The tribute is made to be better. It's an up-gunned standard. So the only real question is.."Are the few changes Epiphone made worth the worth the leap in price?" Which is really more your question. Though here are the specs.
LP Plus Top
Solid mahogany body
Flamed maple veneer over carved top
Set mahogany neck
Slim-tapered neck
22-fret rosewood fingerboard
24-3/4" scale
1-11/16" nut width
Alnico Classic humbuckers
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece for more sustain and easier string changing
Cream body and fretboard binding
Chrome hardware
LP Tribute
Mahogany body
Carved hard maple top
Mahogany neck
Neck options: 1960s SlimTaper (D profile) or Asymmetrical (combination D-profile bass side and C-profile treble side
Vintage "Deep-Set" glued-in neck joint
Adjustable truss rod
24.75" scale
Rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl trapezoid inlays
Gibson USA '57 Classic neck humbucker (4-wire)
Gibson USA '57 Classic Plus bridge humbucker (4-wire)
Switchcraft 3-way pickup selector, Neck Pickup Volume, Bridge Pickup Volume, Neck Pickup Tone (push/pull - series/parallel), Bridge Pickup Tone (push/pull - series/parallel)
Mallory 150 capacitors
Fingerboard 1-ply binding (cream)
14" fingerboard radius
22 medium-jumbo frets
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge/stopbar tailpiece for more sustain and easier string changing
1-11/16" nut width
Nickel machine heads Grover locking tuners
Straplocks
Epiphone lifetime warranty
Includes hardshell case
God it's a long post ain't it?
