Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Goldtop Review

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Overall Rating 4.26

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Features 4.33

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Quality 4.15

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Reliability / Value 3.55

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Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Goldtop Specs

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  • Body Shape: LP  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Construction: Single cutaway  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: Creme  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: '50s  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Trapezoid  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • String Nut: Corian  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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Epiphone's Les Paul 1956 Goldtop is a nice sounding instrument that plays well. Most musicians feel that, overall, it's a fine guitar. Not much to be asked for feature-wise, Epiphone delivered what's expected: a sturdy, quality instrument at a fair price.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Epiphone's Les Paul 1956 Goldtop an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Les Paul 1956 Goldtop's features!

Tone delivered by Epiphone's Les Paul 1956 Goldtop makes it a serious sounding instrument that gives Epiphone a lot of reasons to be proud of it. Somewhat limited when playing certain music styles doesn't mean that Les Paul 1956 Goldtop will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because Les Paul 1956 Goldtop provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Ready to play out of the box, Epiphone's Les Paul 1956 Goldtop is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Epiphone put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as Les Paul 1956 Goldtop does.

This is a solidly built guitar that will play well live and in studio. It does provide a fair amount of confidence, and it can serve well both as a replacement and a first choice guitar for gigs and rehearsals. Epiphone feels confident in its Les Paul 1956 Goldtop and it will serve you well in most situations. Durability and reliability are evenly balanced with this instrument.