This template was taken from a 2009 Epiphone® Les Paul® Standard made in China. WD have not had the opportunity to compare to earlier made in Korea production Epiphone® Les Paul® models to see if tooling is the same. This pickguard is NOT made for USA Gibson® manufactured Les Paul® guitar. Epiphone® typically uses a different dimension mounting ring for their pickups from Gibson® which affects the fit of this pickguard. Please note that having the Gibson® name on the truss rod cover does not change the fact that the guitar is manufactured by Epiphone®.