Description

The Epiphone Emperor Swingster is a way-cool guitar that excels in a wide range of genres, including jazz, blues, rockabilly, country, and rock. This hollowbody has a 5-ply layered maple body, mahogany neck with a comfortable and fast-playing SlimTaper profile, Indian laurel fretboard with block inlays, mother of pearl Epiphone and Tree of Life inlays on the large Clipped Dove Wing headstock, Grover Rotomatic tuning machines, and two Epiphone SwingBucker pickups, each with a dedicated volume and tone control. Push/pull switches are built into each volume control to provide series/parallel switching for the pickups, and along with the 3-way toggle pickup selector switch, give you a broad selection of tonal options. The LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge is mounted on a pinned wooden base so it won’t move out of place when you use the licensed Bigsby vibrato with wire handle. Available in Forest Green Metallic with gold hardware, or Black Aged Gloss and Delta Blue Metallic finishes with nickel hardware.

Specifications

Body

Body Style : Archtop
Body Shape : Emperor Swingster
Body Material : Layered Maple
Top : Layered Maple
Back :Layered Maple
Side : Layered Maple
Binding : 7-Ply Top and Back

Neck

Profile : Slim Taper
Scale Length : 628.0 mm / 24.724 in
Fingerboard Material : Laurel
Fingerboard Radius : 304.0 mm / 11.968 in
Fret Count : 20
Frets : Medium Jumbo
Nut Material : Graph Tech NuBone
Nut Width : 43.0 mm / 1.692 in
Inlays : Block
Joint : Set neck

Hardware

Finish : Nickel
Bridge : LockTone Tune-O-Matic on pinned wooden base
Tailpiece : Licensed Bigsby vibrato with wire handle
Tuning Machines : Grover Rotomatic
Pickguard : Silver, with E logo
Truss Rod : Dual Action
Truss Rod Cover : 2-Ply Crescent Bullet with E logo
Control Knobs : Black Top Hat knobs with metal inserts
Switch Tip : White
Switch washer : Black with Gold Rhythm/Treble
Strap Buttons : 2 – bottom and shoulder
Mounting Rings : Black
Pickup Covers : Nickel,

Electronics

Neck Pickup : Epiphone SwingBucker Neck
Bridge Pickup : Epiphone SwingBucker Bridge
Controls : 2 Volume (2 Push/Pull series/parallel); 2 Tone
Pickup Selector : 3 way toggle
Output Jack : 1/4″ Epiphone