Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar

Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar, Caffe Latte Fade, Full Straight Back

Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar, Caffe Latte Fade, Headstock Left Front

Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar, Caffe Latte Fade, Body Straight Front

Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar, Caffe Latte Fade, Body Left Front

Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar, Caffe Latte Fade, Body Straight Back

Epiphone Les Paul Modern Figured Electric Guitar, Caffe Latte Fade, Headstock Straight Back

zZounds Gear Experts Say...

Inspired by some of the coolest Gibson Les Pauls out there, this Epiphone Modern Figured model boasts a AAA flame maple top and dynamic ProBucker pickups.

What's special about this item?

Feature:	What it does:
Mahogany body	Rich, warm, focused sound; added sustain
Mahogany neck	Great sustain, strength, and warm tone
Ebony fretboard	Dark color, tight grain; premium fretboard wood
Figured maple top	Beautiful wood grain; brighter tone

Overview

Epiphone’s Les Paul Modern Figured from the Inspired by Gibson Collection brings a new look and sound to the world's greatest electric guitar. Featuring a weight relief Mahogany body with a beautiful figured top, ProBucker™ pickups with coil-splitting, phase switching, and a treble bleed circuit. Plus, Grover® Locking Rotomatic tuners with Tulip Buttons with an 18:1 ratio, Graph Tech® nut, and an Ebony fingerboard.

Note: All finishes of this guitar include a pickguard. If your guitar arrives with no pickguard installed, you'll find it included in the box, ready for you to add if desired

Specs

- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Profile: Asymmetrical Slim Taper w/Contoured Heel
- Scale Length: 24.724"
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Number Of Frets: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech NuBone
- Inlays: Les Paul Standard Trapezoid
- Joint: Glued in
- Body Shape: Les Paul Modern Figured
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Binding: Single Ply White
- WeightRelief: Ultra Modern
- Finish: AAA Flame Maple (figured)
- Finish: Nickel
- Tuner Plating: Nickel
- Bridge: LockTone ABR
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Tuning Machines: Grover Locking Rotomatic tuners with Tulip Buttons with an 18:1 ratio
- TrussRod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: Bell-Shape (black)
- Control Knobs: Clear Top Hats
- Switch Tip: Black
- Neck Pickup: ProBucker-2 humbucker w/coil-splitting
- Bridge Pickup: ProBucker-3 humbucker w/coil-splitting
- Controls: 2 Volume, Both with Coil-splitting and Treble Bleed, 2 Tone; One with Phase Switch
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4" Heavy-Duty Epiphone
- Strings: .10, .13, .17, .26, .36, .46
- Case: Optional

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
Caffe Latte Fade: Shipping Weight: 11.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 41 x 18 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMFCLFNH1
Open Box (Very Good), Caffe Latte Fade: Shipping Weight: 11.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 41 x 18 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMFCLFNH1
Open Box (Good), Caffe Latte Fade: Shipping Weight: 11.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 41 x 18 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMFCLFNH1
Caribbean Blue Fade: Shipping Weight: 11.5 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 42 x 18 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMFCBFNH1
Magma Orange Fade: Shipping Weight: 11.5 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 42 x 18 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMFOMFNH1
Open Box (Good), Magma Orange Fade: Shipping Weight: 11.5 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 42 x 18 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMFOMFNH1
Mojave Burst, (with Gig Bag): Shipping Weight: 13.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 22 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMMOBNH1
Open Box (Very Good), Mojave Burst, (with Gig Bag): Shipping Weight: 13.75 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 22 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMMOBNH1
Purple Burst, (with Gig Bag): Shipping Weight: 13.5 lbs; Shipping Dimensions: 45 x 22 x 5 in; Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): EILMPRBNH1

In order to continually improve the design, quality, and performance of Epiphone's products and instruments and to make use of the best materials at all times, Epiphone reserves the right to change specifications without notice.

Documents and Manuals

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-4GIBSON
Web: https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Support/Contact

Reviews

(16 ratings)

Submitted January 31, 2025 by Tony Benke in Port Huron, MI

"The Swiss army knife of guitars!"

Overall:

