A modern Les Paul with weight relief, ProBuckers™ with coil-splitting, phase and treble bleed circuit, and Ebony fingerboard
Epiphone’s new Les Paul Modern from the Inspired by Gibson Collection brings a new look and sound to the world’s greatest electric guitar. Featuring a weight relief Mahogany body with Maple Cap and contoured heel, ProBucker™ pickups with coil-splitting, phase switching, and a treble bleed circuit. Plus, Grover® Locking Rotomatic tuners with Tulip Buttons with an 18:1 ratio, Graph Tech® nut, and an Ebony fingerboard. Available in Vintage Sparkling Burgundy, Graphite Black, and Faded Pelham Blue.
The classic “P.A.F” sound is closer than you think
Epiphone’s ProBucker™ humbucker has quietly become one of the most talked about pickups in the industry. It has fooled experts, vintage purists, and even luthiers who have worked with the best vintage examples from the late 50s and early 60s. Epiphone ProBucker™ humbuckers are the real deal–made with 18% Nickel Silver unit bases and covers, the same alloy used by Gibson at the Kalamazoo factory when the humbucker was first invented. The use of Nickel Silver reduces the occurrence of eddy currents due to low conductivity and provides a more transparent and crisp output. The size and shape of the bobbins also has a great impact on tonal response. And the bobbins used on ProBucker™ pickups duplicate the size and shape of the gold standard in the industry, Gibson humbuckers. Epiphone ProBucker™ pickups also feature sand cast Alnico II magnets, high quality 4 conductor lead wire, and are vacuum wax potted to eliminate microphonics.
Body
- Body Shape: Les Paul
- Body Material: Mahogany, Weight relief
- Top: Plain Maple
- Finish: Gloss
Neck
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: Asymmetrical SlimTaper™ with Contoured heel
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Inlays: Trapezoid
- Joint: Glued in
Hardware
- Finish: Nickel
- Tuner Plating: Nickel
- Bridge: LockTone™ ABR
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Tuning Machines: Grover® Rotomatic 18:1 ratio
- Truss Rod Cover: Bell Shaped
- Control Knobs: Clear Top Hats with Ridge
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: ProBucker-2™ humbucker w/coil-splitting
- Bridge Pickup: ProBucker-3™ humbucker w/coil-splitting
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone with coil-splitting
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle