KISS guitarist Tommy Thayer recently unveiled his new signature Les Paul guitar.
The Epiphone Tommy Thayer Signature "Spaceman" Les Paul features a solid mahogany body and a plain maple veneer top that deliver the classic tone and sustain that can only come from a real Les Paul.
Thayer will be on hand to promote the guitar’s launch at the 2013 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, later this month.
“It's essentially an exact version of one of the Gibson Custom Shop Standards I've played on stage for several years,” Tommy tells Guitar World. “It is a silver-sparkle top, and the sides, back and neck are black. It has a cream binding. For an affordable guitar, it is a nice package. It’s using really good parts. We are using Gibson 498 pickups, which are the ones I use. The tuners are Grover Deluxe tuners. It's really well put together with good components and parts.”
“I've actually taken to playing the guitar on stage for the last bit of the South American tour for six or eight shows,” continued Thayer. “I played it every night for part of the set. The guitar was great. I have one that I’m playing on stage, and you really can’t notice the difference between the Gibson and the Epiphone. The sound, the playability and the feel really pleased me. Comparing it to my Gibson Custom Shop guitar, it's right there. That made me really happy. The techs were saying they couldn’t tell the difference between the guitars. It's surprising in a good way.”
Epiphone has released a new promo video with Tommy displaying his new signature axe.
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