Epiphone Les Paul Custom Futura Twilight Shift IBGM

Essential Information About the Epiphone Futura Les Paul Custom "Twilight Shift" Guitar

• Chromashift Look "Twilight Shift": a chameleon finish designed for the stage and content creation.


• Modern Comfort: "Modern Contoured Heel" neck heel, glued-in neck with "Modern C" profile, and compound radius fingerboard from 10" to 14" (254 mm to 356 mm) for effortless chord changes and bends.


• Pro Performance: stainless steel frets, Grover Rotomatic locking tuners, Graph Tech nut, LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece for solid tuning stability and sustain.


• Sound Versatility: two ProBucker Ignite humbuckers with push/pull controls for coil splitting and phase options.

A Reinvented Les Paul Custom: Classic Spirit, Modern Ergonomics

The Les Paul Custom is one of the most iconic electric guitar silhouettes, instantly recognizable for its "high-end" look and powerful tonal character. With the Futura Les Paul Custom, Epiphone offers a decidedly contemporary take on this formula: the same "single cut" DNA and sustain demands, but with performance-oriented choices (stainless steel frets, compound radius, extended electronics) and a bold visual identity thanks to the Chromashift finishes. This version is designed as a "ready to play" instrument for modern uses, while retaining classic Custom aesthetic codes such as binding and "split-block" style inlays.

Who Is It For, and What Styles?

The Futura Les Paul Custom "Twilight Shift" is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a reliable solidbody for rehearsing, recording, and live playing without limiting themselves to a single style. The high-output humbuckers are particularly suited for rock, hard rock, modern metal, and punchy pop, while maintaining enough clarity for more articulate sounds. Thanks to coil splitting and phase options via push/pull controls, it can also cover brighter textures useful in funk, indie, contemporary blues, or rhythmic parts in studio production.

The Sound

The acoustic foundation is a mahogany body, known for its dense midrange, warmth, and generous natural sustain, complemented by a maple top that adds attack and brightness. This mahogany-maple duo is a classic Les Paul combination: solid lows, present mids, and more precise highs, with a balance that remains clear even with distortion.

The two Epiphone ProBucker Ignite humbuckers are designed to deliver a more modern punch, with an output level that easily drives an amp or overdrive pedal while retaining clarity for chords and fast riffs. The electronics go beyond traditional wiring: the two push/pull volume controls open the sonic spectrum with coil split (for thinner, snappier tones) and phase options (for scooped, sharper colors useful in rhythm playing or track layering).

Regarding response and stability, the LockTone hardware (Tune-O-Matic and Stop Bar) promotes good vibration transfer, reliable intonation, and consistent sustain. The Graph Tech nut contributes to a steady attack and better tuning stability, particularly appreciated when playing hard, with lots of bends, or in live settings.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

Each guitar comes with a gig bag, making it immediately portable for rehearsals, gigs, and sessions. For other accessories (strings, strap, stands, hard cases), compatibility depends on dimensions not specified here, so it is best to choose based on exact measurements and your playing habits.

Technical specifications

Electronics: microphone configuration	HH	Scalloped	Simple
Category	Single cut	Body	Mahogany
Left handed	No	Bridge / tailpiece	Fixed
Strings	Steel	Electronics	Passive
Nbr of strings	6	Color	Multicolor
Top	Maple	Finishing	Glossy
Fingerboard	Ebony	Hardware	Nickel
Nbrs of frets	22

Shape	Les Paul	Fingerboard binding	single-ply
Type	solidbody	Bridge	LockTone Tune-O-Matic
Body wood	mahogany	Tailpiece	LockTone Stop Bar
Finish	gloss	Tuners	Grover Rotomatic locking
Binding	multi-ply on top	Hardware finish	nickel
Construction	set neck	Plastics	black
Profile	Modern C	Knobs	nickel knurled metal
Fingerboard wood	ebony	Pickup covers	none (uncovered pickups)
Fingerboard radius	compound 10" to 14" / 254 mm to 356 mm	Neck pickup	Epiphone ProBucker Ignite
Frets	stainless steel	Bridge pickup	Epiphone ProBucker Ignite
Scale length	25.5" / 647.70 mm	Controls	2 volumes (push/pull coil split and phase), 2 tones
Nut	Graph Tech	Pickup selector	3-position toggle switch
Inlays	split-block