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Been wanting this guitar since it came out, finally pulled the trigger on it. Going to explain each of my ratings line by line. Overall: 4.5/5 only because there was a few extremely very minor build issues that I need to do address which will be talked about later. Took all of 5 minutes to take care of so not a huge deal.Features: 5/5 because like I said in the title, it's the Swiss army knife of guitars. First off you're getting the Les Paul body style which is iconic. Not only are you getting that but you're getting the Modern which is nice because of the compound taper neck, the chambered weight relief, coil splitting, and phase switching. You can get single coil tones which aren't going to sound like a strat but they will definitely make a huge difference compared to regular humbucker tones, the phase switching is nice although it's fun to play with I don't really have a practical use for it but I do enjoy it, I love the heel joint cut away for getting to the higher frets, and the Probucker sound great. I mainly play metal so normally I would go for something a bit hotter but these sound more than fine plus that's what they make a gain knob for on your amp and that's what they make boost pedals for and that's why you can adjust the output level on your EQ pedal so I'm not going to be changing the pickups on this. Absolutely love the features. And let's not forget the factory locking Grovers, total game changer for quick string changes.Quality: 4/5 only for two reasons. One,… read more when utilizing the coil splitting feature for the neck pickup, the knob was pulling off of the potentiometer. Extremely easy fix, spread out the split part of the shaft on the potentiometer and now the knob stays exactly where it's supposed to stay. Other issue was that the nut for the input jack was loose so I had to tighten that up right away but again, very minor. Set up, neck relief, and intonation didn't have to be touched even after pulling off the stock strings and putting my preferred string set on them (Ernie Ball beefy slinkies). Tuning stability is great, and aside from that one issue with that one potentiometer and the loose nut on the input jack, everything is fine so I can't give it a 5 out of 5 but I can definitely give it a 4 out of 5. Manufacturer: 5/5 only because I've owned and continue to own plenty of epiphone's and I have found their product support to be very good if I've bought new guitars that had issues that needed to be addressed by the manufacturer. Never had an issue with product support. Sound: 5/5 Just read back to what I said about overall and features. This thing sounds awesome and even though I play high gain metal and the Probuckers aren't as high output as some of my other guitars with aftermarket pickups, some very minor adjustments to gain and the input level on my EQ pedal was all it took to sound exactly the way I wanted it to sound. Sure, I could pull the stock pickups out of it and throw my preferred set of Seymour Duncan distortions in it but why? These sound just fine with some minor adjustments to my patches/pedals. As far as I'm concerned, having this lower output set gives me more versatility because now I can play stuff that isn't as aggressive if I want to and if I want to get dirty with it, just bump up the output level or the gain and we're good to go. Ease of use: 5/5 because it's a guitar with six strings, two-tone knobs, two volume knobs, coil splitting for each humbucker, phase switch and those features are push-pull. I did have to look up which pots controlled which features but that was like all of 10 seconds of Google searching and I'm pretty sure the literature that came with the instrument from Epiphone probably would have given me the same answer but I didn't even look at that But yeah, dual humbucker six string guitar with individual coil splitting for each pickup and a phase shift option. Easy to use once you know what does what. Value: 5/5 because after tax you're paying a little bit over 800 bucks USD but I truly feel like this guitar is worth way more given the beautiful finish, the way it feels, the fact that I didn't need to do any fret work, neck relief adjustment, intonation, or action adjustments and it plays perfect for me right out of the box. Change the shape of the headstock, throw the Gibson name on it and this would be a $2,500 guitar all day long. Wow factor: 5/5 because a guitar this beautiful, a guitar that feels this nice, a guitar that plays this nice, and a guitar that plays this nice should definitely cost way more than it does. I'm not complaining about it and that's why the wow factor gets a 5 out of five. Definitely blew me away and I own a lot of guitars and plan on owning many more but I think this one is the second guitar out of my whole collection that just blew me away with how nice it is compared to what I paid for it.

Sound
This instrument sounds awesome, it plays awesome, it works great for clean stuff, bluesy stuff, classic rock, '90s rock, modern rock, and if you have a decent amp or an EQ pedal that you can adjust the level on, this thing can do extremely aggressive modern metal all day long with the right amplifier/patch settings.

Features
I really love the heel cut out for access to the higher frets. I'm more of a rhythm guy but I've been dabbling in leads lately so that makes it very easy for me. For the type of metal we play, we do have occasional clean parts and my favorite thing to do with this guitar so far is to put it on the middle toggle switch setting (both pickups) with coil splitting engaged on both pickups and it's probably my ideal clean tone. I didn't even have to adjust my patch on my modeling amp, just put it to that setting and that coil splitting configuration, pure perfection. I can't really think of a practical use right now for the phase switching but I can definitely see myself sitting down with my modeler and having some fun noodling around experimenting with it and finding a use for it but for the time being, it's nice to have the feature but I really don't see myself using it too much.

Ease of Use
Once you figure out which controls split which coils and which one handles the phase switching... It's so user friendly and versatile. Very easy guitar to get comfortable with.

Quality
This instrument appears to be very well made. The only issues I had was that I had to spread apart one of the split pegs on the potentiometer for the neck pickup because when I was pulling it to engage the coil splitting, the knob kept coming off but that was all of a couple seconds of spreading it apart so the knob would stay on. Also I did have to tighten down the nut for the input jack because that was loose right out of the box but I found that to be extremely common with most guitars I purchase so not a huge deal.

Value
In short, I would have paid way more for this guitar than I paid for it. Definitely a true bang for your buck instrument.

Manufacturer Support
I've dealt with Epiphone a couple times with tech support issues/general concerns and they have always been really easy to deal with. There's a reason that I keep buying epiphone's as opposed to stepping up and buying a Gibson. Don't get me wrong, I would love a Gibson and I've played many Gibsons and love them, but I really do love my Epiphone's. I can buy three or four of them for the cost of one Gibson and with a little bit of minor adjustment, I can get them to sound and feel and play just as good if not better.

The Wow Factor
The Modern Epiphone mine really appealed to me. Beautiful finishes, the weight relief, the heel cut out at the neck joint, the coil splitting options? All excellent reasons to purchase this instrument.

Musical Background:
Guitar player since 1997, piano player since 1994

Musical Style:
Modern metal, metalcore, death metal, hardcore, classic rock, 90s rock, 80s c*ck-rock

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