly, it can make the neck stronger than before. Anyways, I love the Standard Plus, but have no clue what to do. The neck crack worries me some.

Ceri.......you're the master luthier, what do you think? Anyone?

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