The Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro IV offers timeless tone & feel with flexibility for today's players. Featuring Mahogany body, push/pull coil splitting knobs, & dual humbuckers. In Gold
$499.00
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The Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro IV is built on one of rock's most iconic designs. This single-cut heavyweight features a solid mahogany body, a carved maple top, and modern upgrades that make it equally at home on a stage, in a studio, or in a bedroom at volumes that will absolutely test your neighbor's patience.
Tone That Does the Heavy Lifting
The Les Paul Traditional Pro IV is wired for versatility, without making you feel like you need an engineering degree to dial in a great sound. A pair of Alnico humbuckers handle everything from smooth, warm cleans to thick, saturated crunch, while push-pull coil-splitting on both volume knobs opens up a whole new world of single-coil clarity. It's like getting two guitars for the price of one.
Dual Alnico Humbuckers: Rich, full, and punchy, these pickups deliver classic vintage warmth and high-output drive with equal.
Push-Pull Coil-Splitting: Flip the switch (or rather, pull the knob) and shift from humbucking thickness to single-coil bite, giving you a tonal range that covers far more ground than the price tag suggests.
Individual Volume and Tone Controls: Dial in your sound with precision. Whether you're rolling back for a cleaner neck pickup bloom or cranking everything for maximum output, the controls respond naturally and intuitively.
A Neck That Makes Playing Feel Effortless
Nobody wants to wrestle with their guitar. The SlimTaper mahogany neck on the Traditional Pro IV is built for speed and comfort, so your fretting hand stays happy across long sessions, late-night gigs, and every rehearsal in between. Topped with an Indian laurel fingerboard that offers smooth, fast movement between positions, this is a neck profile that seasoned players will recognize immediately and beginners will grow to love.
SlimTaper Mahogany Neck Profile: Comfortable, fast, and well-balanced, this profile keeps fatigue at bay without sacrificing the solid feel that Les Paul players expect.
Indian Laurel Fingerboard: A proven tonewoood alternative that offers a bright, articulate response with a smooth surface that makes bends and vibrato a genuine pleasure.
Pearloid Trapezoid Inlays: Classic Les Paul aesthetics down to the fingerboard, because looking the part matters just as much as sounding it.
Hardware Built to Stay in Tune (and Stay There)
Few things are more soul-crushing than a guitar that drifts out of tune mid-song. The Traditional Pro IV solves that problem with a LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece, which locks the bridge and tailpiece into place for enhanced sustain and rock-solid tuning stability. Paired with Grover Rotomatic tuners, this is a guitar that stays where you put it — no mid-set re-tuning, no excuses.
LockTone Tune-o-matic Bridge: Anchors the bridge and tailpiece firmly in place, improving resonance transfer and sustain while keeping tuning stability rock-solid under heavy playing.
Grover Rotomatic Tuners: Reliable, smooth, and precise — these tuners are a genuine upgrade over the generic tuning machines found on many guitars in this price range.
Worn Metallic Gold Finish: A bold, slightly rebellious take on the classic Les Paul look that ages gracefully and looks genuinely stunning under stage lighting.
A Classic That Earns Its Keep
The Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro IV isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel — it's making the wheel significantly better and wrapping it in a stunning metallic gold finish. This is a guitar for players who want real Les Paul character, reliable modern hardware, and genuine tonal flexibility, all without selling a kidney to afford a Gibson. It gigs well, records well, and sits on a stand looking like it costs twice as much as it does. That's a winning combination by any standard.
Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro IV Guitar Features:
Mahogany body with carved maple top for classic Les Paul resonance
SlimTaper mahogany neck for fast, comfortable play
Dual Alnico humbuckers with coil-splitting for versatile tones
LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece for enhanced sustain and stability
Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro IV Guitar Specifications
Epiphone Les Paul Traditional Pro IV Guitar Specifications
Product Specifications
Collection: Inspired by Gibson
Finish: Solid
Shape: Les Paul
Top: Plain Maple
Binding: 1-ply Cream, Top and Fretboard
Neck: Mahogany
Profile: SlimTaper C-profile
Nut Width: 1.693" / 43 mm
Fingerboard: Indian Laurel
Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65 mm
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Graph Tech
Inlay Trapezoid
Bridge LockTone Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece LockTone Stop Bar
Knobs Gold Top Hats (Ridged Top)
Tuners Grover Rotomatic with Kidney Buttons
Plating Nickel
Neck Pickup Alnico Classic PRO
Bridge Pickup Alnico Classic PRO
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone with Coil-Splitting Push/Pull Potentiometers
Frequently Asked Questions
The Traditional Pro IV shares the same iconic single-cut body shape, mahogany construction, and Les Paul tonal DNA as its Gibson counterpart, but at a significantly lower price point. While the materials and components differ, the overall playing feel and sound are surprisingly close for the money.
This guitar covers a wide tonal range thanks to its coil-splitting feature, making it a solid fit for rock, blues, classic rock, hard rock, and even jazz or country when split into single-coil mode. It's a genuinely versatile instrument that doesn't feel pigeonholed into one style.
Yes, the SlimTaper neck profile makes it approachable for newer players, and the build quality is well above what most entry-level guitars offer. It's a guitar a beginner can grow into rather than quickly outgrow.
Coil-splitting lets you deactivate one coil in each humbucker, converting it to a single-coil pickup for a brighter, thinner sound. On the Traditional Pro IV, this is controlled via push-pull volume knobs and dramatically expands the tonal range of the guitar without requiring any modification.
Yes, the combination of Grover Rotomatic tuners and the LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge gives this guitar excellent tuning stability for live performance. Most players report minimal tuning drift even during aggressive playing or extended gigs.