It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve gotten a number of emails over the last few months asking if I knew when the Epi version of Gibson’s Slash ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Les Paul would become available, so I’m happy to announce that Epiphone’s Slash LP appears to finally be available for pre-order from various online guitar retailers.
Billed as a limited release, with just 3,000 instruments to be offered worldwide, the Epiphone version of this popular guitar will feature a solid, un-chambered mahogany body, a hard maple top capped with a AAA-flame maple veneer, a custom “Appetitie Amber” urethane finish, solid mahogany neck with “Slash D”-shaped neck profile, and a rosewood fretboard with 12″ radius and 22 Medium Jumbo frets.
Hardware is expected to include vintage-style tulip button tuners, an Epiphone Locktone Tune-o-matic bridge, a nickel-plated zinc Locktone stopbar tailpiece, and gold top-hat knobs with silver inserts, while the all-important electronics include a pair of Seymour Duncan’s Slash Signature Alnico Pro II pickups (built to replicate Gibson’s famous PAF humbuckers,) 3-way pickup switching, and independent Tone and Volume controls for each pickup.
The Epiphone Slash ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Les Paul will ship with a custom Slash hardcase, a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the man himself, a leatherette binder w/Slash photo, a dozen custom Slash picks, an Epiphone poster and bumper sticker, a 10′ guitar cable, and a truss rod wrench and owner’s manual. At time of writing the guitar is fetching a street price of just under $1,000.
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October 5th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
I just read “Watch You Bleed”, a GnR biography. It claims that for most of Appetite for Destruction Slash played a Les Paul copy, so this Epiphone is probably not far off.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
You probably have right, Rick. I heard few very good sounding Epiphones, which cost ca 600-700$. Sometimes cheaper doesn’t mean low-quality.
October 21st, 2010 at 8:45 am
I’m putting my name down for this guitar! looks cool, hope it sounds as good as it looks
October 22nd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Being a huge slash fan my parents suprised me with this guitar. I was sooooo happy. Then I opened the case and the headstock was broken :-( sigh
October 23rd, 2010 at 3:28 am
LMAO @ Jesse
October 25th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
@ Dane And to make it worse I had number 8 out of 3000. Guitar Centers gonna replace it but it definaltey aint gonna be close to 8
December 23rd, 2010 at 7:06 pm
I just read “Watch You Bleed”, a GnR biography. It claims that for most of Appetite for Destruction Slash played a Les Paul copy, so this Epiphone is probably not far off.
February 14th, 2011 at 4:52 pm
how do you know which # numebr yours is i didnt have anything that let me know, all i had was a serial number
September 2nd, 2011 at 7:30 pm
There must be a defect with the epiphone slash appetite for destruction I bought two of them both were broken at the neck, amazon wants to refund the price can someone look into this please ?