Epiphone IGC 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue Golden Poppy Burst

Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue – Golden Poppy Burst

A vintage-inspired Les Paul Standard Reissue developed in partnership with GibsonCustom. This recreation of the classic 1959 Les Paul Standard features a mahogany body with a carved maple top and AAA figured maple veneer, a one-piece mahogany neck with a long tenon, and a rosewood fretboard.

Construction and Neck
Mahogany body
Les Paul body shape
Maple top with AAA flame maple veneer
One-piece mahogany neck with long tenon
Glued-in Set Neck joint
1959 Rounded Medium C neck profile
Rosewood fretboard
22 medium jumbo frets
304.8mm / 12.0in fretboard radius
628.65mm / 24.75in scale length
Graph Tech nut
43.0mm / 1.69in nut width
Mother-of-pearl trapezoid inlays
Single-ply cream binding on top and fretboard
Dual-action truss rod

Electronics
2 Gibson Custombucker humbucking pickups with Alnico 3 magnets
2 volume controls and 2 tone controls
CTS potentiometers
Black Beauty/Bumblebee paper-in-oil capacitors
Switchcraft 3-way pickup selector toggle
Switchcraft 1/4" output jack

Hardware
ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge
Gibson Historic Reissue aluminum Stop Bar
Nickel-plated hardware
Epiphone Deluxe Single Ring Keystone button tuners
Nickel pickup covers
Cream mounting rings
Cream pickguard with no bevel
Gold Top Hat control knobs with nickel-plated dial pointer
Amber switch tip
Cream switchwasher with gold hotstamp
Cream jack plate cover
2 strap buttons

Finish and Details
Vintage Gloss finish
Gibson Open Book headstock
Epiphone logo in aged mother-of-pearl
“Les Paul Model” gold silkscreen
Historically accurate side dot position markers in the same size as vintage 1959 Les Paul Standard models
Black control covers with gold Inspired by Gibson Custom logo

Case and Other Specifications
Hardshell case with brown exterior, pink plush-lined interior, and Inspired by Gibson Custom graphics
String gauges .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046