Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus Top Pro
Out of all of Les Paul’s many achievements; inventor, guitarist, and hit recording artist, Les is most beloved among musicians for inspiring the Les Paul Standard, one of the most sought-after guitars in the world. And now, the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plustop PRO gives the legend a fresh start with ProBucker-2 and ProBucker-3 pickups with coil-splitting, a AAA flame maple veneer top, and beautiful new color finishes including Honeyburst (inspired by late ’50s vintage Les Pauls), Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Trans Blue, Vintage Sunburst and Wine Red.
Epiphone’s history with legendary guitarist and innovator Les Paul dates back to the early 1940s when Les, working nights at the Epiphone factory on 14th Street in New York City, created one of the first solid body electric guitars, better known as “The Log.” Over the next 15 years, Les continued to develop his dream guitar that would “sustain for days” and in the late ’50s, the historic Gibson and Epiphone factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan produced the “sunburst” Les Paul Standard and its new pickup, the “PAF” humbucker.
Players like Joe Bonamassa, Slash, Ace Frehley, Zakk Wylde, Jimmy Page, Alex Lifeson and countless others get their signature sound from a “sunburst” Les Paul and now Epiphone gives you a chance to experience that one-of-a-kind tone at an affordable price with the Les Paul Standard Plustop PRO. The Les Paul Standard Plustop PRO features ProBucker “PAF”-style pickups with coil-splitting, new colors and a beautiful AAA flame maple veneer top for a vintage look with all the modern appointments that players expect from Epiphone.
• Body: mahogany
• Top: AAA flame maple
• Neck: hand-set, mahogany
• Scale: 24.75"
• Frets: 22 medium jumbo
• Fretboard Radius: 12"
• Fingerboard Inlay: trapezoid
• Nut Width: 1.68"
• Binding: 1-ply cream (body), 1-ply cream (neck)
• Pickups: ProBucker-2
• Bridge Pickup: ProBucker-3
• Bridge: Locking Tune-o-matic
• Tailpiece: Stopbar
• Controls:
- Neck pickup volume with push/pull coil-splitting
- Bridge pickup volume with push/pull coil-splitting
- Neck pickup tone
- Bridge pickup tone
• Machine Heads: Grover 14:1
• Strings: D’Addario 10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46