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Limited Edition Emperor Swingster Royale Electric Guitar

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Overview

Outclasses other hollowbody guitars in its price range.

The Epiphone Limited Edition Emperor Swingster Royale Electric Guitar that outclasses other hollow-body guitars in its price range! World famous for making some of the best and most innovative hollow-body guitars, Epiphone conjures up some of its past with the Emperor Swingster. Starting with the same body and neck as used on their Emperor-II guitar and made famous by the jazz master himself, Joe Pass, Epiphone swings into action and turns it into a serious twangin', rock-a-billy slingin', country flingin' machine! Case sold separately.

Classic Construction with SwingBucker Pickups!
With it's hand-scalloped arched spruce top combined with a laminated arched-back maple body and glued-in 3-piece hard maple neck, the Swingster has what it takes to satisfy any professional's demand for great tone. At the heart of the guitar are Epiphone's SwingBucker pickups and a sophisticated series/parallel electronic switching package. Specially designed for the Swingster, the humbuckers offer no hum performance and feature classic Alnico-V magnets, enamel wire and over-wound coils for the perfect combination of warmth and bite.

Series/Parallel Switching.
Two push/pull Tone controls allow you to change each pickup's output individually from parallel to series wiring creating a palette of useful sounds to tap into ranging from warm humbuckers to "quacky" single-coil type sounds and everything in-between. Of course, any swinging machine needs a vibrato and the Swingster is no exception featuring a Bigsby Licensed B30 with original style "wire" handle as preferred by "Certified Guitar Player" and legend, Chet Atkins.

Loads of Bling
Topping it all off are Epiphone's trademark, multi-bound headstock with the classic mother-of-pearl "vine" inlay, premium gold Grover tuners and a multi-bound, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with block inlays. And Epiphone stands behind every guitar they make with a Limited Lifetime Warranty and Gibson 24/7/365 Customer Service. If you're ready for a professional guitar with unique features and a killer price tag, swing into a Limited Edition Emperor Swingster Royale today.

Features

  • Single cutaway hollow body guitar
  • Select spruce top
  • Arched with hand-scalloped bracing and sound post
  • Laminated maple back & sides
  • 3-piece hard maple neck
  • 1-11/16" nut width
  • Slimtaper neck shape
  • Glued-in neck joint
  • Adjustable truss rod
  • 24.75" scale length
  • Sculpted rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlays
  • 14" fingerboard radius
  • 20 medium-jumbo frets
  • 5-ply binding on headstock, neck, and body
  • 1-ply binding on F holes
  • Swingbucker plus bridge pickup
  • Swingbucker neck pickup
  • Two volume controls
  • Two tone controls with push-pull series/parallel
  • 3-way pickup selector (toggle)
  • Pinnned Tune-O-Matic Bridge with rosewood base and gold saddles
  • Licensed Bigsby B30 vibrato tailpiece with wire handle
  • gold hardware
  • Grover tuners (16:1 ratio)
  • Pearl white finish
  • Epiphone limited Lifetime
  • Case sold separately

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