The First Collaboration Between Epiphone and the Gibson Custom Shop
Made in partnership with the Gibson™ Custom Shop, the Limited Edition 1959 Les Paul™ Standard is Epiphone's stunning recreation of the rare vintage classic. Featuring a mahogany body with a maple top with a AAA figured maple veneer, comfortable 1959 hand-rolled neck profile with long neck tenon, aged finish, Gibson USA BurstBucker™ 2 & 3 humbucking pickups, Switchcraft® selector switch and output jack, CTS® pots, 50s era wiring, Mallory™ capacitors, non-beveled pickguard, new Epiphone Deluxe vintage tuners, and a vintage-style brown hard case. It also comes with an Epiphone Limited Edition metal medallion toggle switchplate. Available in Aged Dark Burst and Aged Dark Cherry Burst.
Specifications
Body
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top: Carved Hard Maple Cap with AAA Figured Maple Veneer
- Binding: Cream
- Finish: Aged
Neck
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: '59 Rounded "C"
- Scale Length: 24.76" (629mm)
- 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; Long Tenon
Hardware
- Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: Epiphone LockTone™ ABR-1
- Tailpiece: Epiphone LockTone™ Stop Bar
- Tuning Machines: Epiphone Deluxe with Vintage Tulip Keys
- Pickguard: Cream
- Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat with dial pointers
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Gibson BurstBucker™ 2
- Bridge Pickup: Gibson BurstBucker™ 3
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS® pots, Mallory capacitors, 50s era wiring
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Switchcraft® toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft®
Miscellaneous
- Case: Hardshell Case included
- Accessories: Included vintage-style hard case, Epiphone Limited Edition metal medallion toggle switch back plate
