Epiphone Les Paul Custom Figured IT
Product information "Epiphone Les Paul Custom Figured IT"
The Les Paul Custom has now joined the "Inspired by" programme. This beautiful guitar is fitted with all the stylish "Tuxedo" appointments the model is known for. It features a one-piece mahogany neck with a rounded '50s C profile, an ebony fretboard and block fretboard inlays. The Gibson-style "Open Book" headstock also carries the characteristic "Split-Diamond" inlay and the Epiphone logo as headstock inlays. Gold hardware, including Grover® Rotomatic® tuners with an 18:1 ratio, adds further visual appeal. The solid mahogany body is fitted with a maple top for added bite, while the Gibson USA 490R and 498T pickups provide tonal refinement and plenty of power to back all that beauty. They are hand-wired with CTS® potentiometers, a Switchcraft® output jack and a pickup selector switch, and Mallory™ capacitors.
- Binding: 7-ply top, 5-ply Back and Headstock, Single-ply Fretboard
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Shape: Single Cut
- Bridge / Tremolo: LockTone Tune-O-Matic
- Bridge Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker Custom
- Color/ Finish: Iced Tea
- Colour: Sunburst
- Controls: 2x volume, 2x tone
- Country of Origin: China
- Custom shop: no
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlays: Block inlays
- Fretboard radius: 12"
- Frets: 22
- Hardware: Gold
- Includes: Premium Gigbag
- Neck: Mahogany
- Neck Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker Custom
- Neck Profile: Modern Medium C
- Neck construction: Set in neck
- Neck finish: High Gloss
- Nut material: Graphtech
- Pickguard: Black 3-Ply
- Pickup Configuration: H-H (2x Humbucker)
- Pickup Cover: Gold
- Pickup Selector Switch: 3 way toggle
- Pickup type: passive
- Scale: 24" (610 - 634 mm)
- Scale Length: 24,75" (629 mm)
- Signature Model: no
- Strings: 6 string
- Strings thickness ex factory: .010 - .046
- Technology: Solid Body
- Top: Maple
- Translation: 1:18
- Tuning Machines: Grover rotomatic
When you think of Epiphone you naturally think of Gibson, since the maker of guitars, basses, amplifiers and accessories has been part of that company since 1957. Epiphone mainly offers instruments in the lower to mid price range. That means beginners can pick up electric guitar and bass classics such as Les Paul, SG, Explorer, Firebird, ES-335 or Thunderbird for little money. There are also instruments from earlier Epiphone eras like Casino, Wildkat, Riviera and Wilshire. In particular, Epiphone's beginner sets for electric guitar, acoustic guitar and electric bass are worth a close look for newcomers.