Epiphone Limited Edition Les Paul Standard '50s Bigsby, Ebony
SKU: 043-05448-EB
Epiphones new Inspired by Gibson Collection proudly presents the Les Paul Standard 50s! This guitar lovingly recreates the feel and tone of the 1950s era Les Pauls. Epiphones long friendship with Mr. Les Paul began in 1940 when Les built one of the worlds first solidbody electric guitars while working nights at the original Epiphone factory in Manhattan. Les first solidbody guitar, nicknamed the Log, would go on to inspire the Les Paul Standard, which 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 inlays, Epiphone's new Vintage Deluxe tuners, a pair of critically acclaimed Epiphone Pro.
SPECS
Body
- Body Style Les Paul
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top: Carved Hard Maple Cap with AAA Flame Maple Veneer
- Binding: Cream
- Body Finish: Gloss
Neck
- Profile: 50s Rounded Medium C
- Scale Length: 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
- Fingerboard Material: Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 304.8 mm / 12 in
- Fret Count: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech NuBone
- Nut Width: 43.0 mm / 1.692 in
- Inlays: Trapezoid
- Joint: Glued in; Set Neck
Hardware
- Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Bigsby Trem
- Tuning Machines: Epiphone Vintage Deluxe 18:1 ratio machine heads
- Pickguard: 1-Ply; Cream PVC
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: "Bell Shaped"; 2-layer (Black/White) E
- Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat
- Strap Buttons: 2 - bottom and shoulder
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker 1
- Bridge Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker 2
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS pots, 50s style wiring
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4"
- MISC
- Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046