The Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Les Paul is a 6-String Electric Guitar, and a signature model for modern blues virtuoso Joe Bonamassa.
Designed in close collaboration with Joe himself, this signature model captures the essence of Bonamassa’s Gibson Goldtop by blending several vintage features from the legendary Les Pauls of the 1950s, including a traditional 1959 neck profile and Gibson Burstbucker pickups.
The Joe Bonamassa Les Paul features a solid Mahogany body married to a hard Maple top for that unique combination of warmth and bite, while a traditional, hand-fitted Mahogany neck is glued “deep” into the body, extending well into the neck pickup cavity. This ultimately results in sweeter tone and longer sustain. Also, true to it's heritage, the neck features an authentic, 1950's rounded neck profile. The back, sides and neck of the guitar are black, creating a unique and striking black and gold combination.
The classic tone of this model comes courtesy of Gibson’s famed Burstbucker pickups. BurstBuckers replicate the sound of Gibson's original "Patent Applied For" pickups - the pickups that gave the '59 Les Paul Standard its legendary sound. Like the originals, with unpolished magnets and non-potted coils, variations in pickup output and tone also came from inconsistencies in winding the bobbins, a result of the lack of automatic shutoffs on Gibson's winding machines in the late 1950s.
Other details include a mis-matched set of bridge and neck pickup knobs (just like Joe’s), Epiphone’s patent-applied-for LockTone Tune-O-Matic and stopbar tailpiece, vintage nickel hardware and premium 14:1 ratio Grover tuners, Epiphone StrapLocks and a 12-inch radius Rosewood fingerboard with 22 nickel/silver alloy medium-jumbo frets.
Each Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Goldtop Outfit comes with a replica Lifton-style hardshell case and a certificate of authenticity personally hand signed by Joe Bonamassa. We've received our last delivery of these, so get yours while you still can.
The main features of the Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Les Paul include:
- Mahogany Body
- Carved Hard Maple Top
- Rounded D-profile, 1959 Shape, Deep-Set Glued-In Mahogany Neck
- Adjustable Truss Rod
- 24.75" Scale Length
- Rosewood Fingerboard with pearloid "Trapezoid" inlays
- 12" Fingerboard Radius
- 22 Medium-Jumbo Frets
- Gibson USA BurstBucker 3 Humbucker Bridge Pickup
- Gibson USA BurstBucker 2 Humbucker Neck Pickup
- Controls For Bridge Volume, Neck Volume, Bridge Tone, Neck Tone, Epiphone All-Metal 3-way Pickup Selector
- LockTone Tune-O-Matic Stopbar Bridge
- 1-11/16" Nut Width
- Nickel Hardware
- Body and Fingerboard Binding
- Grover 14:1 Ratio Tuners
- Metallic Gold Finish
- Includes a Lifton-Style Hardshell Case, Hand-Signed Certificate of Authenticity, Epiphone StrapLocks
Epiphone Joe Bonamassa Les Paul Electric Guitar, Goldtop (code 78113)
6-String Les Paul Electric Guitar, 1959 Neck Profile, Long Tenon, Gibson Burstbucker Pickups, Certificate of Authenticity, Hand Signed by Joe Bonamassa, Goldtop
£499.00 (inc vat)