Epiphone "1955" Les Paul Custom

HoraceB

Has anyone seen (or got one) this in the UK? It's top of my GAS list. 

http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Electrics/Les-Paul/Ltd-Ed-Inspired-by-1955-LP-Custom-Outfit.aspx

JookyChap

Not seen one, but it is all kinds of lovely

usedtobe

Tis very nice!

Neckwringer

Thats real nice and I bet it plays and sounds great too.
I've recently bought a 61' SG,335 VS and last night a faded g400 SG and they all are fantastic value
as long as you DON'T look at the headstock.

thermionic

I don't get the hate for the Epi LP headstocks, but it looks much better with the binding.

Philly_Q

I really dislike the Epi headstock.  I know it's ruling out some potentially nice guitars, but I just can't get past it.  It's almost like a phobia.

Having got that out of the way, this looks very good indeed - it even has an ebony board, which, I think, Gibson USA still can't manage.

breakstuff

Should not have opened this thread.


Another new guitar/divorce.


Decisions,decisions.

earwighoney

I have the Bjorn Gelotte Epi LPC, which isn't a million miles from the 1955 - it has a large 50's neck profile, all Mahogany body, and ebony fretboard - different pickup routing though. 

I changed out the EMG's for single coil pickups and I like it a lot.  

meltedbuzzbox

It looks ok but I personally would buy the Edwards equivalent

Bucket

If it's a 1955 reissue then surely it should have a wrap-around not a tune-o-matic? That came in in 1956.

Exhibit A - this CS Gibson R5.

http://www.gibson.com/Images/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/1955-Les-Paul-Custom-Exclusives/Gallery-Images/HB142C-Finish-Shot-jpg.aspx?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=300&width=750

/pedant

Voxman

Philly_Q said:

I really dislike the Epi headstock.  I know it's ruling out some potentially nice guitars, but I just can't get past it.  It's almost like a phobia.

Having got that out of the way, this looks very good indeed - it even has an ebony board, which, I think, Gibson USA still can't manage.

+1 to all.  Japanese Epis have a gibson style headstock...I wish the UK one's had the same.  But it's a very nice looking guitar.  I don't yet have a P90 guitar...but this could be a contender. 

proggy

I honestly don't get all this hatred for Epiphone headstocks, I don't think they look that bad at all, they're not exactly in the James Taylor or Parker Fly category.... they are a couple of pig's ears.

proggy

proggy said:

I honestly don't get all this hatred for Epiphone headstocks, I don't think they look that bad at all, they're not exactly in the James Taylor or Parker Fly category.... they are a couple of pig's ears.

I meant James Tyler not Taylor..

ICBM

Bucket said:

If it's a 1955 reissue then surely it should have a wrap-around not a tune-o-matic? That came in in 1956.

Exhibit A - this CS Gibson R5.

http://www.gibson.com/Images/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-Custom/1955-Les-Paul-Custom-Exclusives/Gallery-Images/HB142C-Finish-Shot-jpg.aspx?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=300&width=750

/pedant

No, that's Gibson getting it wrong. The LP Custom had the stoptail/tune-o-matic from the start in 1954, and no original Custom ever had a wraparound.

Voxman

Just noticed that the knobs are top-hats.  But I thought the 55 LP's came with speed knobs and only later did Gibson fit 'top-hats'?  

WezV

I suspect gibson purposely  dont allow it to be more authentic, it wouldn't be more expensive to do it properly.   the end result is still a nice looking guitar so it doesn't really bother me

usedtobe

proggy said:

proggy said:

I honestly don't get all this hatred for Epiphone headstocks, I don't think they look that bad at all, they're not exactly in the James Taylor or Parker Fly category.... they are a couple of pig's ears.

I meant James Tyler not Taylor..

Oh, I dunno..

HoraceB

@meltedbuzzbox out of interest, do you know of any decent Edwards stockists in UK? 

HoraceB

@meltedbuzzbox out of interest, do you know of any decent Edwards stockists in UK?