Les Paul Special VE™ (Vintage Edition) electric guitar featuring the classic Les Paul profile with a lightweight Poplar body.  The Les Paul Special VE is powered by Epiphone Open Coil humbuckers and is available in beautiful new “Vintage Worn” color finishes including Cherry, Ebony, Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Vintage Sunburst, and Walnut.  For decades, the Les Paul Special has been one of Epiphone’s best selling electric guitars. And the new Les Paul Special VE™ —inspired by the Les Paul, the greatest electric guitar in rock—continues the tradition of giving new both players and pros a real Les Paul at a price anyone can afford.

The Les Paul Special VE™ has a Poplar body with a sleek look thanks to the Vintage Worn finish and no binding on the neck or body.  The Les Paul VE is cut to the same classic profile of all Les Pauls and has a comfortable and fast Mahogany bolt-on neck with a 1960’s SlimTaper™ D profile. The Rosewood fingerboard has traditional Pearloid “Dot” inlays, a 24.75” scale, a 14” radius, 22 medium jumbo frets, and a standard1 11/16” nut.  

Just below the headstock is the famed “bell” shaped truss rod cover found on every Les Pauls since the early 50s with “Vintage Edition” in white.  The Les Paul Special VE is available in a wide range of Vintage Worn finishes including Cherry, Ebony, Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Vintage Sunburst, and Walnut.

Epiphone Open Coil Humbuckers:  The Les Paul Special VE features Epiphone’s world famous open-coil humbuckers with a warm 650R in the neck position and a slightly hotter 700T in the bridge or lead position.  Controls include a 3-way pickup selector switch, a Master Volume, and a Master Tone control, each with traditional “Black Speed Knobs” pots with long lasting

All-Metal Hardware:  Epiphone features all-metal rock solid hardware on all of its instruments. The Les Paul Special VE comes standard with the legendary Locktone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and Stopbar tailpiece for easy set up. Tuning is fast and reliable with Epiphone Premium Covered tuners with a 14:1 ratio.  The higher the ratio, the more accurate your tuning. The tuners are mounted on an Epiphone Clipped Ear headstock with Les Paul Model in gold and the Epiphone log in silver. In addition, a “2016” Edition logo is on the back of the headstock.

Body

• Body Shape: Les Paul
• Body Material: Poplar

Neck

• Material: Mahogany
• Profile: 1960’ SlimTaper™ D
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Inlays: Dot
• Joint: Bolt-On

Hardware

• Finish: Chrome
• Tuner Plating: Chrome
• Bridge: Tune-o-matic
• Tailpiece: Stopbar
• Tuning Machines: Premium Covered; 14:1 ratio
• Control Knobs: Black “Speed” knobs
• Pickup Covers: None

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Epiphone 650R Humbucker; Open-coil; Ceramic-8 Magnets
• Bridge Pickup: Epiphone 700T Humbucker; Open-coil, Ceramic-8 Magnets
• Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone
• Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle