Upholds the Paul legacy with distinction.

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Upholds the Les Paul legacy with distinction.
This is an electric guitar that approaches custom shop perfection. The Elite series are musical instruments that approach custom shop perfection. This model upholds the Paul legacy with distinction. It features a bookmatched maple top on a bookmatched mahogany back and is fully American equipped. It takes a step up from the Standard with 24K gold-plated hardware, large block neck inlays, and headstock inlay.

rich, smooth tone, sustain and versatility.

Description
The Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Standard Plus features grover tuners, rosewood fingerboard, 1-pc Mahogany neck set at the 16th fret, 22 fret, Book-Matched Maple top, Book-Matched African Mahogany back, 50SR (USA Humbucker), 60ST (USA Humbucker) pickups, 2 Volume, 2 Tone, and 3-Way Pickup Selector controls, and 24k Gold hardware.
The Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Standard Plus Electric Guitar has it all: rich, smooth tone, sustain and versatility. The Elite series musical instruments are made with premium woods, fitted with American pickups and circuitry -- even American-made toggle switches and Grover tuners. All they lack are the nitrocellulose finishes of their Gibson counterparts. This Epiphone electric guitar represents the Paul legacy with distinction. It features a bookmatched flamed maple top on a bookmatched mahogany back, and is fully American equipped.

a Les Paul for a fraction of the cost + growling sustain and solid punch.

Goldtop

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Designed for the professional musician, the Elite line are musical instruments of impeccable quality and beauty. The new Epiphone Elitist Les Paul 57 Goldtop electric guitar features a hard maple top and a rosewood fret board, USA Humbuckers, and one piece neck. Gibson-made USA humbuckers deliver growling sustain and solid punch. The classic metallic antique gold finish is dazzling under the stage lights while the original hard maple top, bookmatched mahogany back, and set mahogany neck provide the classic feel and resonance of the widely sought-after '57 Goldtop. Includes hardshell case.

Gibson '57 Goldtop reissues with almost identical woods and electronics sell for up to 3 times as much. This Les Paul is for a fraction of the cost.