50s Les Paul Feel, Flame Maple Looks, Real World Price
The Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s Figured Top hits that sweet spot where classic 50s Les Paul warmth meets modern reliability and playability. You get the mahogany punch, AAA flame maple top, and Probucker growl without having to baby a vintage museum piece.
Mahogany Warmth With AAA Flame Maple Snap
The solid mahogany body is the backbone of that thick, singing sustain and chewy midrange Les Pauls are known for. The maple cap with AAA flame maple veneer adds clarity and snap on top, so your chords stay defined and your leads cut through the band instead of getting lost.
The Washed Cherry Sunburst gloss finish lets that flame figure dance under the light, with single ply cream binding framing it like a vintage burst. It looks like a guitar you waited years to find, not one you grabbed off a big box rack.
’59 Rounded Medium C Neck That Feels Like Home
The 1959 Rounded Medium C neck carve fills up your hand just enough to feel solid, without crossing into baseball bat territory. It is the kind of neck that makes big open chords ring and long bends feel controlled and confident.
A laurel fingerboard with a 12 inch radius and 22 medium jumbo frets gives you that perfect compromise between vintage feel and modern ease. Bends stay buttery and smooth, vibrato feels natural, and you are not fighting the guitar to get your ideas out.
Probucker Humbuckers And 50s Wiring
The Epiphone Probucker 1 and Probucker 2 humbuckers serve up that familiar PAF flavored tone: warm and vocal in the neck, tight and biting in the bridge. Clean, they are glassy with a little bloom on the notes; pushed, they deliver rich, harmonically complex overdrive that loves classic tube amps.
Real talk, the 50s wiring and CTS pots are a big deal. Your highs stay intact when you roll the volume back, so you can live on the volume knob for gain control instead of dancing on pedals all night. It feels responsive and alive under your hands.
Vintage Inspired Details That Actually Matter
This is not just a pretty top. The long tenon set neck helps transfer more vibration into the body, which you hear as sustain and feel as resonance against your chest. The Graph Tech nut and Epiphone Vintage Deluxe tuners keep tuning solid, even if you lean hard on big bends and wide vibrato.
The Kalamazoo style headstock, cream pickguard and plastics, nickel hardware, and gold Top Hat knobs with dial pointers all nod to the golden era without getting cheesy. Under the hood, era appropriate wiring and quality CTS components make this a serious working instrument, not just an entry level copy.
Dialed In By Real Players At Moore Guitars
This specific guitar weighs in at 9.4 pounds, which puts it right in that classic Les Paul zone where sustain and punch are plentiful but it still balances well on a strap. The photos you see are of the actual guitar, so you know exactly which flame top is coming home with you.
Before it ships, our techs give it a full Player-Perfect setup tailored for real stage and studio use. It ships fast with a premium gig bag, free 2 to 3 day shipping, and a 14-Day Return Policy so you can plug in at home and decide if it is the one.
Questions about this guitar? Call (888) 794-8482 and talk to someone who actually plays and knows how a good Les Paul is supposed to feel and sound.
