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Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s

POUND FOR POUND, THE BEST LP ON THE MARKET

Never mind ‘Best Les Paul on the market’, you could mount a case for Epiphone’s 50s Les Paul Standard being the best mid-priced electric guitar you can get right now. It crucially sells the illusion that you are playing a ‘proper’ Les Paul. You’ve got the solid heft of a mahogany body, topped with a AAA figured maple veneer on the ’Burst models. The neck is a rounded C shape that fills the hand and is supremely comfortable. The ProBuckers are excellent pickups but further down the line you could upgrade them and make this a guitar for

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