Epiphone Limited Edition 1956 Les Paul Electric Guitar  

Typical Les Paul controls setup (ect). This one has a vintage gold top with P90s pickups. The nut is micarta which is what Gibson and Epiphone have been using lately, and although not as hard as bone, it will do for now. It has modern Grover tuners instead of the vintage Kluson style which varies the look from the original. I had some white pearl Grover buttons and with them on it now matches the pearl neck inlays nicely.

Out of the box the action was playable but I always do my own setups with all of my guitars. The truss rod was not tightened (as it should be) and the bridge needed tweaking to attain the action I like. After a little work this thing now plays and sounds killer. It also looks killer too. In fact after a week of inspecting I can’t find a single cosmetic flaw on this thing which is rare for any brand these days.

IMO for the price this is a good deal. It may not be a Gibson but this guitar shines in its own right.

I haven’t gigged with it yet but I’ve played it thru my Fender Vibro-King, Peavey Delta Blues, Marshall Class 5, Line6 Spider, and a Roland Cube…and this thing totally rocks all of them. The vintage P90s have a sound most are not familiar with. I A/B this Epi with my Gibson Blues Hawk (dummy-coil P90s) and although it sounded different, it sounded good! Nice crisp ringing highs and full fat bottom you can feel. Beware that P90s are a bit noisy, but that comes with the territory as no other pickups sound like them.  

The Epiphone Les Paul ’56 GT is a fine guitar. Maybe I lucked up and got a good one from the factory. LoL, if so I also lucked up last year when I purchased an Epiphone EL-00 which was virtually flawless.

Both a keepers and now part my collection.

I bought this guitar after reading your reviews. Little did I know how annoying the hum was going to be in my small, digital recording studio. When I turn on the small fan in the room the guitar goes berserk! I need a Les Paul with Humbuckers. Besides, this guitar came to me with a problem when I put the pickup switch in the 'treble' position. I have to push it hard to the right and practically hold it there for the treble pickup to work properly. I'm sending it back

Looks great!

Worth the money if you don't mind having a hum sound when you play

This is great guitar to put in a museum, but it hums too much for me to actually use on a regular basis

p90's are so smooth ...gold metalflake paint is beautiful. 2 tone controls 2 volume controls...grover tuners.all you need to rock and roll.

No flaws in finish or paint.It came set up nicely..Played sweet from day 1 good sound ...all controls work well/ It doesn't feel like an inexpensive guitar. It feels like a les paul.The sustain on this guitar is awesome.

7 years I have had this guitar without 1 problem.I take it out with me play it live..it never lets me down..The pickups love to sing the blues.Classic rock ...oh yeah  rockabilly  it shines.Some people say it doesn't  sound as good as a Gibsson  Les Paul ..you are right  it doesn't  but I can't hear 2000 dollars worth of difference.I have owned both.

This is a deal in anybodies world...it .can be sweet  or with the right pedal and amp  NASTY  ....I have been  playing 35plus years I have held a few guitars in my hands I know what quality feels like this is quality.I love my epi goldtop till death do us part.

I have had this guitar for over a year and love it sounds great excellent playability but one day I took it out of the case to play it noticed that the strings were muting and noticed that the bridge pickup was right next to the strings I took the strings off and the pickup completely fell out fortunately I was able to glue it back in with apoxy but I was a little disapointed

great guitar but they need to use stronger glue

Way better than expected. Very cool looks with through back sound.

Excellent.

Musician's Friend had a very good price.

The guitar is a gift for my daughters graduation. I'm sure she'll love it. I do.