Epiphone Les Paul

Epiphone Les Paul Standard
Manufacturer	Epiphone
Period	1988–present
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Set
Scale	24.75 in (629 mm)
Body	Nato ("Eastern Mahogany"),Maple, Alder, Basswood
Neck	Nato
Fretboard	Maple, Ebony, Rosewood
Bridge	Tune-o-Matic or Bigsby
Pickup(s)	2 or 3 Alnico Classic Humbuckers
Ebony, Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Honeyburst, Vintage Sunburst, Transparent Amber, Transparent Blue, Worn Brown (Ltd. Ed.), Worn Cherry (Ltd. Ed.), Trans Blue (PlusTop PRO), Wine Red (PlusTop PRO), Faded Cherry Sunburst (Quilt Top PRO)

The Epiphone Les Paul is a line of solid body electric guitars produced by Epiphone as a more modestly priced version of the famous Gibson Les Paul. Epiphone is a subsidiary of the Gibson Guitar Corporation and manufactures the Les Paul and other budget models at a lower cost in Asia. Visually and ergonomically, it is almost identical to a Gibson Les Paul.

Very similar to a Gibson Les Paul Standard, it has a solid Nato wood or alder body, Set-neck nato neck (most models) with a rosewood fretboard, Alnico Classic Humbuckers, Grover Machine heads and a Tune-o-matic bridge. Is considered by some to be the flagship Les Paul model made by Epiphone. There is a "Plain-Top" model that features a plain maple top and a "Plus-Top" model that features a flame maple top.

The Les Paul Standard PlusTop PRO is a version of the Epiphone Les Paul Standard. It has ProBucker-2 and ProBucker-3 pickups with coil-tapping, which distinguishes it from the regular Standard PlusTop. PAF humbuckers were the original humbuckers from 1957, which were not perfect, since the coils were not wound perfectly, which created an out-of-phase sound that is associated with the era. The ProBucker is designed to replicate that out-of-phase 1950s sound. However, the coil-tapping feature allows one to turn this sound on or off. Like the Standard PlusTop, this guitar features a flame maple veneer top. There are multiple available color finishes including Honeyburst (inspired by late '50s vintage Les Pauls), Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Trans Blue, Vintage Sunburst and Wine Red. The body is nato (with the maple veneer top), the neck is hand-set nato, with a rosewood fingerboard. The scale is 24.75". The Les Paul Standard Quilt Top PRO is identical but has a quilted top maple veneer finish and is only available in Trans Blue and Faded Cherry Sunburst colors.

The Les Paul Custom features multiple bindings around the back and top of the body and has a bound with a split-diamond inlay. Unlike the Epiphone Les Paul Standard, the Custom model features a nato back and top, the available color variants were alpine white, black beauty and vintage sunburst just to name a few. The split-diamond inlay on the headstock and the block inlays on the fretboard are slightly smaller than on the comparable Gibson model.