EPIPHONE LIMITED EDITION PETER FRAMPTON LES PAUL CUSTOM PRO ELECTRIC GUITAR
• Designed with Peter Frampton to honour one of the most iconic guitars in the history of rock
• Epiphone ProBucker™ and CeramicPRO™ Humbuckers
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Grover® Rotomatic™ Machine Heads
• Limited Edition
Epiphone presents the new Limited Edition Peter Frampton Les Paul Custom PRO, an incredible recreation of one of the most legendary guitars in rock ‘n’ roll!
This project was overseen by Peter Frampton himself, designed by Epiphone’s luthiers in Nashville, Tennessee and limited to 900 guitars worldwide.
This classic Les Paul features a weight-relieved Mahogany Body and Hard Maple Cap, Epiphone® ProBucker™ and CeramicPRO™ Open-Coil Humbuckers, Grover® Rotomatic machine heads and an Ebony fretboard.
FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE
The Les Paul Heard ‘Round the World’: Peter Frampton was already admired as a guitarist for his work in Humble Pie and for his studio sessions when he became a worldwide superstar in 1976 with the release of his multi-platinum selling album, Frampton Comes Alive. As Frampton’s star rose, so did the legend of his guitar, a unique 1954 Les Paul that was customised as a one-of-a-kind Les Paul Custom with three humbuckers. Frampton’s prized Les Paul was presented as gift from friend Marc Mariana in 1970 after a Humble Pie concert at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. “Marc said, I have a Les Paul that I just had refinished by Gibson. I just got it back, would you like to try it tomorrow? It was very light for a Les Paul. I tried it that night and I don’t think my feet touched the ground the whole night. It was one of those spectacular moments where I realised this guitar is just incredible. Afterwards I gave it back to him and I said, do you think you’d ever think about selling it? He said, No, I’m going to give it to you.”
From that moment on, Frampton’s Les Paul was his go-to instrument on stage and in the studio. In 1980, Frampton thought that his prized guitar was lost forever when the plane carrying instruments and other tour cargo crashed in Caracas, Venezuela. Fate can be kind however and in 2011 in a surprise and emotional reunion, Frampton’s long lost Les Paul was returned to him by Donald Valentina, a Curacao customs agent and amateur guitar player who discovered that the instrument had survived the crash and arranged for it to be returned to Frampton. Gibson’s world famous repair shop in Nashville painstakingly repaired Frampton’s Les Paul and returned it to him, scars and all. Now Epiphone’s luthiers, with the help of Peter Frampton himself, have recreated his trademark Les Paul just as it looked when it was given to him at the Fillmore West in 1970!
BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY
The Limited Edition Peter Frampton Les Paul Custom PRO features a Hard Maple Cap and weight relieved Mahogany body with a beautiful Ebony gloss finish. The Mahogany neck has a Custom “Phenix” profile designed with Frampton and is glued to the body with a traditional Long Neck Tenon. The 12″R radiused Ebony fretboard features 22 medium jumbo frets, Pearloid “Blocks” inlays and single-ply white binding.
The two-way adjustable truss rod has a classic “bell” cover and there is a replica of Peter Frampton’s signature in gold on the back of the traditional Epiphone headstock. The body has traditional Les Paul Custom style 7-ply White and Black binding on the body top and 5-ply white and black binding on the body back and headstock along with a “2018” Edition logo.
TRIPLE HUMBUCKING HEAVEN
Peter Frampton’s original Gibson Les Paul was customised with three open-coil humbuckers. This new Limited Edition Les Paul Custom PRO recreates the look and sound of his vintage original with Epiphone ProBuckerTM pickups in the neck and bridge positions anlong with a CeramicPRO™ pickup in the middle position. The critically acclaimed ProBucker series accurately recreates Epiphone and Gibson’s most famous pickups with historically accurate wire, winding techniques, bobbins and most importantly, Alnico and Ceramic magnets.
The Epiphone® All-metal 3-way Pickup Selector has a unique wiring scheme that selects between the neck or bridge pickups only, just like a regular Les Paul. The lead and rhythm pickups are controlled with a single combined master volume and master tone control. The middle pickup is not controlled by the pickup selector switch but has its own Volume and Tone pot so that it may be adjusted and blended with the other two pickups. All volume and tone controls feature historically accurate Gold “Speed” Knobs.
PREMIUM EPIPHONE HARDWARE
Epiphone hardware is the best in the business and the Limited Edition Peter Frampton Les Paul Custom PRO features a gold LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece for fast and accurate intonation along with gold Grover® Rotomatic™ machine heads with an 18:1 tuning ratio and Epiphone strap locks.
An official unsigned Epiphone Certificate of Authenticity is included
• Top Material: Hard Maple Cap
• Body Material: Mahogany; Weight Relieved
• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Custom “Phenix” profile
• Neck Joint: Glued-In; Long Neck Tenon
• Headstock: Traditional Epiphone: “Peter Frampton” signature replica on back in GOLD.
• Truss Rod: 2-way Adjustable
• Truss Rod Cover: “Bell” shaped; 2-layer (B/W); “Les Paul Custom” in White
• Scale Length: 24.75″
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Inlay: Pearloid “Blocks”
• Neck Pickup: Epiphone® ProBucker-2™; Open-Coil
• Middle Pickup: Epiphone® ProBucker-3™; Open-Coil
• Bridge Pickup: Epiphone® Ceramic PRO™; Open-Coil
• Controls: Epiphone® All-metal 3-way Pickup Selector (Neck and Bridge pickup only. Middle pickup always on.)
• 1 x Volume (Bridge & Neck combined)
• 1 x Tone (Bridge & Neck combined)
• 1 x Volume (Middle pickup)
• 1 x Tone (Middle pickup)
• Knobs: Gold “Speed” Knobs
• Fingerboard Binding: 1 ply (White)
• Body Top Binding: 7-ply (White/Black/W/B/W/B/W)
• Body Back Binding: 5-ply (White/Black/W/B/W)
• Headstock Binding: 5-ply (White/Black/W/B/W)
• Fingerboard Radius: 12″R
• Frets: 22 x Medium Jumbo
• Bridge: LockTone™ Tune-o-matic
• Tailpiece: LockTone™ Stopbar
• Nut Width: 1-11/16″
• Hardware Finish: Gold
• Machine Heads: Grover® Rotomatic™; 18:1 ratio
• Epiphone StrapLocks: Included
• Unsigned Certificate of Authenticity
• Other: “2018” Edition logo on back of headstock
• Finish: Ebony Gloss
• SKU: ENPFEBGH3
