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I know that at first glance this appears to be another re-hashed version of the '59 Les Paul that Epiphone released a few years ago. But now that I have it in my hands, I can tell it's not.I owned the previous version and didn't care for it much. THIS guitar, on the other hand, feels like a great Les Paul. The finish on mine is much more figured, the neck has a perfect vintage contour that fits my hand like a glove. It's a good weight at a little under 9 lbs. The hard case is more substantial, the setup on mine was actually perfect. The nut is cut perfectly and it's staying in tune fine.. and this guitar resonates acoustically extremely well. The open-book headstock looks great here too. But the star of the show here are these Custombuckers. I honestly believe that these are the best sounding humbuckers I've ever played. Very vocal & open sounding, both clean and distorted. I was dying to get my hands on a set, but didn't wanna pay the Gibson Custom Shop prices. This is just an overall great Les Paul that (I believe) will easily rival anything that Gibson USA is putting out these days.

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I have the previous model with the Burstbuckers. It is a very good guitar. In my opinion this new model is significantly better. The new headstock is nice but the biggest improvement is the Custombuckers. They are phenomenal pickups. The neck to me feels better than the previous model. The shape of neck is better and the feel of the finish is better. It definitely needed a setup (especially the frets) but once I had my luthier do a full setup on it the guitar is awesome. I have numerous Gibson Les Pauls (Standards and Slash models). These new 59’s are extremely close now to my Gibsons.

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Looks gorgeous, plays fantastic, sounds even better very happy with the purchase

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The first one I ordered was great.. except..The nut wasn’t cut properly and anything above the 4th fret was way out of tune. The look and feel of the guitar was amazing. Absolutely loved the neck on this one. I have larger than normal hands and it fits perfectly. The nut I could have had fixed pretty easily but. When I went to remove the bridge I had to literally use extreme force. The mounting post had been drilled to far apart. I had to send it back. I really didn’t want to so I did an exchange. zZounds was so easy to work with it was not an issue at all. The one I have now is my baby! The nuts perfect and everything is as it should be. Sounds amazing, plays fantastic and no sharp frets! This one’s not going anywhere. This is my first and I think only 5 star rating. For manufacturers support I gave a 5. That’s zZounds rating from me. They sent the exchange the day I sent the first one back so I was only down a guitar for 2 maybe 3 days.

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