do you know the agony of having 800$ on hand and needing a new guitar... well went through hell trying to decide between a les paul, a SG special faded, a Explorer a BMS and anything else that came to mind...HELL! but this one day i come home from school and me and my friends have just had like 3 beers, so i really want to play guitar, but i sold my guitars to get the money... so out comes the computer, pop-up comes thomann.de and 1. thing i see is a black limited edition, custom shop epiphone les paul custom... the rest is history. and i couldn't have found a more perfect guitar! cheers!