The Holy Diver Les Paul is equipped with an Indian Laurel fingerboard. The glued-in, three-piece, hand-set maple neck is also typical of what you’ll find on a late ‘70s Les Paul Deluxe. The top of the body and the fretboard edges both feature single layer cream-colored binding. The body is mahogany with a maple cap, and the guitar has the normal 24 3/4” Les Paul scale length.
Let’s see what makes it so special.ĭesigned to recreate 72987537 as it appeared in late 1982 as closely as possible, the Epiphone Vivian Campbell Les Paul Holy Diver is made in China and is very similar to Vivian’s own customized Les Paul Deluxe.Īll the usual Les Paul features are here. Vivian refers to his original by its serial number (72987537), which he rattles off with the fluency of someone reciting their own phone number or birthdate. Now Epiphone (which like Harmony Central, is a Gibson brand) has released a new guitar that was inspired by that legendary instrument. A few years after purchasing his Les Paul, he was asked to audition for Dio, and soon after that he found himself in the studio at Sound City in LA, recording the band’s classic 1983 debut album Holy Diver, using that very same Les Paul for all the tracks on the record. The guitarist’s name is Vivian Campbell, who of course is now world-famous for his work with Dio, Def Leppard, Thin Lizzy, and Last In Line, among others.
That night he dulls the finish with sandpaper (because he’s “never liked guitars that were too new and shiny”), and he soon has it refinished locally in a matte black color. Instead of the gold Standard that he wanted, he’s surprised six months later when the dealer tells him a wine red Deluxe has arrived instead. It’s 1977 and a 15 year old Northern Irish guitarist walks into a shop in Belfast and asks if he can order a Gibson Les Paul from America.
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