Epiphone - 1954 Les Paul Jeff Beck Oxblood LTD + Etui
A revisited version of a legendary model, the Les Paul Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 by Epiphone pays tribute to a guitar as unique as its famous owner. This limited-edition model, developed with Gibson Custom, features a solid mahogany body topped by a carved maple top, a one-piece glued mahogany neck, a rosewood fingerboard and electronics faithful to the standards of the 1950s. Equipped with Gibson Custombucker humbuckers and Schaller tuners, it combines vintage character with measured modernity. This electric guitar leaves nothing to chance, and everything about it seems to recall that a certain Jeff Beck had a very precise idea of the word 'singularity'.
Presentation
The heart of this Epiphone Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul is its two Gibson Custombucker pickups. There's no digital fuss here: Alnico 3, 50s wiring, Mallory capacitors and CTS potentiometers. The result? A sound palette capable of going for the mellow roundness as well as the raw bite. You could happily lose yourself in it for hours, without ever going round in circles.
When it comes to detail, Epiphone has been rather fastidious. Cream pickguard, gold Speed buttons, lovingly aged mother-of-pearl binding, cast aluminium wraparound bridge just like in 1954... Each element seems to have been summoned for its precise role, and all together, they give this guitar a discreet but fearsomely evocative visual charm. This is not a static reconstruction, but a sensitive evocation of a model that made its mark on the cover of a certain Blow by Blow.
Did you think that said it all? This Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul by Epiphone comes with its own hard case bearing the words 'Inspired by Gibson Custom', and a period replica strap. Once the case is closed, you can almost feel the symbolic weight of the object. And once you open it, you realise that it's not just a tribute, but a tool that's ready to go for another half-century of not always wise riffs.
Features
Other features
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Epiphone 1954 Les Paul Jeff Beck Oxblood Limited Edition
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Electric guitar
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Limited edition model
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Manufacturer#: ECJB54AOXNH3
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Collection: Gibson Custom
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Series: Artist Collection
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Body Type : Les Paul
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Body type : Solid
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Construction : glued neck
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Tuning fork: 628.65 mm (24.75")
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Colour: Oxblood / dark red
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Finish: satin
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Top: carved maple
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Body : Mahogany
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Bindings / body & fingerboard: single cream bindings
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Neck: one-piece mahogany
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Neck shape : Jeff Beck wide C
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Fingerboard: rosewood
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Fingerboard markings: aged pearl trapezoids
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Radius: 305 mm (12.00")
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Frets: 22
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Frets type : medium jumbo
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Nut: 43 mm (1.69") Graph Tech
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Tuning: Schaller M6 90
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Bridge: 1954-style aluminium wraparound
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Tailpiece: integrated into bridge
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Pickup configuration: 2x Humbucker
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Neck pickup: Gibson Custombucker (Alnico 3 magnets)
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Bridge pickup: Gibson Custombucker (Alnico 3 magnets)
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Controls: 2x volume, 2x tone
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Potentiometers: CTS
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Wiring: 50s style
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Capacitors: Mallory
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Pot knobs: Speed gold with nickel-plated indicator
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Connection system: 6.35 mm ∅ jack output
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Fittings finish : Nickel
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Pickguard: Cream
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Strings: 10/46
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Supplied with: hard case + strap
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Want to go further? Pair it with an all-tube amp with a strong character. An 18-watt vintage British-style combo will do the trick for the biting dynamics of the 8-time Grammy Award-winning artist.
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