Featured on the cover of his groundbreaking 1975 masterpiece Blow by Blow, Jeff Beck’s 1954 Les Paul Standard is undoubtedly one of the most iconic instruments in guitar history. Fifty years down the line, Epiphone’s Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Standard memorializes that legendary instrument with a spot-on re-creation of the original axe. This Epiphone mirrors the heavily modified nature of Jeff’s original ’54, starting with a dark and moody Oxblood finish coating its maple-topped mahogany foundation. Instead of the twin P-90s you’d find on a stock early-1950s Les Paul, Jeff’s guitar boasted twin humbucking pickups — a spec that Epiphone’s Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Standard re-creates with two rich, warm, and deeply dynamic Gibson USA Custombucker pickups. On the opposite end, this superb 6-string boasts a positively chunky Jeff Beck custom large C 1-piece mahogany neck that’s topped with a glassy rosewood fingerboard and mated to the body with a traditional long-tenon joint. Even the hardware exactly emulates the distinctive setup on Jeff’s guitar, from the slight gap between the pickguard and the treble pickup’s ring to the aluminum wraparound bridge, Schaller M6 90 tuning machines, and gold speed knobs. Strictly limited in production and sure to go fast, the Epiphone Jeff Beck 1954 Les Paul Standard is the perfect capstone to any Jeff Beck die-hard’s collection and a faithful tribute to a truly once-in-a-lifetime musical talent.
