“Our Epiphone and Gibson Custom Shop teams are continually collaborating”: Gibson’s Mat Koehler confirms open-book headstock will roll out on more Epiphone models

That Gibson-style open-book headstock.

The Epiphone Kirk Hammett ‘Greeny’ 1959 Les Paul Standard model arrived yesterday to much fanfare, with the headline feature being the return of the Gibson’s open-book headstock shape to the Epiphone range.

The shape saw some use in the late-’90s and early-’00s, but has not featured on any new Epiphone builds since Gibson’s 2018 takeover and, as such, became exclusive to Gibson Les Pauls.