EPIPHONE LES PAUL 60s TRIBUTE PLUS ELECTRIC GUITAR OUTFIT MIDNIGHT SAPPHIRE FINISH
- Les Paul® Tribute™ Plus Outfit
- Midnight Sapphire Finish
- Vintage deep-set glued in neck
- Carved hard maple top
- Gibson USA ’57 Classic™ humbuckers
- Push/pull series parallel switching
- Epiphone Les Paul Hard Case
The Les Paul Tribute Plus honours Epiphone’s friendship with innovator Les Paul by combining his classic design features with legendary Epiphone quality and value with the added feature of Gibson USA ’57 classic Humbucking Pickups, series parallel switching, a 1960s Slim-Taper neck profile, LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece along with a genuine Epiphone Les Paul case.
EPIPHONE LES PAUL 60s TRIBUTE PLUS ELECTRIC GUITAR
Epiphone’s long friendship with innovator Les Paul dates back to the late 1930s when Les, working at night at the Epiphone factory on 14th St. in New York City, created “THE LOG” one of the world’s first solidbody electric guitars. Over the years, Les continued to work closely with Epiphone luthiers reviewing new product ideas and offering suggestions.
Now, the Epiphone Les Paul “Tribute” Plus honors that friendship with Les by combining his classic design features with legendary Epiphone quality and value with the added feature of Gibson® USA ’57 classic humbuckers.
HEART AND SOUL
The Epiphone Tribute Les Paul features a solid Mahogany back with a solid, carved hard Maple cap to create the ultimate combination of warmth and bite. The solid mahogany neck with a hand-fitted, glued-in joint extends well into the neck pickup cavity, creating maximum neck-to-body contact and acting almost like one continuous piece of wood. Combined with the Mahogany/Maple body, the result is a tribute to Les’ timeless guitar design with the sound that you can only get from a real Les Paul.
ROCK OF AGES
Capturing all the power and nuances of the “Tribute’s” tonewoods is a pair of authentic Gibson USA ’57 Classic humbucker pickups. With their “Patent Applied For” decal on the base plate, the ’57 Classic and ’57 Classic Plus are faithful replicas of the famous PAF Gibson humbuckers created by Seth Lover that helped define the “Les Paul” sound. The ’57 Classic gives you a tone that is warm and subtle with full, even response that doesn’t hold back when you need that classic Gibson humbucker crunch!
The ’57 Classic Plus is the perfect bridge pickup and mimics humbuckers from the late ’50s that often received a few extra turns of wire. This treatment gives the pickup a slightly higher output without sacrificing its rich, vintage tone. When combined, these humbuckers overdrive tube preamps to a smooth level of saturation without becoming overpowering.
Both ’57s Classic humbuckers feature Gibson’s special Alnico II magnets, vintage enamel coated wire, nickel plated pole pieces, nickel slugs, maple spacers and vintage-style braided wiring.
TONE THAT NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE!
But this Les Paul is not just about recreating the “old”, it’s also about looking ahead, just as Les himself continued to do throughout his lifetime. Using 4-conductor pickup wiring, Epiphone has added two push/pull tone pots to allow for series/parallel pickup switching. The result gives you a Les Paul with all the legendary sounds plus a huge palette of tonal possibilities at your fingertips.
THE GOOD STUFF!
Other upgrades include a USA Switchcraft™ 3-way toggle, Mallory-150 tone capacitors, Epiphone StrapLocks, 18:1 ratio premium Grover® 106 Series Locking Rotomatic machine heads and a premium hard case.
EPIPHONE LES PAUL TRIBUTE PLUS SPECIFICATIONS
• Body Material: mahogany
• Top Material: Carved Hard maple
• Neck mahogany
• Neck Carve: 1960s SlimTaper
• Neck Joint: Vintage “Deep Set” glued-in
• cale Length: 24.75″
• Nut width: 1.68″
• Fingerboard Position Markers: Pearloid trapezoid inlays
• Number of Frets: 22 medium jumbo frets
• Fingerboard Radius: R12”
• Neck Pickup: Gibson USA ’57 Classic Humbucker 4-wire
• Bridge Pickup: Gibson USA ’57 Classic Plus Humbucker, 4-wire
• Pickup Selector: Switchcraft USA 3-way toggle
• Controls: 2 x Volume (Bridge/Neck), 2 x Tone-push/pull/series (Bridge/Neck)
• Binding: Fingerboard 1 ply, cream
• Bridge: Locktone Tune-o-matic™/Stopbar
• Hardware Finish: Nickel
• Machine Heads: Grover® Locking Rotomatic 106 Series 18:1 Tuners
• Typical Weigh:t (+/- 5%) 8.4 lbs
• Strings: D’Addario® 10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46
• Case: Epiphone Les Paul Hard Case
