![]() ![]() Weight DistributionĮven with modern weight relief, all Les Pauls tend to feel heavier, like you're favoring the body-side of the guitar. It's hard to tell the exact difference, but you can see it - even in the stock photos. ![]() Instead of the Nitrocellulose Lacquer in the Gibson version, Epiphone using an unnamed "gloss" which doesn't look quite as pristine. One big aesthetic difference is the quality in lacquer used on the Epiphone version. To the naked eye, this tonewood arrangement and body design is extremely similar to the Gibson Custom. The Gibson Custom's top piece is listed as Maple. However, I should mention that the exact tonewood type isn't listed on Epiphone's product page for the Custom. That top layer I believe is also Mahogany and fits into the binding around the perimeter of the body. The body and neck are both solid Mahogany with a glued in joint (set neck) and binding around the outside of the body and the top piece. Most of the Epiphone Les Pauls are built with a similar construction strategy and the Custom follows suit.
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