Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty Review

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Overall Rating 4.52

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Features 4.54

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Quality 4.39

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Reliability / Value 4.53

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Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty 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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  • Finish: Lacquer  
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  • Binding: Multi-ply  
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  • Carved Top: Yes  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: Slim Taper  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Ebony  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Pearl Blocks  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • String Nut: Syntetic Bone  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Stoptail  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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Few guitars can match what Epiphone's Les Paul Black Beauty offers in its price range. That's why many musicians decided to go for Les Paul Black Beauty, and if you decide to do so as well, you surely won't be sorry. With almost nothing to add to this beautiful instrument, rest assured it will serve you well.

Epiphone took time and with its vast experience at making new guitars, made a Les Paul Black Beauty, a guitar that stands out for its remarkable features it offers for a fair price. Epiphone did a great job, and a lot of musicians gave highest grades to Les Paul Black Beauty, which proves the quality of this instrument. Feature-wise, there is no need to say much about it. This guitar will satisfy a great majority of musicians and that's what Epiphone had in mind while building it.

If you try playing Les Paul Black Beauty after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this Epiphone deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. Epiphone's Les Paul Black Beauty is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Ready to play out of the box, Epiphone's Les Paul Black Beauty 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 Black Beauty does.

If you're concerned whether Les Paul Black Beauty will serve you well in terms of durability or reliability, then you shouldn't worry at all about that. Epiphone created a very fine musical instrument that will stand the test of time and perform well in any situation: studio sessions, gigs or rehearsals. Les Paul Black Beauty is a quality built instrument that will last you a lifetime if you take good care of it.