Made in collaboration with Gibson™ Custom, the Epiphone 1959 Les Paul™ Standard is Epiphone’s incredible recreation of the rare vintage classic, updated to be more authentic and true to the originals than ever. It features a mahogany body with a maple top with a AAA flame maple veneer, a one-piece mahogany neck with a comfortable ’59 rounded, medium C profile, long neck tenon, and Gibson-style “open book” R9 headstock shape, VOS (Vintage Original Sheen) finish, Gibson Custombucker humbucking pickups, Switchcraft® selector switch and 1/4” output jack, CTS® pots, 50s era wiring, Mallory™ capacitors, non-beveled pickguard, Epiphone Deluxe vintage tuners with Keystone buttons, and a vintage-style brown and pink hardshell case. Play one today, and prepare to be amazed!
Serial Number: 23111530556
Weight: 8.2 lbs
Specs
Body
- Body Style: Les Paul
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top: Maple with AAA Flame Maple Veneer
- Binding: Single Ply, Top and Fretboard
- Body Finish: VOS (Vintage Original Sheen) Polyurethane
Neck
- Profile: 1959 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
- Nut Width: 43.0 mm / 1.692 in
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Trapezoid
- Joint: Glued In, Set Neck; Long Tenon
Hardware
- Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: ABR-1
- Tailpiece: Gibson Historic Reissue Stop Bar
- Tuning Machines: Epiphone Deluxe with Keystone Buttons
- Pickguard: Cream, No Bevel
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: 2-ply Black; Blank, Wide White
- Control Knobs: Gold Top Hat with Nickel-plated Dial Pointer
- Switch Tip: Amber
- Switch washer: Cream with Gold Text
- Jack Plate Cover: Cream Plastic, Square
- Control Covers: Black; Inspired by Gibson Custom Logo in Gold
- Strap Buttons: 2 - Bottom and Shoulder
- Mounting Rings: Cream
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Gibson Custombucker
- Bridge Pickup: Gibson Custombucker
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone; CTS Potentiometers, Mallory Capacitors, 50s Wiring
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Switchcraft
- Output Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
Miscellaneous
- Strings Gauge: .010 .013 .017 .026 .036 .046
- Case: Hardshell with Brown Exterior, Pink Interior, and Inspired by Gibson Custom Graphics
**Guitar is new but considered B-Stock due to two small finish chips on the back (see picture). Price has been discounted accordingly.