The Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul Custom Plus EX/GX Electric Guitar offers you a choice between 2 slightly different guitars, the EX and the GX. Both share identical specifications with the important exception of the color finishes and the pickups onboard. The EX model is finished in either Midnight Ebony or Midnight Sapphire with EMG 81/85 active humbuckers, while the GX model comes in Black Cherry and Cherry Sunburst and features Gibson 498T/490R humbuckers. So make your choice. Either way, it’s a win-win.The Prophecy Les Paul Custom Plus EX OutfitThis Les Paul brings back the axe loved by metal shredders around the world. And now, along with EMG humbuckers, the EX Outfit includes individual volume and tone controls for each pickup, a mahogany body with a stunning quilt maple veneer top, and a super fast mahogany neck that has a SpeedTaper D-profile with a satin finish and a 24.75 scale. The elegant rosewood fingerboard has 24 jumbo frets, a 14 radius, a standard 1.68 graphite nut, and beautiful mother-of-pearl and abalone block and triangle inlays on the 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, and 15th frets, alternating with mother-of-pearl blocks on frets 17, 19, 21, and 24. The clipped dove wing headstock has 5-ply white and black binding with a mother-of-pearl stickpin design on the headstock face and Prophecy Les Paul Custom Plus EX or GX on the bell-shaped truss rod cover.Its active EMG 81/85 pickups excel at high volume and are a favorite among the world’s top metal players–including Zakk Wylde–for their beefy tone. Both pickup designs feature close apterture coils with Alnico V magnets for a smooth tone that can go from 1959 to far into the future or anywhere in between. And for the first time, the EX features individual volume and tone controls for each pickup. The EMG pickups are powered by a 9-volt battery conveniently located in the back of the guitar in an easy-to-access compartment.The Prophecy Les Paul Custom PlusBody Body shape: Single cutaway Body type: Solid body Body material: Solid wood Top wood: Quilted Maple Body wood: Mahogany Body finish: Gloss Orientation: Right handed Neck Neck shape: SpeedTaper Neck wood: Mahogany Joint: Set-in Scale length: 24.75 Truss rod: Standard Neck finish: Gloss Fretboard Material: Rosewood Radius: 14 Fret size: Jumbo Number of frets: 24 Inlays: Block and triangle Nut width: 1.68 (42.67mm) Pickups Configuration: HH Neck: EMG-85, or 490R (dependent on finish) Middle: Not applicable Bridge: EMG-81, or 498T (dependent on finish) Brand: EMG, or Gibson Active or passive pickups: Active, or Passive (dependent on finish) Series or parallel: Series Piezo: No Active EQ: No Special electronics: Push/pull coil taps Controls Control layout: Volume 1, Guitars, Electric Guitars, Solid Body Electric Guitars Epiphone H79034.004 ENCHHSGH1 Epiphone, Solid Body Electric Guitars |
Price Info: Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul Custom Plus ENCHHSGH1