In order to save on cost, the flame top is a maple veneer that is attached to a solid, carved maple top. The AAA-grade flame top stands out proudly, and there’s a very attractive grain pattern in the mahogany body. Stacking UpĪt first glance, the Epiphone ’59 Les Paul Standard is a beauty. It also comes complete with Gibson pickups and a reproduction of the brown Lifton case that the originals came in. It was Paul’s desire from the beginning to have his signature model made by both companies, and this Special Run Collection release coincides with the illustrious guitar’s 50th anniversary. Gibson reissued the instrument several years ago, but unfortunately, and understandably, quite a few players have found it difficult to scrape together $5699 for one of those Custom Shop gems.Įnter Epiphone, a division of Gibson Musical Instruments, which in addition to offering a wide variety of its own instruments is also well known for producing lower-priced, official versions of some of the same models Gibson makes-including the Les Paul, which Epiphone licensed directly from the man himself.
It’s estimated that there are a little over 1,000 unaccounted for (as someone on the Les Paul Forum joked, they’re all probably in the same attic). Everybody already knows original models are rare as hen’s teeth, commanding prices in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Regarded as the Stradivarius of electric guitars, the 1959 Les Paul Standard represents to many the pinnacle of electric guitar construction, and the instrument that helped define the sound of overdriven rock and roll. Nearly every guitar player has heard of the legend of the Gibson 1959 Les Paul Standard. 7, Tone fullĬlips recorded with Marshall Haze 40 in Sound Studio on a Mac using Digidesign MBox2 (Sennheiser e609 Colossal 15' Brooklyn cable).
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