Epiphone 'Inspired By Gibson' 50s Les Paul Standard - Overview & Demo
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Sam takes a closer look at the new, upgraded Epiphone '50s Les Paul Standard, part of the 'Inspired By Gibson' range. Check out all the different Epiphone Les Paul Standard guitars over at PMT Online.
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With the 'Inspired By Gibson' range of guitars, Epiphone have given their old Les Paul Standard range a bit of an overhaul, so they’re now available in either 50’s or 60’s models, with each guitar offering period correct specifications including vintage style hardware and finishes, plus upgraded electronics including a pair of Probucker pickups, and this all adds up to give the new Epiphone Les Paul Standard the more authentic feel, sound and look of their bigger brothers from Gibson, but still at that much more affordable Epiphone price.
Being a Les Paul, this guitar features a traditional Gibson 24.75” scale length, a solid Mahogany body with a maple cap, and a glued in Mahogany neck, all adding up to deliver the kind of resonance and sustain that you’d expect from a Les Paul.
As this is a 1950’s inspired model, the neck features a nice rounded, chunky feeling medium C profile, as opposed to the much slimmer feeling necks on the 60’s Les Pauls. That neck is topped with an Indian Laurel fingerboard fitted with 22 Medium Jumbo frets and the bound fingerboard edges have been rolled off slightly so they’re really smooth and comfortable, giving the neck a much more authentic Gibson-like feel than on previous Epiphone Models.
Besides that neck profile, other period-specific features for the 50’s Les Paul Standard include set of Vintage deluxe tuners as opposed to the Grover machineheads found on the 60’s models, and a set of 50’s style gold top hat knobs to compliment the classic 50’s finishes.
For these inspired by Gibson guitars, Epiphone have also tweaked the design of the headstock, something they’re calling the Kalamazoo shape, and this looks much closer to the classic Gibson open-book style headstock than older Epiphone headstocks did, it may only be a minor upgrade, but when combined with the bell shaped truss rod cover and iconic Les Paul italics, it does help add to that new level of authenticity.
As for the rest of the hardware, the guitar’s fitted with quality components such as a Graphtech NuBone nut to help with tuning stability and string vibration transfer, and back down on the body , a quality LockTone ABR Tune-O-Matic bridge with a stop bar tailpiece.
One of the biggest criticisms of older Epipihone Les Pauls was their weak sounding pickups, but these new Inspired By Gibson guitars come is fitted with a pair of Epiphone Probuckers, which are a massive improvement, offering a richer, bolder tone much closer to that of a classic Gibson PAF humbucker, and these are then wired though a traditional 3 way switch and utilise high quality CTS volume and tone pots, to allow for smoother, more precise control, all the while maintaining tonal clarity.
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As much as I love Dagan as a fellow Geordie, Sam is 100% the Bob Ross of Guitar Demo's. So soothing haha.
Oh my word, that tone at 6.45!!! So giddy, mine arrives Thursday.
Great, and nice to see Jimmy Hill back on our screens ⚽️
I bought one of these last week, and it’s quickly rising to the top of my list of favourite guitars.
I haven’t done a scrap of setup on it. For me, it plays like a dream straight out of the box.
Absolutely brilliant Scott Lewis and his American and Chinese Craftsman did a incredible job this is the real deal...Maple Cap CTS electronics pro bucker humbuckers the whole works Les Paul would have been very proud of these
Loving that gold top. I’m sold
The pots on this are actually usable! My older epiphones basically had on and off. The neck pickup is usable now lol!
Love seeing him try and play paradise city without being copyrighted
I just ordered the last one ( a demo) in exclusive Lemon burst through Sweetwater here in the states.
Cant wait to plug into my 5E3 and 5F1 that I hand built !
The lemon burst just caught my eye and I had to go for it.
Oh man I want one so bad im just going to have to get this one
i got the lemon burst right before it went out of stock. i wanted the heritage cherry but i think im happier with the lemon burst
How does the lemon burst sound? Worth it?
I'm new ish to this geeeetar playing.. Just over a year n half.. Can strum along to some of my favourite punk bands.. Mike Ness Of social distortion has a gold top so I wanted to have a similar one tho not at his price.. The epiphone gold top has the look and sound of the Gibson GT.. N half the price. I ordered one from PMT last night at 8.30pm and it arrives tomorrow.. Very fast.. Will post here what I think if I can play it OK..
Great demo and really crunchy metal sustain!!! I must check her!!!
Cool tones! Great demo.
Great demo. Tastey playing as well.
You hooked me at 5:50.... tweeked my neck a little.
Yep!
Dyanmm 🔥🔥🔥🔥 man I got the Cherry Burst . I wanna get the Gold top 4sho , great Demo my man !!!!!
Good sustain!!!!
You forgot to add cloth wiring witch is also period correct
For the price and features seems like a rather Brill guitar!
Hi, I was wondering if these models have a dual truss rod? I just got one and noticed as I was trying to straighten the neck I was turning the wrench and nothing was moving. I looked into the cavity of the neck and noticed I wasn't getting the wrench in far enough. But I appeared to be turning something. I managed to straighten the neck to my desired amount, about 95% straight.
Cheers,
Can you play the trumpet too as you look, very much like the late great acker bilk ? A fifties favourite
Can anyone tell me what's the difference between the '59 epi. and this.
How suitable is this guitar for an adult beginner? Should I be worried about fretboard radius?
Amazing
Why do younger guitarists love the neck pickup so much for soloing?
It's not just a young guy thing...guys like Slash and John Petrucci (non LP guy) do it all the time! I think they are going for the "liquidness" that it gives.
Which would you choose? Epiphone les paul 50s standard gold or vintage v100 afd slash? I want to play guns n’ roses songs.
Any chance of getting this (with the classic headstock and tuning pegs) in an ebony finish?
Nice
where thos orginal songs he was playing?
My mamma said
Pommy version of scooby doo
Nice demo
Why do these humbuckers sound like single coils???
It really does, something sounds out of phase to me. Never hear a humbucker sound like that.
Im thinking the probuckers sound like this from what ive seen.. Havent played them
That Vintage Sunburst has the Gibson Les Paul 60's Knobs on them...... quality error.
@anglovirtual that makes sense
Yeah that looks like the 60s Bourbon
Good video. Shame you look like Rolf Harris
That gold top doesn’t look good, it’s much too yellow, needs to be closer to a rich caramel
@Dean Green you're a weirdo
I guess that's why they call it "metallic", but I do agree looks pretty crap
The only mistake is most of these reviewers are calling them Gold Tops (and in this case, and others, BOTH), which they are obviously NOT Gold Tops. The metallic gold is a completely different, brighter animal.
Thought the same until I saw one in person. It's pretty sweet.
Mine came in last week and looks great when right in front of you.
Malcolm in the Middle
I wouldnt buy any of these guitars because of the horrible veneers on the backs of all of them. Why cant Epiphone just book match the wood pieces properly in the same way that a lot of cheaper brands manage to do!
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Are they not all "inspired by Gibson?"
Looks and Sound: This Guitar is not in sync, something not dialed in.
Yo can you give me one for free lol
Poor man's Gibson
1000$ canadian isnt poor mans id say and the tonal quality is pretty damn close if u had a blindfold on n heard the 2 back to back... ive seen comparissons back to back and gibson n epiphone knocked these out of the park :D im proud to own this exact one the vintage feel n tones are amazing
Sound not so good, to me.
Why are you flipping us with that middle finger thats kinda rude lmao