Epiphone Les Paul Custom KOA LTD - Natural, 2019 - used

Here is the original Epiphone description first:

“Epiphone presents the Les Paul™ Custom in Koa. Featuring a mahogany neck with a SlimTaper™ profile, a mahogany body, an ebony fretboard, a beautiful natural Koa top, and the critically acclaimed ProBucker™ Humbucker™ pickups. Other features include Les Paul Custom-style gold hardware, Grover® Rotomatic® tuners with an 18:1 gear ratio, CTS® pots, fully bound body, neck and headstock, a Graph Tech® nut, and pearloid inlays. A hard shell case or EpiLite™ bag is available separately.”

This Paula is almost like new, with only a few signs of use and no major damage. Even the delicate gold hardware is still very nicely preserved.

At approx. 4.08 kg, this is a proper Custom Paula – and it sounds like one too. The ProBucker 2 and 3 pickups do a really good job and can also be coil-split, making the guitar very versatile tonally.

Above all, the look is something special. The natural Koa top in combination with the gold hardware, ebony fretboard, and Custom binding gives the guitar an incredible warmth – almost like a fine piece of furniture, just with a healthy dose of rock ’n’ roll.

Despite the official SlimTaper designation, we would describe the neck more as a slim D profile with a little more meat on the shoulders. It feels excellent in the hand and is very comfortable to play.

The frets showed virtually no signs of wear, but still needed to be properly leveled because the factory fretwork was not optimal. We therefore leveled, recrowned, and polished the frets and then gave the guitar a thorough setup.

A Paula to fall in love with.

**SPECS:**
Year: 2019
Series: Inspired by Gibson LTD Edition
Body: Mahogany
Top: Koa, Natural
Color / Finish: Natural
Neck: Mahogany, Set-Neck
Neck Profile: SlimTaper
Fretboard: Ebony
Fretboard Radius: 12"
Inlays: Custom Block Inlays
Nut: Graph Tech
Neck Thickness at 1st Fret: approx. 20.1 mm
Neck Thickness at 12th Fret: approx. 22.9 mm
Frets: 22
Scale Length: 24.75" (629 mm)
Neck Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker 2
Bridge Pickup: Epiphone ProBucker 3
Pickup Switching: Coil-Split
Electronics: CTS Pots
Tuners: Grover Rotomatic 18:1
Hardware: Gold
Weight: approx. 4.08 kg