Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard Limited Edition

Epiphone’s 1959 Les Paul Standard Limited Edition is modelled, as the name suggests, on the most famous Les Paul of them all — the 1959 Les Paul Standard. Original Gibson Les Paul Standard’s from 1959 change hands for hundreds of thousands of dollars because it’s regarded by many as being the peak of Gibson’s Les [...]

Gibson Guitar Announces Les Paul Commemorative Events

Gibson Guitar will celebrate the life and contributions of guitar and audio recording innovator Les Paul during the month of September, 2009, with events connected to the anniversary of Pauls 1953 #1 Billboard Pop Single, ‘Vaya Con Dios,’ and the release anniversary of his 2005 album, American Made: World Played.

Les Paul 1915 – 2009

By now you’ll have heard the very sad news that Les Paul has died, aged 94. There’s little I can add here to the glowing tributes that have already come from some of the biggest names in the business. Except to say this: stop for a moment and try and imagine how the last fifty [...]

Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Gold top

Epiphone 1956 Gold top, originally uploaded by Wouter Duijndam.

According to Epiphone’s website, the 1956 Gold Top has been discontinued, which is a great shame as by all accounts it’s a lovely guitar. It’s certainly on my list of Epi’s I’d buy – although, I don’t really need a another Les Paul.
So, to mark the passing [...]

Epiphone Contest – Win Les Pauls!

Epiphone is currently running contests to win three Les Pauls. There’s a Zakk Wylde signature Les Paul Custom, Standard Plus-Top Trans Blue in conjunction with and autographed by The Jonas Brothers, and a Prophecy LEs Paul GX with a year’s subscription to GuitarTricks online guitar lessons.
Click here to find out more.

Epiphone Les Paul ES Custom Review

Steve has written an excellent and very detailed review of theEpiphone Les Paul ES Custom on Guitar-247. It’s unique for an EPi Les Paul in that it has f-holes, but Steve concludes that ‘It plays well, sounds amazing, feels so well balanced and is stunningly beautiful.’

Can’t say fairer than that.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard Flame Top Review

About.com has a review of a second-hand
Epiphone Les Paul Standard Flame Top right here.
There’s nothing new in it for those of us who love our Epi Les Pauls already, but if you’re trying to decide whether or not to buy one, it’s worth reading.

Slash Interview

Excellent interview with Slash in Modern Guitar magazine in which he talks about working with Gibson on the Gibson and Epiphone signature Les Pauls.
‘Basically the Goldtop is a reissue of the 1991 Goldtop I got from them back then. And I used it for the whole two and a half year Guns N Roses “Use [...]

Epiphone Les Paul Studio Review

A review of the Epiphone Les Paul Studio from an About.com reader. The verdict? ‘Sounds wicked, feels wicked, looks wicked, easy on the wallet, what else do you want? Obviously I wouldnt say this is the BEST guitar out there but it certainly beats most others I’ve played and I’ve played a good range, from [...]

New Epiphone guitar coming soon

Epiphone’s brand new blog has an exciting post about a new Epiphone guitar which is coming soon. “We’ve been hard at work around here on an awesome new model that we are REALLY excited about!” There are some pics on the blog. Hard to say what it is from those. But it’s electric, it’s got black pick-up covers and what looks like a silver pickguard. From the look of the fretboard inlays, it could be a signature model or some sort of special edition.

In other news, only four days to go until the Slash Les Paul Gold Top hits the shops. Woohoo! Get your credit card ready.