You will not get vintage Zep-style tone from either 2 or 3 pups versions oout of the box. it has little ceramic 44uf caps ie, brittle tone. String them up with 0.052"s and let er rip. Either the 2 or 3 pup are great looking gits and play nice with 50's style necks. But - if these are things you're picky about, then look instead at the Ace Frehly made by Gibson CS. Also, the wood is not dried long enough and is a bit powdery (open up the kidney cavity and you'll see what i mean). its a Chinese made Epi so there is little bits of bleed and bare wood where their imperial overlords cracked the whip at the factory and made the poor little dude rush to finsish. But if you want it sounding great, your gonna upgrade the guts. At any rate, out of the box it isnt a 'bad' guitar. For modern hard rock, the Slash APH-2 set from Seymour is another nice option (although not available with a gold cap). I put a set of SD Synister Gates into mine (Invader SH-8n and b) and my Tuxedo became a Lester on 'roids! If you're going for a more classic/vintagy tone, then you shoudl spring for the Gibson classic '57/'57plus set. Theyre not bad, but theyre nothing to write home about either. In either case You will probably want to swap out the stock Epi Alnico V potted pups. I dont know, i never brought it home and went with the 2pup tuxedo instead. Maybe some lowering of the middle pup would help.
It gets muddy and thin, probably due to poorly matched output on the pups. So why look at the 2 pup? Well, like others have said, the 3 pups balls kind of fall off when you switch to the mid position. It also comes with all the binding and gold hardware of this bad-boy, but is a 2 pup model. However, make sure you also check its 2 pup brother, the Les Paul Custom Tuxedo. If you're looking at this audacious beauty, youre probably drawn to the 3 pup gimmick, as was I.
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