SOLD! - 2021 Joe Bonamassa Epiphone Les Paul '58 Custom Black Beauty

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Joe Bonamassa Collaborates With Epiphone to Create a Replica of His Rare "Black Beauty" Les Paul!
 
Joe Bonamassa has once again partnered with Epiphone to lovingly replicate one of his most-prized guitars, his "Black Beauty" Les Paul Custom. 
 
The 1958 Gibson Les Paul Custom in black - otherwise known as the Black Beauty, is one of the rarest electric guitars made and one of the most coveted. This limited edition recreation has a nice 50's neck profile for an era-correct feel, LP Custom bound body and neck, non-weight relieved mahogany body, unique vintage style "Epiphone" tuners, Orange Drop capacitors, CTS pots, 2 x Epiphone ProBucker-2 and 1 x ProBucker-3 pickups, Switchcraft output jack, and classic black hardshell case with gold hardware and yellow gold plush lining.
 
Epiphone's ProBucker humbucker has quietly become one of the most talked about pickups in the industry. It has fooled experts, vintage purists, and even luthiers who have worked with the best vintage examples from the late 50's and early 60's. ProBucker humbuckers are the real deal, made with 18% Nickel Silver unit bases and covers, the same alloy used by Gibson at the Kalamazoo factory when the humbucker was first invented. The use of Nickel Silver reduces the occurrence of eddy currents due to low conductivity and provides a more transparent and crisp output. The size and shape of the bobbins also has a great impact on tonal response. And the bobbins used on ProBucker pickups duplicate the size and shape of the gold standard in the industry, Gibson humbuckers. ProBucker pickups also feature sand cast Alnico II magnets, high quality 4 conductor lead wire, and are vacuum wax potted to eliminate microphonics.