DISC - Epiphone Les Paul Ultra Pro, Vintage Sunburst

Full Description

Boasting a vintage look with something extra under the hood, the Epiphone Les Paul Ultra PRO provides the great features that Les Paul players expect from Epiphone. It's equipped with new ProBucker™-2 and ProBucker™-3 4-wire humbucker pickups with coil-tapping on both volume controls. The Ultra PRO has a weight-relief mahogany body and quilt maple top and it has a "belly-scarf" that makes the guitar comfortable when you're playing for hours. This guitar also has a nice Vintage Sunburst finish.

Built with Quality

The Epiphone Les Paul Ultra PRO boasts a chambered mahogany body that is carefully balanced for a lighter weight without effecting the guitar's full body tone. It has glued-in hard maple neck, which is preferred by many Les Paul devotees (including Zakk Wylde) as a great combination for lead players who love the upper register "bark" that maple provides when it's combined with a mahogany body. The hard maple neck has a classic 1960s SlimTaper™ "D" profile with a satin finish and a 24.75" scale. The rosewood fingerboard features pearloid trapezoid inlays along with a 12" radius, 22 medium jumbo frets and a 1.68" nut. The Ultra PRO's "belly-scarf," allows for comfortable use over long periods.

The Epiphone Les Paul Ultra PRO has a LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece.

ProBucker™ Pickups

The Les Paul Ultra PRO is equipped with ProBucker™ pickups, a 4-wire design inspired by Gibson's legendary BurstBuckers™, The ProBuckers recreate the sound of the original hand-wound "PAF" humbuckers made by Seth Lover at the Kalamazoo factory in the late '50s. Epiphone ProBuckers™ feature all the same ingredients as the PAF and BurstBucker™ pickups. This includies Alnico II magnets, Elektrisola magnet wire, 18% Nickel Silver unit bases and covers, pole screws, slugs, and bobbins manufactured to Gibson's original specifications. So you get a great pickup develops the subtle, one-of-a-kind characteristics over-time that you only can find in vintage humbuckers.

The ProBucker-2™ humbucker in the neck position is slightly overwound for greater definition at higher volumes. The ProBucker-3™ humbucker in the bridge, is also slightly overwound for leads that have wide tonal range. Each pickup boasts coil tapping via a push/pull control at each pickup's volume knob.

Features/Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Top: Quilt Maple Veneer
• Body: Chambered Mahogany
• Colour: Vintage Sunburst
• Bridge Type: LockTone™ , Stopbar Tailpiece

Neck

• Species: Hard Maple
• Shape: SlimTaper™ "D" profile with a satin finish
• Joint: Glued-in
• Truss Rod: Adjustable

Fingerboard

• Species: Rosewood
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Radius: 12"
• Frets: 22 medium jumbo

Pickups

• Neck Pickup: ProBucker™-2 (4-wire)
• Bridge Pickup: ProBucker™-3 (4-wire)