Description
Epiphones new Inspired by Gibson Collection proudly presents the Les Paul Standard 50s! This guitar lovingly recreates the feel and tone of 1950s era Les Pauls. Epiphones long friendship with Mr. Les Paul began in 1940 when Les built one of the worlds first solid-body electric guitars while working nights at the original Epiphone factory in Manhattan. Les first solid-body guitar, nicknamed the Log, would go on to inspire the Les Paul Standard, what many consider the greatest electric guitar ever made. The guitar is crafted with a Mahogany body, Maple cap (AAA veneer on figured tops), bound 50s shaped Mahogany neck with long neck tenon, Indian Laurel fingerboard with classic trapezoid inlay, Epiphone’s new Vintage-Deluxe tuners, a pair of critically acclaimed Epiphone ProBucker humbuckers, and gold Top Hat knobs with dial pointers. Available in Metallic Gold, Vintage Sunburst, and Heritage Cherry Sunburst full-gloss finishes. This Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Original model also has the Kalamazoo headstock, rolled neck for a comfortable feel, GraphTech® NuBone nut, era-appropriate wiring, and CTS pots. Optional hardshell or EpiLite Case is available.
Specs:
Body
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top: Carved Hard Maple Cap with AAA Flame Maple Veneer
- Binding: Cream
- Finish: Gloss
Neck
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C
- Scale Length: 24.75″ / 628.65mm
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″
- Number Of Frets: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech NuBone
- Nut Width: 1.69″ / 43mm
- Inlays: Trapezoid
- Joint: Glued in; set Neck
Hardware
- Finish: Nickel
- Tuner-Plating: Nickel
- Bridge: Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Epiphone LockTone Stopbar
- Tuning Machines: Epiphone Vintage Deluxe 18:1 ratio machine heads
- Pickguard: 1-ply; Cream PVC
- TrussRod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: “Bell Shaped”; 2-layer (Black/White) E
- Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat
- Strap Buttons: 2- Bottom and heel
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker-2
- Bridge Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker-3
- Controls: 2- Volume, 2- Tone CTS pots, 50s style wiring
- Pickup Selector: 3-Way Epiphone toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4″
Miscellaneous
- Strings: 10, .13, .17, .26, .36, .46
