Product Details Stock-B: The headstock was broken and repaired by our Luthiers. No visible signs of repair, like new. No risk of damage. Does not affect the guitar?s quality in any way.
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LES PAUL STANDARD 1959 TOBACCO BURST INSPIRED BY GIBSON CUSTOM
In 1959, the solid-body Les Paul evolved into its now iconic shape ? featuring newly invented humbucking pickups and a stunning burst finish. This remarkable reproduction of the most famous instrument features a solid mahogany body with a carved solid maple top and AAA figured maple veneer, a comfortable 1959 rounded medium C neck profile, a Gibson "open book" headstock, Gibson USA Custombucker pickups, and 1950s-style wiring.
Inspired by Gibson Custom, updated and more authentic than ever.
Made in collaboration with Gibson Custom, the Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard is Epiphone?s incredible re-creation of this rare vintage classic, updated to be more authentic and true to the originals than ever before. It features a mahogany body with a maple top covered by a AAA flame maple veneer, a one-piece mahogany neck with a comfortable ?59 rounded medium C profile, a long neck tenon and Gibson-style R9 "open book" headstock shape, VOS (Vintage Original Sheen) finish, Gibson Custombucker humbucker pickups, Switchcraft® selector switch and 1/4" output jack, CTS® pots, 1950s-style wiring, Mallory® capacitors, non-beveled cream pickguard, vintage Epiphone Deluxe tuners with Keystone buttons, and a vintage brown and pink hard case. Play one today and prepare to be amazed!
Specifications
Body
- Les Paul body shape
- Mahogany body
- Maple top with AAA flame maple veneer
- Single-ply binding on top and fingerboard edge
- Body finish VOS (Vintage Original Sheen) Polyurethane
Neck
- 1959 Rounded Medium "C" profile
- Scale length 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
- Laurel fingerboard
- Radius 304.8 mm / 12 in
- One-piece mahogany neck
- 22 frets
- Medium Jumbo fret size
- Graph Tech nut material
- Nut width 43.0 mm / 1.692 in
- Mother of Pearl trapezoid inlays
- Set neck with long glued tenon joint
Hardware
- Nickel hardware
- ABR-1 bridge
- Gibson Historic Reissue Stop Bar tailpiece
- Epiphone Deluxe tuners with Keystone butterfly buttons
- Cream pickguard without bevel
- Adjustable truss rod
- 2-ply black truss rod cover
- Gold Top Hat control knobs with nickel indicator
- Amber pickup selector knob
- Cream pickup selector washer with gold lettering
- Cream square plastic output jack
- Black control finish; Inspired by Gibson Custom logo in gold
- Cream pickup rings
- Nickel pickup covers
Electronics
- Neck pickup: Gibson Custombucker
- Bridge pickup: Gibson Custombucker
- Controls
- 2 Volume
- 2 Tone
- CTS potentiometers
- Mallory capacitors, 50s-style wiring
- 3-position Switchcraft pickup selector
- 1/4" Switchcraft output jack
Miscellaneous
- Strings .010 .013 .017 .026 .036 .046
- Brown hard case with pink interior inspired by Gibson Custom cases