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The new 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.

Mahogany body in gloss finish
Mahogany neck with SlimTaper profile, ebony fretboard
ProBucker 2 (neck), ProBucker 3 (bridge) humbuckers with dual volume and tone controls
LockTone ABR bridge, stopbar tailpiece, Grover Rotomatic tuners

Body ConstructionMahogany has a warm, mellow tone, and it has been a Gibson mainstay since the very first Les Paul. Epiphone outfitted the Les Paul Custom with a mahogany body finished in gloss.

Neck ConstructionEpiphone paired the mahogany body with a mahogany neck, featuring a SlimTaper profile. The ebony fretboard has a 12" radius and 22 medium jumbo frets. The headstock on the Custom has a redesigned shape with a custom-style inlay.

ProBuckers pickupsEpiphone’s ProBuckers sound so close to vintage PAFS that even experts can’t always tell them apart. They are made with 18% nickel silver bases and covers, the same specs Gibson employed back in the early days. Transparent and crisp, ProBuckers use lower-output Alnico II magnets for a warmer, more creamy sound. 

Les Paul Custom hardwareThe Custom uses traditional hardware, but finishes all of it—stopbar tailpiece, tune-o-matic bridge, Grover tuners—in gold. The Grovers have an 18:1 ratio for precise, dialed-in tuning.

Additional features of the Epiphone Les Paul Custom include black speed knobs, CTS electronics, Graph Tech nut and pearloid block inlays.

Body

• Material: Mahogany
• Finish: Gloss

Neck

• Neck shape: Slim taper
• Neck wood: Mahogany
• Joint: Set neck
• Neck finish: Gloss

Fingerboard

• Material: Ebony
• Radius: 12”
• Number of frets: 22
• Inlays: Block
• Nut: 43mm GraphTech

Electronics

• Pickups: Probucker 2 (neck) and Probucker 3 (bridge)
• Control layout: 2 volume, 2 tone
• Pickup switch: 3-way

Hardware

• Bridge: LockTone ABR
• Tailpiece: LockTone stopbar
• Tuning machines: Grover Rotomatic 18:1