André Skinner explores and discusses Epiphone's unbelievably accurate 1959 Les Paul Standard. This KILLER recreation brings the Holy Grail to a new level of quality and affordability.

Made in collaboration with the Gibson™ Custom Shop, the Epiphone 1959 Les Paul™ Standard is Epiphone's incredible recreation of the rare vintage classic—updated to be more authentic and true to the originals than ever. It features a mahogany body with a maple top and a AAA flame maple veneer, a one-piece mahogany neck with a comfortable '59 rounded medium C profile, long neck tenon, and Gibson-style "open book" R9 headstock shape. Other features include a VOS (Vintage Original Sheen) finish, Gibson Custombucker humbucking pickups, Switchcraft® selector switch and 1/4" output jack, CTS® pots, 50s-era wiring, Mallory™ capacitors, non-beveled pickguard, Epiphone Deluxe vintage tuners with Keystone buttons, and a vintage-style brown and pink hardshell case. Play one today and prepare to be amazed!

This video contains guitar performances by André Skinner

0:00 Intro music (Just Got Paid - ZZ-TOP)
0:45 Hosting intro and guitar finishes
1:20 Guitar overview
2:17 Guitar History, highlights and specs
3:43 Available Finishes
4:03 Sound Check
Iced Tea Model: Neck + Bridge Pickups - Gibson Custombucker
Greeny Model: Neck Pickup - Gibson USA Greenybucker with Reversed Magnetic Polarity; Reverse Mounted
Greeny Model: Bridge Pickup - Gibson USA Greenybucker Custombucker
7:50 Greeny overview
9:24 Outro hosting + music 

Epiphone Les Paul Standard 1959:
➤ Iced Tea Burst
➤ Factory Burst
➤ Tobacco Burst
➤ Washed Cherry Sunburst
➤ Sunrise Tea Burst
➤ Kirk Hammett Greeny

Other gear used in this video:
➤ Marshall SC20H Studio Classic JCM800 Series 20W Head
➤ MXR Carbon Copy
➤ Shure SM57