Epiphone Tackles Custom Les Paul Design
Since its grand entrance in the early 1950s, the Les Paul Custom's iconic visual design and sonic versatility have touched the hearts of countless high-profile musicians. Broken down to its finest components, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom's thoughtful mahogany body construction and maple top bear the sonic and visual resemblance of its contemporaries while favoring several period-correct appointments to match the standard of its mid-century roots. Gibson's USA-series humbuckers positioned in the neck and bridge cater to several sonic possibilities, from clean rhythm keeping to devious hot-rodded squeals and everywhere in between. Topped off with its proprietary Tune-o-matic bridge, stopbar tailpiece, and an assemblage of "Tuxedo"-inspired appointments, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom harbors the leverage of Gibson's most iconic 6-string design at an approachable value.
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A tribute to classic Gibson design
Sweetwater guitarists have deduced that the historic Les Paul design bears three crucial hallmarks: playability, comfort, and tone. The Epiphone Les Paul Custom's solid maple and mahogany body represents the original model's time-tested tonewood design, developing bold sonics with excellent control and natural sustain. On the neck, the Les Paul Custom's ebony fretboard carries 22 frets at a 24.75-inch scale length, offering a modern playing field with the exceptional navigability that its ancestor was known for. It all comes down to a delicate gloss body finish on top of the Les Paul's classic, time-honored shape, offering a bounty of comfort in both stage and studio playing situations.
Genuine Gibson humbucker voicing
Intentions to shred crunchy leads and keep clean rhythms can easily be made with the Les Paul Custom's Gibson humbucker combo. With a Gibson USA 498T humbucker in the bridge position, finding the right balance of upper midrange squeal and amplified articulation is a cinch. Likewise, the guitar's Gibson USA 490R in the neck delivers powerful rhythm tone with plenty of room for midrange tonal exploration. Together, the 498T and 490R form an excellent humbucker bond that's attuned to prevent feedback at high levels, making it a perfect sonic option for plenty of genres and play styles.
Dressed to the nines in period-correct regalia
Adhering to its "Tuxedo" aesthetics, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom is fit to the gills with historically accurate appointments, including multi-ply body binding, a classic Gibson-style headstock, and a long tenon set neck joint. The guitar's Graph Tech nut and proprietary Epiphone Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece formulate a consistent playing field while keeping intonation remarkably stable via Grover Rotomatic tuning machines. In terms of its appearance, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom is a stunner, featuring a healthy mix of antique gold equipage and inlay visuals to keep its vintage roots well within bounds while performing as a true modern instrument.
Epiphone Les Paul Custom Features:
- A collaborative Epiphone and Gibson Custom Shop take on the 1-and-only Gibson Les Paul Custom
- Mahogany body and solid maple top provide the structurally sound, recognizable playing performance of contemporary Custom models
- Gloss-finished set mahogany neck with Les Paul Custom profile supplies superior movement around the fretboard
- 12-in.-radius ebony fingerboard with MOP block inlays and Graph Tech nut
- Gibson USA 498T and 490R humbucker combo combines hot alnico-style crunch and modern classic rhythm potential
- Traditional “Tuxedo” fittings with period-correct long neck tenon, multi-ply binding, and pickguard
- Gibson Les Paul Custom headstock design with MOP Epiphone logo and split inlays
- Volume and Tone knobs with 3-way Switchcraft toggle scour an expanse of possible electric tones
- Proprietary Epiphone TOM bridge with Lock Tone stopbar tailpiece for exceptional support and easier string changes
- Sightly gold hardware and Grover Rotomatic tuning machines for enhanced reliability and intonation support
