EPIPHONE LES PAUL CUSTOM PRO ELECTRIC GUITAR
- Factory Setup
- Alpine White Finish
- Mahogany Body with Maple Veneer Top
- Mahogany Slim Taper D Profile Neck with Mother-of-Pearl Inlays
- 22 Medium Jumbo Frets
- Epiphone ProBucker Humbucking Pickups
- All Metal 3-Way Toggle Switch
- Locktone Tune-O-Matic Bridge and Stopbar Tailpiece
- Gold Hardware
- Multi-Ply Bound Body and Headstock and Single Layer Fretboard Binding
- Grover 16:1 Ratio Tuning Machine Heads
- Tappable Tone Knob with Phase Switch
The Les Paul Custom made its debut in 1954 and Mr. Les Paul himself wanted to convey to audiences that the solid body electric guitar was not a fad but a superb and challenging instrument and that his signature axe, the Les Paul, was the king of all electric solid body guitars. So, Les requested a Les Paul with a custom color finishes in solid black and solid white with gold hardware that would blend well with a tuxedo. The result was the Les Paul Custom, or the tuxedo Les Paul, as it was known at the time.
The Les Paul Custom quickly became one of the most recognised guitars in the world and Les himself used his Les Paul Custom in concert, on his weekly television show with wife Mary Ford and on his album covers, including his famous duet with pal Chet Atkins, Chester and Lester.
Fast forward to now and Gibson have placed this stunning guitar within reach for all. This is the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro. Featuring a pair of Epiphone ProBucker humbucking pickups with coil tapping along with the Custom’s classic gold hardware, fully bound body, neck, headstock and mother of pearl inlays, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom PRO is a class act.
GREAT TONEWOODS CLASSIC LES PAUL SOUND
Les Pauls share common design features however, the Les Paul Custom distinguished itself from the Les Paul Standard and Les Paul Goldtop with a solid mahogany body. The Les Paul Custom PRO carries on that tradition but with the added twist of a maple veneer top, which adds a subtle bite to the Les Paul Custom s legendary tone. Just like Les’ personal Custom, the Les Paul Custom PRO has a solid mahogany neck with a 24.75 scale that s hand fitted with a glued in joint for optimum neck to body contact, which allows the Les Paul Custom PRO to resonate as one solid piece of wood.
The Rosewood fingerboard has a 12″ Radius and features Mother-of-Pearl block inlays, a 1.68″ nut and 22 medium jumbo frets. The mahogany neck has a very comfortable and super fast SlimTaper D profile, the most popular profile found on today s Les Pauls. The Custom PRO also features beautiful 5 ply white black binding around the maple veneer top and the back along with single ply cream binding around the fretboard.
The clipped Dove Wing Epiphone Headstock features 5-ply white black binding along with the prestigious Gibson Split Diamond Mother-of-Pearl inlay and, of course, a vintage Epiphone logo – also in Mother-of-Pearl . The Kalamazoo era bell shaped truss rod cover features Les Paul Custom PRO in white silkscreen in tribute to Les’ timeless design. This Les Paul Custom PRO is in the stunning and rarer Alpine White finish.
PROBUCKER HUMBUCKING POWER
The Epiphone Les Paul Custom PRO features a pair of Epiphone ProBucker pickups. A modern 4-wire design, the Probuckers are inspired by Gibson s legendary BurstBuckers with the addition of coil taps and phase switching.
ProBucker pickups have been been designed to re-create the sound of the original hand wound PAF humbuckers made by Seth Lover at the Kalamazoo factory in the late 50s. Epiphone ProBuckers feature all the same ingredients as original PAF and BurstBucker pickups, including Alnico II magnets, Elektrisola magnet wire, 18% nickel silver unit bases, covers, pole screws, slugs and bobbins all manufactured to Gibson’s original specifications.
The result is a phenomenal pickup that, over time, will develop the subtle, one of a kind characteristics that you can only get from a vintage humbucker. Best of all, those unique pickup characteristics will give your guitar a unique voice. No two vintage Les Pauls sound alike and ProBuckers give your Epiphone Les Paul Custom PRO a one of a kind sound that will get better the more you play.
The ProBucker 2 Humbucker in the neck position is slightly overwound for greater definition at higher volumes. The bridge pickup is a ProBucker 3 humbucker, also slightly overwound to give your solos a wide tonal range. Each pickup features coil tapping via a push pull control at each pickup’s volume knob, which really gives the Les Paul Custom Pro the ability to be any guitar you can imagine.
All volume and tone controls feature full size 500K potentiometers matched with Epiphone’s rugged, all metal, 3 way toggle pickup selector switch for long lasting performance.
WORLD CLASS EPIPHONE HARWARE
Epiphone’s reputation for great guitars extends to its unbeatable hardware and the Epiphone Les Paul Custom PRO delivers with a standard setting gold LockTone Tune-o-matic Bridge and a gold Stopbar Tailpiece for superb tuning stability.
The Epiphone Les Paul Custom PRO features gold hardware, including gold Grover machine heads with a 14:1 ratio. We will check your guitar and tune it up prior to shipping (let us know if you’d like it de-tuned for travel). It includes the Factory setup.
EPIPHONE LES PAUL CUSTOM PRO ELECTRIC GUITAR FEATURES
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top Material: Maple Veneer
- Finish: Alpine White
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Profile: SlimTaper D profile
- Neck Finish: Satin
- Neck/Body Joint: Vintage Deep Set Glued-In Neck Joint
- Truss Rod: 2-Way Adjustable Truss Rod
- Scale Length: 24.75″ scale
- FretBoard Material: Rosewood with pearloid block inlays
- Neck Pickup: ProBucker 2 4 wire
- Bridge Pickup: ProBucker 3 4 wire
- Controls: Epiphone all metal 3 way pickup selector
- Controls: Volume and Tone with push/pull coil tapping and push/pull phase switching
- Body Top Binding: 5 ply white/black
- Body Back Binding: 5 ply white/black
- Fingerboard Binding: 1 ply white
- Headstock Binding: 5 ply white black
- Fingerboard Radius: 12R”
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Medium Jumbo
- Bridge: LockTone Tune-o-MaticBridge
- Tailpiece LockTone Stopbar Tailpiece
- Hardware Finish: Gold
- Machine Heads: Grover (14:1 ratio)
