To find out, Dinesh Lekhraj – host of the Gibson Gear Guide YouTube channel – pitted an 'Inspired by Gibson Custom' Les Paul Custom ($1,299) against an Epiphone Custom Les Paul ($799) in a ...

The one in my hands today is Epiphone's 1960 Les Paul Special, in regulation TV Yellow – another guitar that hasn’t seen much reissue action for a while, making it all the more exciting to ...

Huge kudos to Sunny Haair for his diligence in not just comparing the Epiphone Les Paul Custom versions above, but the Gibson too. And it's really in-depth over 27-minutes with variables like pick ...

Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom Shop 1960 Les Paul Special Double Cut Reissue TV Yellow Again, there is the SlimTaper neck. But the aesthetic is blue-collar.

Epiphone strips the iconic Les Paul and SG down to the essentials, while the J-45 Express sees it reimagine the Gibson workhorse as a 7/8-sized travel friendly acoustic.

Take the Epiphone 50s Les Paul Standard is constructed in this spirit. Just over 500 bucks buys you a considerable slab of wood and a mighty fine guitar that – as the name suggests – assumes the form ...

Like the 1962 335 Reissue, the 1960 Les Paul Special Double Cut Reissue is Epiphone's spin on a classic Gibson design. But the Les Paul Special is on the opposite end of the ubiquity spectrum from ...

Epiphone says these guitars are tested and approved by music teachers, and the all-new Epiphone Power Players is a quality-built ¾+ sized version of Gibson’s iconic Les Paul and SG guitar shapes.

The Epiphone Adam Jones 1979 Les Paul Custom also features a Gibson “open book” headstock profile, and artwork created by Joyce Su and Adam Jones is on the rear headstock.

The Gibson Les Paul Special Tribute is a stripped-down version of the classic. Gibson sent me an axe in "worn white satin," but cherry, black, and natural finishes are also available. This is a ...

But the guitar he’s come to be identified with in the 2000s is the simple rock ‘n’ roll beast known as the Gibson Les Paul Junior. Now Epiphone, long the more economical wing of Gibson ...