Hunting for that perfect balance of brutal tone and versatile features? The new Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string is your winning bet. This long-awaited collaboration features a mahogany body, maple top, mahogany neck, and custom-voiced Fishman Fluence pickups, all designed with input from Matt Heafy (Trivium, Capharnaum, Ibaraki). This staggering guitar pairs modern bells and whistles with a nostalgic look that's inspired by the first Les Paul that Matt owned. Zoso Music guitarists are quite impressed with the value and craftsmanship this guitar displays. Though designed for heavy-hitting metal tone, the two Fishman pickups onboard leverage a huge number of voicings for tonal alchemy that turns any playing style into pure gold.
Epiphone Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom Origins 7-string Electric Guitar Features:
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7-string guitar developed in collaboration with Matt Heafy (Trivium, Capharnaum, Ibaraki)
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2 custom-voiced Fishman MKH Fluence humbucking pickups: active alnico neck and dual active/passive ceramic bridge
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Push-pull volume knobs for hot overwound single-coil mode
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Push-pull tone knobs for active or passive humbucker modes
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Mahogany body with a maple top
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Mahogany neck with fast SpeedTaper “D” profile and a contoured heel for upper fret access
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5-inch ebony fingerboard with block inlays and 22 frets
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Locking Grover Mini-Rotomatic tuners and Tune-o-matic bridge for reliable tuning stability
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Cap-reinforced strap buttons with function on par with aftermarket strap locks
Specifications:
- Number of Strings: 7
- Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
- Body Type: Solidbody, Modern Weight Relief
- Body Shape: Matt Heafy Les Paul Custom
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Top Material: Maple
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Color: Ebony
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: SpeedTaper D
- Neck Joint: Set Neck
- Radius: 12"
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay: Pearloid Blocks
- Number of Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1.889"
- Nut Material: Graph Tech
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Tune-O-Matic Bridge with Stopbar Tailpiece
- Tuners: Grover mini Locking Rotomatics with Tulip buttons
- Neck Pickup: Fishman Fluence MKH Alnico Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup: Fishman Fluence MKH Ceramic Humbucker
- Controls: 2 x volume (push/pull coil-split), 2 x tone (push/pull voicing)
- Switching: 3-way toggle pickup switch
