Alongside the NanoMag, the Les Paul Ultra-II has a pair of Epiphone's Alnico Classic Plus humbuckers with twin volume controls and a master tone. Where you'd usually find a Les Paul's neck pickup tone ...

The “Modern” bit is where Epiphone does as Gibson did with its Modern series, recognising that the brand purists have plenty of options already, and ergo decide to throw the rulebook out of the window ...