Name: Epiphone Les Paul Custom Black Beauty Electric Guitar
SKU: 8500046

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, eventually Les requested a Les Paul with a solid black finish and three pickups with gold hardware that would blend well with a tuxedo. The result was the Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, 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 Black Beauty. Featuring a trio of Epiphone Alnico Classic humbucking pickups along with the Custom’s classic gold hardware, fully bound body, neck, headstock and mother of pearl inlays, the Epiphone Les Paul Custom Black Beauty 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 Black Beauty takes that concept then ups the ante with no less than three Alnico Classic Humbucking pickups. Just like the good old days, the Les Paul Custom Black Beauty has a solid mahogany neck with a 24.75 scale that is hand fitted with a traditional Mortise and tenon glued in joint for optimum neck to body contact, which allows the Les Paul Custom Black Beauty 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 Black Beauty 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 Black Beauty in white silkscreen in tribute to Les’ timeless design.

GIBSON DESIGNED ALNICO CLASSIC HUMBUCKING POWER

The Epiphone Les Paul Custom Black Beauty features a trio of Epiphone Alnico Classic pickups. A modern, versatile pickup, the Alnico Classics are inspired by the original hand wound PAF humbuckers made by Seth Lover at the Kalamazoo factory in the late 50s.

Epiphone’s Alnico Classic™ humbuckers utilise powerful Alnico V magnets along with matched windings on each coil. The result is a focused output with clear highs, a tight bass response and just the right amount of bite. Perfect for all styles from rock to jazz, they are the quintessential humbucker. The added power of the Alnico V magnet adds extra versatility making these pickups well suited for rock styles that require more drive and presence.

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 Black Beauty delivers with a Gold LockTone Tune-o-matic Bridge and a Gold LockTone Stopbar Tailpiece for superb tuning stability.

The Epiphone Les Paul Custom Black Beauty features gold hardware, including gold Grover machine heads with a 16:1 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 BLACK BEAUTY ELECTRIC GUITAR FEATURES