The Les Paul Custom is part of Epiphone’s Inspired by Gibson Collection and honors the 1950s classic designed by Mr. Les Paul himself in 1954 as the “tuxedo” version of his groundbreaking solid body masterpiece. Featuring the traditional Custom bound all-mahogany body, 60s SlimTaper™ neck profile, ebony fingerboard with block inlays, gold Epiphone LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic™ bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece, a pair of critically acclaimed Epiphone ProBucker™ humbuckers, and Custom split-diamond inlay on the headstock. This Epiphone Inspired by Gibson model also has the 60s style Kalamazoo headstock, rolled neck for a comfortable feel, Graph Tech® NuBone® nut, era-appropriate wiring, and CTS® pots. Optional hardshell or EpiLite Case is available.
Serial number: I05053191
Production year: May 2005 (serial: 3191)
Made by Saein, Korea
Body:
Mahogany body
Neck:
Set Mahogany neck with SlimTaper "D" profile
Satin finish
Rosewood fingerboard with Mother-of-pearl block inlays
Small open-book headstock (1989)
Modern clipped-ear headstock (1990-Current)
22 Medium-Jumbo frets
12" Fingerboard radius
24.75" scale
1.68" nut width
Binding:
5-ply body & headstock
Single-ply neck
Electronics:
Alnico Classic humbuckers
Tone controls with push/pull coil split
2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
3-way selector switch
Hardware:
Gold hardware
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
Black speed knobs
Epiphone 14:1 ratio vintage-style green key tuners (1989-2002)
Grover Rotomatic 16:1 ratio die-cast tuners (2002-Current)
