SLASH: New Signature EPIPHONE Guitar To Debut At NAMM

[FunkyMonkey]

SLASH: New Signature EPIPHONE Guitar To Debut At NAMM - Dec. 10, 2007

Epiphone Guitar announced today the introduction of the new Slash signature Les Paul Standard Plus Top electric guitar. Designed and produced in close cooperation with Slash, this new Epiphone combines all the great design features that have made the Les Paul guitar "the" rock guitar while Slash's own personal touches create a unique instrument destined to become an instant classic.

The new Epiphone Slash Les Paul starts with all the basic features of an LP including a solid Mahogany body with a highly-figured, flame Maple top and glued-in Mahogany neck. Standard equipment now on most Epiphone models is the new LockTone stopbar/tune-o-matic system that secures the bridge and tailpiece to the guitar even without strings while adding as much as 20% more sustain. Unique to the Slash LP are features including, the neck joint which uses a long neck tenon typically found on late-1950s Les Pauls. Extending well into the neck pickup cavity, this provides more strength, more wood-to-wood contact and ultimately, more tone and sustain.

Next, the Slash Custom neck profile or shape is patterned after Slash's original Les Paul and his choice of pickups are two Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro-II open-coil humbuckers. Finally, the guitar features a Dark Tobacco Burst finish, nickel hardware and machine heads with vintage "tulip" buttons.

The new Epiphone Slash signature guitar will make its initial public debut at the upcoming Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA in January 2008. Projected U.S. MSRP is $1,165 and includes a certificate of authenticity. An optional hard case is available for $115. The Epiphone Slash will be available at authorized Epiphone retailers worldwide in December 2007. Slash will be making special appearances related to the launch. Details will be announced on www.epiphone.com over the next few weeks.

[Irish rose]

cool i wonder what colour it will be and if there will be a Gibson model

[AdZ]

Uh.. isn't there already a Gibson model?

[erose]

cool i wonder what colour it will be and if there will be a Gibson model

there is.

And the colour is tobacco burst...

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

Uh.. isn't there already a Gibson model?

I think they're putting it out under the Epiphone brand because no one would pay the ridiculous 4 grand for it.

[Smoking Guns]

Good looking guitar.   

[Genesis]

Uh.. isn't there already a Gibson model?

I think they're putting it out under the Epiphone brand because no one would pay the ridiculous 4 grand for it.

Exactly.

[erose]

It's still quite expencive for an ephiphone tho isn't it? I mean it's over a grand... How much is perrys bone yard or whatever or zacks bulls eye?

[MeanBone]

i think it's ugly. i hate epi's headstocks.

[JimBobTTD]

Mahogany body, maple cap, mahogany neck...that's Gibson stuff. A lot of Epiphones don't actually have mahogany bodies, but have alder bodies (some with a mahogany veneer).

SLASH: New Signature EPIPHONE Guitar To Debut At NAMM - Dec. 10, 2007

The new Epiphone Slash Les Paul starts with all the basic features of an LP including a solid Mahogany body with a highly-figured, flame Maple top and glued-in Mahogany neck. Standard equipment now on most Epiphone models is the new LockTone stopbar/tune-o-matic system that secures the bridge and tailpiece to the guitar even without strings while adding as much as 20% more sustain. Unique to the Slash LP are features including, the neck joint which uses a long neck tenon typically found on late-1950s Les Pauls. Extending well into the neck pickup cavity, this provides more strength, more wood-to-wood contact and ultimately, more tone and sustain.

So. it has standard Epi appointments and a long-tenon neck joint and a thin neck. The maple cap will be maple with a flamed veneer, so nothing all that special there. Sorry...that sounds like a pretty standard guitar with "Slash" written on it. Certainly not better than the Japanese imports (Burny, Edwards, Tokai) you can get for less than that. Get one of them, write "Slash" on the truss rod cover, change the pickups (if you want to), and you have a much better quality guitar with the "correct" headstock shape!

[MeanBone]

i Just Bought a Japanese Gold Top from Tokai and it beats the shit outta most gibsons

i'm gonna do some mods now. get a killswith, SD Pickups, and change all of the electronics. but that baby can sing just as it is

[Seb]

the first slash sig guitar was also destirbuted with epiphone right? anyone remember what the price of that was?

[JimBobTTD]

i Just Bought a Japanese Gold Top from Tokai and it beats the shit outta most gibsons

i'm gonna do some mods now. get a killswith, SD Pickups, and change all of the electronics. but that baby can sing just as it is

My Edwards is the best guitar I have ever played. Every time someone else plays it, I have to pry it out of their hands. I'm not saying it's better than Gibsons, but it is better than most Gibsons I've tried. Seymour Duncan pickups, too...!

[erose]

the first slash sig guitar was also destirbuted with epiphone right? anyone remember what the price of that was?

sure was. Don't remember the price tho... Don't think it was as expencive as this one...

[MeanBone]

i Just Bought a Japanese Gold Top from Tokai and it beats the shit outta most gibsons

i'm gonna do some mods now. get a killswith, SD Pickups, and change all of the electronics. but that baby can sing just as it is

My Edwards is the best guitar I have ever played. Every time someone else plays it, I have to pry it out of their hands. I'm not saying it's better than Gibsons, but it is better than most Gibsons I've tried. Seymour Duncan pickups, too...!

i prefer japanese guitars to american. the japs are way better making great guitars.

[erose]

i Just Bought a Japanese Gold Top from Tokai and it beats the shit outta most gibsons

i'm gonna do some mods now. get a killswith, SD Pickups, and change all of the electronics. but that baby can sing just as it is

My Edwards is the best guitar I have ever played. Every time someone else plays it, I have to pry it out of their hands. I'm not saying it's better than Gibsons, but it is better than most Gibsons I've tried. Seymour Duncan pickups, too...!

i prefer japanese guitars to american. the japs are way better making great guitars.

I think epiphones are made in japan...

[JimBobTTD]

Nope, China. They were once made in Korea.

Edit: they were once made in Japan too. I think some still are made there, like the Elitists. Don't quote me on that, though.

[jarmo]

How many Slash signature guitars have there been over the years?

I remember one Snakepit guitar and one Slash signature?





/jarmo

[Seb]

and that's about it, just those 2 that i know of

[erose]

And of course the two epiphone copies of those two mentioned above.

Kind of wierd the whole epiphone thing. It's wierd seeing Slash posing with an epiphone guitar knowing he would never ever play one live... Maybe they'll force him to do so now tho, like at least on one song every gig or something... I guess it depends on how much cash he got for this deal...