New Epiphone Custom Pro

[musicmaniac]

Got this new 2019 Custom Pro and am loving it! Fit and finish are stellar and so is the sound and playability. Nice weight too. I'm even liking the push pull pots which I figured I wouldn't use. I know a lot of people would have got the 2020 model but I can't find anything wrong with these.

 

[Biddlin]

Drool worthy. more pics, please.

 

[Raiyn]

I know a lot of people would have got the 2020 model but I can't find anything wrong with these.

Sometimes the right guitar, is the right guitar.

 

[soulman969]

Nice looking LP.

 

[Paruwi]

Happy New Custom Day

 

[Davis Sharp]

Congrats on the new LP.

 

[StevieG]

She's a beaut! I have a 2016 that is my go-to. It is the only guitar I've ever bought that I left bone stock because it is perfect as-is.

 

[musicmaniac]

Thanks guys! I'm really loving these Probuckers too.

 

[shupe13]

Nice!

 

[musicmaniac]

I know these are supposed to have rosewood boards but my board has almost no grain in it. Is it possible that it's ebony?

 

[talentless_hack]

I know these are supposed to have rosewood boards but my board has almost no grain in it. Is it possible that it's ebony?

If it's a 2019, it's probably Pau Ferro with a wood dye to make it darker. If Epiphone had gone with ebony, you'd have heard all about it last year - just like we heard about it this year with the new 2020 lineup.

FWIW I have the same guitar but in koa instead of black. The fretboard isn't as dark as yours, but it has that same grainless texture. It's almost certainly pau ferro or something of that ilk, and I'm loving it. Yeah, it's not as "premium" as ebony, but the wood doesn't know it's cheap!

 

[SomahBlack]

Congrats on your NGD, it's beautiful

 

[musicmaniac]

If the board is died it certainly isn't coming off even after cleaning it. Either way I like how it feels and looks. I hope it stays this way.

 

[musicmaniac]

I spoke to them and apparently Epiphone doesn't know what it's made of either.

 

[Raiyn]

I spoke to them and apparently Epiphone doesn't know what it's made of either.

Wood.

Looks good, plays good, sounds good, is good. Don't lose sleep over it.

 

[Jam Handy]

Just a wild guess, but if not wood, could be "richlite" composite... richlite is a compressed stack of thin sheets of (I think) paper that are glued together and compressed to look and feel like ebony. Thus, no wood grain...

Couple years ao Gibson was using richlite on their $4,000+ Les Paul Custom fretboards... weeeee

 

[musicmaniac]

No sleep lost here. Just after having seen every kind of board I thought there was this one has me stumped.

 

[Davis Sharp]

"Wood of the day." Market price.

 

[Raiyn]

My new axe is going to have a "cherry" board when it gets here. Eventually, like September... supposedly, maybe.

 

[soulman969]

"Wood of the day." Market price.

That may not be all that inaccurate. The specs for my ES339 say they used Rosewood but if so it doesn't look it. On the other had it doesn't look like Pau Ferro either so maybe Indian Laurel which is a bit darker than Pau Ferro or the lumber market "Catch of the Day".

Everyone seems to have some kind of substitute for Indian Rosewood now. G&L uses Brazilian Cherry also called Jatoba and Caribbean Rosewood also known as Chechen. Pau Ferro and Indian Laurel seem to be two more popular substitutes so who the hell knows these days.