Epiphone Les Paul ‘56 Goldtop

The
Epiphone Les Paul ‘56 Goldtopis a replica of the very first Gibson Les Paul guitars. Its Goldtop finish and P-90 pickups set it apart from the rest of the Epiphone Les Paul range.
The P-90 was originally introduced in 1946 and for a while, until the introduction of the humbucker in 1957, was Gibson’s standard pick-up for the Les Paul.

Epiphone Launches Slash Les Paul Goldtop

Epiphone has announced the introduction of its second Slash signature Les Paul, the Slash Les Paul Gold Top.

Like the Slash Les Paul Standard Plus Top, the Goldtop was designed and built in collaboration with the Guns n Roses and Velvet Revolver guitarist and is limited to only 2, 000 units worldwide.

Epiphone Riviera

The Epiphone Riviera is a hollow-body electric guitar, based closely on the Gibson E335 and originally manufactured between 1962 and 1969. It has a maple side and top, one-piece set mahogany neck, and a rosewood fretboard with trapezoidal pearl inlays.

Wiring diagram for a three-pick-up guitar

If your about to tackle the electrics on your guitar, or just want to know how they work, check out Danny’s post which has an Wiring for Stratocaster & Three-Pickup Guitars“>excellent wiring diagram for a three-pickup guitar.

The Epiphone Les Paul

If there’s a single electric guitar range that’s synonymous with the Epiphone range, and in particular its Gibson copies, it’s the Les Paul. Epiphone currently lists 19 Les Paul guitars in its line-up, including legends like the Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Studio, and the Les Paul Junior.

While it’s widely assumed that Les Paul designed the original guitar which bore his name for Gibson and that Epiphone later made less expensive versions from factories in Korea and Japan, this only scratches the surface of the real, much more interesting, story.

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