Epiphone’s Inspired by Gibson Collection proudly presents the Les Paul Standard 50s! This guitar lovingly recreates the feel and tone of 1950s Les Pauls. Epiphone’s long friendship with Mr. Les Paul began in 1940, when Les built one of the world’s first solidbody electric guitars while working nights at the original Epiphone factory in Manhattan. Les’s first solidbody guitar, nicknamed "The Log," would go on to inspire the Les Paul Standard, which many consider the greatest electric guitar ever made.
This model features a mahogany body, a AAA flame maple veneer top, a bound mahogany neck with a '59 Rounded Medium C profile and long neck tenon, a laurel fretboard with classic trapezoid inlays, Epiphone Vintage Deluxe tuners, a pair of critically acclaimed Epiphone Probucker humbuckers, and gold Top Hat knobs with dial pointers. This Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Original also includes the Kalamazoo headstock, Graph Tech nut, era-appropriate wiring, and CTS potentiometers. A premium gigbag is also included.