Epiphone Les Paul Goldtop 1957 Reissue Double Gold IBGCS

Essential Information About the Epiphone 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue Double Gold Guitar

• 1957 Goldtop Look: "Vintage Gloss" Double Gold finish, authentic and subtly vintage, without a pronounced relic effect.


• Premium Construction: mahogany body with a solid maple top for the typical Les Paul attack, projection, and sustain.


• High-end Electronics: 2 US Gibson Custombucker pickups (Alnico 3), hand-wired, CTS potentiometers, and Paper-in-Oil "BlackBeauty" capacitors.


• Hard Case Included: historically inspired case (brown exterior, pink interior) to protect the instrument daily.

A Custom Shop-Inspired Reissue: The Spirit of the First Goldtops with Humbuckers

Resulting from a collaboration between Epiphone and Gibson Custom, this 1957 Les Paul Goldtop Reissue pays tribute to the first Les Paul Goldtops equipped with humbuckers. It features the aesthetic codes and luthiery choices that forged the legend, with a decidedly "stage instrument" approach: meticulous finishes, nickel hardware, and a playing feel designed to last thanks to the long neck and 50s Rounded Medium C profile.

For Which Guitarist and Styles

This Les Paul is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a true Les Paul experience: big sustain, round attack, and dynamics that respond well to both pick playing and nuanced fingerpicking. Ideal for rock, blues, classic rock, hard rock, soul, and pop, it also excels whenever a thick and singing tone is desired, especially for solos and power chord riffs.

The Sound

The mahogany duo (body and neck) + maple (top) is the essential recipe for the Les Paul tone: mahogany brings roundness, rich mids, and natural sustain, while maple enhances attack, definition, and bite. The Gibson Custombucker pickups (Alnico 3) offer a very musical response: firm lows, expressive mids, and smooth highs, with a nice openness when rolling back the volume. The careful wiring, CTS potentiometers, and Paper-in-Oil capacitors contribute to progressive and usable tones, perfect for transitioning from organic crunch to a thicker lead without losing clarity.

Technical specifications

Body	mahogany	Scale length	628.65 mm / 24.75"
Top	maple	Hardware	nickel
Binding	single cream ply	Bridge	ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Neck material	mahogany	Tailpiece	Historical Aluminium
Neck profile	50s Rounded Medium C	Tuners	Epiphone Deluxe Single Ring Keystone
Fingerboard	rosewood	Pickguard	cream
Frets	22	Neck pickup	Gibson Custombucker
Inlays	mother-of-pearl trapezoid	Bridge pickup	Gibson Custombucker
Nut width	43 mm / 1.69"	Controls	2 volumes, 2 tones, CTS potentiometers
Nut	Graphtech	Case	hard shell, brown exterior, pink interior