Epiphone Jeff Beck Oxblood Les Paul – Is It WORTH IT? (Full Demo)
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Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul
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A tribute to one of the most iconic electric guitars in history, made famous by Jeff Beck
Tone. Touch. Taste. Grace and finesse. In the minds of many of his fellow guitarists, as well as those of countless fans, Jeff Beck was one of the finest players ever to pick up the instrument. From his early work with the Yardbirds to his work with the Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice, as a session musician and throughout his solo career, Jeff Beck was one of the most influential lead guitarists of all time. A guitarist’s guitarist and sonic innovator, he was a master of genres who played rock, blues, hard rock, and jazz fusion; helped popularize the use of feedback, fuzz pedals, and distortion; and influenced countless players with his inimitable style. An eight-time GRAMMY® Award winner, including six times for Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Beck also received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice: as a member of the Yardbirds and also as a solo artist.
His heavily modified 1954 Les Paul™, known to millions as the Oxblood due to its unique chocolate brown/oxblood finish, was immortalized on the cover of his first solo album, the groundbreaking Blow by Blow. The original Oxblood recently sold at auction for a record-setting $1.3 million. In 2009, Gibson Custom recreated the Oxblood in a limited edition run of only 50 aged guitars, which collectors still highly value. Now, Epiphone, in collaboration with Gibson Custom, is very proud to introduce the Jeff Beck Oxblood 1954 Les Paul™, based on his iconic 1954 Les Paul. It features a mahogany body with a maple cap, a one-piece mahogany neck with a long neck tenon and a Jeff Beck Custom Large C neck profile, a rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and aged mother-of-pearl trapezoid inlays, and a Gibson “open book” style headstock with an Epiphone logo inlaid in aged mother-of-pearl. The headstock is equipped with a low-friction Graph Tech® nut and Grover® Rotomatic® with spade button tuning machines. It is powered by a pair of USA-made Gibson Custombucker humbucker™ pickups that are connected to CTS® potentiometers and Mallory capacitors using 50s-style wiring. Other thoughtfully considered details are included to match the original guitar, including gold Speed knobs, a Les Paul pickguard with a gap above the bridge pickup, and a Gibson Historic Wraparound bridge. It comes packaged in an Epiphone hardshell case with Inspired by Gibson Custom graphics and includes a vintage-style replica strap. Available for a limited time, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to own an accessible tribute to one of the world’s most famous, cherished, and valuable electric guitars and the master instrumentalist who made it famous–Jeff Beck.
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I was going to get the Bonamassa 1955… what to do now, what to do now… Oh wait, AI is going to replace me soon… <back to his Squier>
I might have to trade in my Epiphone Alex Lifeson Axcess for this thing… Even if I do have a Gibson Standard in Oxblood with custombuckers already…
Over priced , & the gap in pick guard ? I would have to change that , would never buy one you could get a good used Gibson for that price & it would keep it's price better than the Epiphone .
Didn't Becks Oxblood have a thinner neck when he bought it because the original owner had it sanded down? Did Beck swap the neck out for a 54 spec fat neck? Too thick for my taste.
Really great sounding guitar! Don’t like the color so much…
Sounds good. I have one arriving tomorrow from Wildwood guitars.
Replace that tailpiece with a Music City Bridge with locking studs, and you won't have any intonation issues and your tone will be better!
Thanks for pointing out that gap in the pick guard, I can’t unsee that now! Great sounding and great playing!
I can not picture Jeff Beck playing a guitar without a whammy bar
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maybe this is a stupid question, and you addressed it briefly, but how is intonation set on this guitar. I'm guessing the wrap around tail piece is designed for intonation, but how accurate is it and how can it be adjusted as needed while the guitar ages and the wood settles?
That would be a great player for a Jeff Beck fan or a gig performer. A real Gibson would be a thief magnet on the road. Boomers will buy for the nostalgia and price point. We just want a good new player sometimes. Even real Gibsons, especially players not case queens, are hit or miss.
There are a hundred intonatable bridges that will fit that guitar; intonation shouldn't be an issue. The covers on pickups matter, but not as much as magnets, winding and coil wire; not irrelevant, but less important than a zinc bridge vs aluminum which would have been worth investigating. My IBG LP Custom had all zinc hardware and assembly flaws, also rat's nest wiring. These IBG Epiphones are a step up but they are still Epiphones, still with Epiphone quality control. People who are not professional youtubers or store owners should always know that.
1200? I’ll pick up a used one for half that in a couple years
I like
The wraparound tailpiece really adds to the inherent sustain on the guitars. I had one of the custom shop models. Something about the humbucker and wrapped tailpiece is very different
The inspired by Gibson line of Epiphone, are better value than Gibson Stidios. Great Demo. Awesome guitar.
Epiphone IBGC does it again!!!
Good on the neck!!! I'm so sick of the 60's slim taper necks on everything especially SG's!!
Would be good to know the width of the neck at the 12th so we can get an idea of the profile. For example, if it is 53+mm then it will feel a lot bigger in the hand than a 52mm neck.
Nice guitar for sure
Meh. Roasted Eggplant is not my thing, and the rest of it, aside from the uncovered Custombuckers which are cool, is pretty blasé. I do like the haircut though.
Had an Edwards Les Paul in this configuration, Duncan Pickups and single stop bar tail which made access to the volume/tone controls quite a bit easier than the TOM 7 stop tail, for some reason. Just felt like there was less impeding your right hand. Still played in tune very well all the way up the neck. Colour was way off though, it was more of a purple sparkle finish. Oxblood is a lot more burgundy/brown, at least to my eyes. Sadly had to sell it during the COVID lockdown when funds were drying up for me.
I like a chunky neck. My favorite guitars have either the 59 LP stye or the Fender "chunky" C of the 60's and some 70's Strats. This one? It might be a little too much for me.
Nearly $2000 Canadian? Epiphone is simply out of control
Bought the Epiphone Greeny Les Paul a year or so ago . I didn't like it . Lil gun shy to buy another Epiphone …
Looks great !
Nice haircut man
Sounds really good! But man, whats going on with that pickguard with that huge gap?? Gosh. Really odd.
Those pickups do sound amazing – especially the neck pickup. I'm not crazy about the color and no tune-o-matic bridge. I like to be able to tweak the intonation as needed and that's an easy way to do it. But, I understand this is a Jeff Beck model and that's how his was – so that's why it's that way. I would probably pass, but those pickups are fantastic – sound very vocal and punchy.
It sounded terrible , nuts to pay that ,a Grassroots brand new shipped from Japan would cost you around $700 ,much much better quality ,that thing even made the Gibson pickups sound like poop and Epiphone fret work is the worse ,you didn't even mention the horrible cheap material unlevel frets ,nuts to pay that ,only the clueless would and then they rave how good it is