Epiphone Les Paul Standard '60s, Bourbon Burst, Left Handed Overview
Epiphone Les Paul Standard '60s Overview by GAK.
A new year, a new decade and a fantastic new Epiphone Guitars product lineup that is sure to have something for everyone. Taking inspiration from the current Gibson USA range we have the Epiphone Original Collection which is aimed at the purists with models such as the Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s & 60s available in six great finishes including Bourbon Burst, Iced tea and Heritage Cherry Sunburst, the Epiphone Les Paul Special in TV Yellow, the Epiphone Explorer and Flying V in Ebony and the Epiphone SG Standard '61 in Vintage Cherry to name a few. To add to this we also have the Epiphone Modern Collection which brings modern appointments to a vintage classic for extra tonal options and a different playing experience. Models such as the Epiphone Les Paul Classic available in Ebony, Honeyburst or Heritage Cherry Sunburst, The Epiphone Les Paul Modern with its contoured heel for extra upper fret access and the Epiphone Les Paul Studio which has been given a revamp for 2020 and offered in some fantastic colours such as Smokehouse Burst, Ebony, Alpine White and Wine Red.
The Les Paul Standard 60s models from Epiphone’s new Inspired by Gibson Collection recreate the sound of 1960s era Les Pauls. Featuring a classic Mahogany body with a Maple cap, Grover® tuners, and powered by ProBucker™ humbuckers with CTS electronics. Epiphone’s long friendship with Mr. Les Paul began in 1940 when Les built one of the world’s first solid body electric guitars while working nights at the original Epiphone factory in Manhattan. Les’ first solidbody guitar, nicknamed “the Log”, would go on to inspire the Les Paul Standard, what many consider the greatest electric guitar ever made.
Epiphone Les Paul Standard '60s Specs:
- Neck
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: '60 Slim Taper
- Scale Length: 24.75"
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Fingerboard Material:
- Number Of Frets: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech
- Nut Width: 1.693"
- Joint: Glued In
- Body
- Body Shape: Les Paul Standard
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top: AA Flame Maple
- Binding: Cream
- Finish: Gloss
- Hardware
- Finish: Nickel
- Tuner Plating: Nickel
- Bridge: Locktone ABR
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Tuning Machines: Grover Rotomatic 18:1
- Pickguard: Cream
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
- Electronics
- Neck Pickup: ProBucker-2
- Bridge Pickup: ProBucker-3
- Controls: 2- Volume, 2- Tone, CTS Electronics
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4"
- Miscellaneous
- Strings: .10, .13, .17, .26, .36, .46
- Case: Optional