Epiphone introduces the Les Paul Special Satin E1 electric guitar featuring the classic Les Paul profile with a lightweight poplar body. This Les Paul Special Satin E1 electric Guitar is powered by Epiphone open-coil humbuckers and is available in beautiful "Vintage Worn" color finishes.

For decades, the Les Paul Special has been one of Epiphone’s best-selling electric guitars. And this Les Paul Special Satin E1 electric guitar—inspired by the Les Paul, the greatest electric guitar in rock—continues the tradition of giving both new players and pros a real Les Paul at a price anyone can afford.

A case is sold separately.

Classic Les Paul Profile

The Les Paul Special Satin E1 electric guitar has a poplar body with a sleek look thanks to the Vintage Worn finish and no binding on the neck or body. It's cut to the same classic profile of all Les Pauls and has a comfortable and fast mahogany bolt-on neck with a 1960s SlimTaper D profile. The rosewood fingerboard has traditional Pearloid "Dot" inlays, a 24.75” scale, a 14” radius, 22 medium-jumbo frets, and a standard 1-11/16” nut. Just below the headstock is the famed “bell” shaped truss rod cover found on every Les Paul since the early '50s with “Vintage Edition” in white. 

Epiphone Open-Coil Humbuckers

The Les Paul Special Satin E1 electric guitar 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 500 kohm potentiometers.

All-Metal Hardware

Epiphone features all-metal rock solid hardware on all of its instruments. The Les Paul Special Satin E1 electric guitar 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.