For twenty years, the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll has been embodied by one man. When he shot to fame with Guns N’ Roses in 1987, Slash was the cool cat in the top hat, cranking out timeless riffs like Welcome To The Jungle and Sweet Child O’ Mine, and setting the standard by which all future guitar heroes would be measured. Fast-forward to 2008 and he’s doing exactly the same with Velvet Revolver. For half a century, the spirit of rock ‘n’ roll has been embodied by one guitar. Of course, we’re talking about the Les Paul Standard. When you plug this model in, stroke your hands over the fretboard and coax that searing sustain from its twin humbuckers, you’ll never look back. Slash would agree. That’s why he’s stuck with the Les Paul from the start, and recently teamed up with Gibson Guitars to create the Slash Signature Les Paul. Now there’s big news for Slash fans. As the only luthier licensed to make official versions of Gibson models, Epiphone is putting all the hot tone, cool looks and winning features of the original within reach of working musicians with its own Slash Signature Les Paul Standard. Slash has always been an icon, so it makes sense that the new Epiphone Slash Signature Les Paul is iconic too. True to the Gibson original, this stunning instrument offers a muscular mahogany body and flamed maple top, finished in rich Tobacco Sunburst and equipped with stylish nickel hardware. Strap on the Slash Signature Les Paul and you’ll be stunned at how well it plays. As specified by the man himself, features on this stunning new electric include a set mahogany neck complete with ‘Slash Profile’ and long neck tenon, a LockTone tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece that make maintenance a breeze, plus a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard that handles all the solos and riffs you can throw at it. All you need to do is crank the Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro-II humbuckers – and you’ll be in Paradise City. For more information visit www.epiphone.com/slash