Epiphone continues its long history of innovation with the introduction of the “1956” Les Paul Standard PRO featuring Epiphone's new P-90 PRO pickups made to the original specifications of vintage P-90s including bobbin shape, 18% nickel/silver base and Elektrosola wire. The new “1956” Les Paul Standard PRO packs a powerful punch with classic P-90 tone to the bone. The Epiphone 1956 Les Paul Standard Chicago Blue incorporates an innovative locking tune-o-matic bridge and tail piece system which eliminates a problem every guitarist who uses a tune-o-matic bridge will have encountered which is the lack of stability when the strings are removed which causes the bridge/tailpiece to fall off and minor unwanted adjustments to the bridge height to be made. However the Locktone tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece makes that a thing of the past, with high tension springs fitted into the attachments the bridge now clips and locks into place without the use of tools and also increases sustain by up to twenty percent. Constructed from a solid fully mahogany body for a deeper and fuller tone the Epiphone 1956 Les Paul Standard, Chicago Blue also incorporates a mahogany neck which has been carefully designed and hand fitted in a glued-in fashion to allow the maximum transfer of vibrations between the body and neck to produce larger sustain and resonance. Features Vintage style P-90 PRO pickups made to the original specifications Classic 50s Les Paul styling Mahogany body and 50's rounded neck profile LockTone™ Tune-o-matic/Stopbar bridge Specifications Body & Bridge Body: Mahogany Construction: Set-In Finish: Chicago Blue Bridge: LockTone™ Tune-o-matic Neck & Fingerboard Neck: Mahogany Neck Profile: 50s SlimTaper™ Fretboard: Rosewood Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo Inlays: Pearl Block Scale Length: 24.75" Nut Width: 1.68" Electronics & Hardware Bridge Pickup: P90 Soapbar Neck Pickup: P90 Soapbar Controls: 2 x Volume / 2 x Tone / 3-Way Switch Hardware: Chrome