“It’s certainly worth considering against the start-point of the Gibson USA Les Paul range. The lines are getting blurred.”: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1959 Les Paul Standard Reissue review

What is it?

Earlier in the year, Epiphone took the wraps off eight new ‘Inspired by Gibson Custom’ models. Each is now called a Reissue to differentiate them from the previous models and refers to various upgrades that include a return to rosewood fingerboards, new Vintage Gloss finishes that, says Epiphone, “are thin, allowing for more resonance and keeping a vintage lacquer-like look, that more closely resembles a Gibson aged nitro finish.”

There are electronic upgrades under the hood, too, with “vintage era-appropriate capacitors (Black Beauty, Bumblebee) to more accurately capture the Gibson ‘Golden Era’ tone.”