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Matt Owen

“Updated and more authentic than ever”: Epiphone rolls out the Gibson headstock for its latest high-end Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop drop, including a new 1959 Les Paul Standard – and a pink J-180

Epiphone has expanded its premium ‘Inspired by Gibson Custom’ range with a wealth of new electric guitars and acoustic guitars – including an updated take on the firm’s 1959 Burst Les Paul Standard.

The series was originally envisioned as an outlet for Epiphone to give players high-end, near-Gibson instruments that were built in collaboration with the latter’s Custom Shop, and that bridged the gap between lower-end US-made Gibsons and higher-end offshore Epis.

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