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 Plus top PRO give the legend a fresh start with ProBucker-2 and ProBucker-3 pickups with coil-tapping, a AAA flame maple veneer top, and beautiful new color options. Shop Amazon - See New Gibson 2015 Guitars
Features -
- With a set neck, rosewood fingerboard and Trapezoid inlays , this Standard is that and much more. Cream binding on the body and neck and a Locking Tune-o-matic bridge, this guitar is a gift that keeps giving.
- The Les Paul Standard Plus-Top PRO has the very popular Epiphone ProBucker 2 and ProBucker 3 pickups. If that wasn"t enough it also offers the neck pickup volume with push/pull coil-tapping and the Bridge pickup volume with push/pull coil tapping.
- Like every Epiphone, the Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus top PRO features a Limited Lifetime Warranty backed by world famous 24/7/365 Gibson Customer Service. Be a part of history today with the Les Paul Standard Plus top Pro.
About Epiphone
Epiphone is one of American's oldest and most revered instrument makers and since 1873, Epiphone has made instruments for every style of popular music. The name evokes both history and the spirit of invention. Epiphone has been an audible presence in every great musical era from the mandolin craze of the early 1900s to jazz age guitars of the 1920s. From swing-era archtops through post-war pop, jazz, R and B, and early rock n' roll. From the "British Invasion" to heavy metal, punk, grunge, and thrash. And now, in the 21st century, new Epiphone technical breakthroughs such as the ProBucker pickup, series parallel switching, built-in KillSwitch pots, the Shadow NanoFlex and NanoMag pickup systems, and premier acoustic/electric guitars with the eSonic preamp have brought the historic name to a new generation.
SOME OF THE CUSTOMER REVIEWS ABOUT THIS MUSICAL INSTRUMENT [ SAMPLE ]
1) Excellent value - I received this guitar yesterday. As a bit of background, my last electric guitar was a 1980 Gibson Les Paul Custom. I haven't picked up an electric guitar in over 25 years and just recently got the urge to take it up again. I have played acoustic guitar in the interim. My goal was to get something inexpensive, yet close to the feel of my old Les Paul. I had read good reviews of the Epuphone Les Pauls, but wasn't sure if the "awesome axe, yo!" reviews I have seen were truly representative of the quality of the instrument. The short summary is that the guitar meets all expectations, given the price.
The guitar arrived in excellent cosmetic condition. The fit and finish is very good. I inspected the finish very carefully and found no flaws. The fretwork is also very good, and although the neck binding does not wrap the frets like on the genuine article, the frets were nicely finished with no sharp or uncomfortable parts exposed. The neck is the popular '60s "D"-style, which is the same profile as my old Les Paul, and it has a great feel. It is full enough to accomodate my large hands, but not too full for comfort. I opted for the Plustop Pro, which has the flame maple veneer top. Generally, when you pay extra for flame maple tops, you get a bookmatched set of flitches, where each flitch has the mirror image figure of the other one. That is not the case with this guitar, which is a bit of a disappointment. Still, the figure is very nice and the guitar looks great (I got the Heritage Cherry Sunburst).
The guitar appears to be very well set-up from the factory. There is just the right amount of relief in the neck, and no truss rod adjustments are necessary. The intonation is also perfect right out of the box. The action is set just a bit too high for my taste, and I was able to drop it around 1/16" on both sides. After doing so, I checked each fret for buzz and found none. The frets are medium jumbo - just right for this guitar. Both pickups appear to be set a bit low, and I will experiment with moving them higher. The Grover machines are a nice feature and as usual, they work very well.
I haven't had a chance to really put the pickups through their paces yet, but the Probucker copies of the venerable Gibson PAF pickups seem highly rated and from what I have seen so far, they seem to farily faithfully reproduce the classic PAF sound. All of the electronics appears to be sound, with no noise from the posts or switches. Each pickup can be switched between humbucker and coil-tap mode by pulling or pushing the volume knob for each. These are position switches, and with the classic profile for the knobs, it is difficult to get a good grasp on the knob to pull the switch up. You can forget about reliably switching to coil-tap mode on the fly unless you retrofit with speed knobs.
The mahogany body is chambered to make the guitar lighter. The jury seems to still be out on whether this significantly affects the voice or sustain of the guitar. I found the sustain to be very good, though. The mahogany hand-set neck is a perfect fit with no signs of gaps or filler, and the alignment seems perfect. I suppose with modern CNC machining it is no longer an artisan craft to make a perfect mortise and tenon for a guitar neck, which is good news for inexpensive guitars.
This particular guitar was made in Indonesia. My understanding is that they are either made in Indonesia or China and that the Indonesian models tend to have more consistent quality, though I have no first-hand experience to prove this.
In summary, this guitar has great bones. It is definitely not a Gibson Les Paul, but at 25% of the price of a comparably-equipped Gibson, it is a good value. I would have given the guitar 5 stars if it were not for the mismatched top veneers and the difficult-to-use coil-tap switches.
By debra on January 8, 2014
2) This guitar Rocks, don't let the Epiphone name scare you. - Wow, for the price I am super impressed with this guitar. The honey burst color is just amazing.. Like most people say the pictures do not do it justice. I've played on and off for about 30 years. Mainly just an acoustic the last 20. Long story but my electric got sold in a garage sale by mistake while I was out of town. Ugh, it was a very nice guitar which I won't even go into the details.. Lets just say someone got one hell of a deal...
This guitar actually plays better than my original Gibson Les Paul.. (In fairness it was pretty beat up). The sound is incredible. Actually I was shocked.. The pickups are incredibly hot sounding.. The action was perfectly set up to my liking right from the factory with absolutely no fret buzz. Mine was still in it's factory shipping box with the P.O. attached on the box to amazon from Gibson. (They actually set these up at the Gibson Factory in the U.S. and they are inspected there). Again I can't stress enough how well this guitar sounds.. The sustain just goes on and on..The single coil option gives the guitar a whole new range of tones..I am truly amazed they have this guitar at this price. The Gibson Les Paul is about 3 or 4 times the cost.... Can you tell the difference.. Well, yeah... The purist and pro can but I would think even they would think twice about it.. For the beginner to the seasoned pro this guitar rocks.. Simply put Epiphone hit a home run with this guitar. I couldn't be happier..
By Bodocki on December 9, 2013
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