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Epiphone Limited Edition Emperor Swingster Royale Electric Guitar  

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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 it's 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!

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.

But wait... there's MORE!
Unlike some, Epiphone spares no expense by adding a "pinned" Tune-o-matic bridge with roller saddles for smooth operation and accurate return to pitch, which is preferred when using a vibrato.

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)
  • "Pinned" rosewood base with roller saddle Tune-o-matic bridge
  • Licensed Bigsby B30 vibrato tailpiece with wire handle
  • gold hardware
  • Grover tuners (16:1 ratio)
  • Pearl white finish
  • Epiphone limited Lifetime
  • Case sold separately

Order some class today!

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Solid Guitar

| Review By: JR-iXNnX | 4 months, 1 week ago

0 people out of 0 found this review helpful

Features:

Excellent tonal varieties with pickups (despite not being that hot), especially when using Series / Parallel switching.

Quality:

It seems like more care was taken with build and set up having come out of their Custom Shop in Indonesia (not always the case with Chinese builds).

Value:

I got this for a great deal.  I think it's still a good deal at regular pricing as well.

Overall:

I would definitely recommend.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Non Professional
Style of music you play:
Variety
Where you live:
North Brunswick, N.J.

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1106675

My New bEST Friend.

| Review By: george e demings | 5 months, 2 weeks ago

5 people out of 7 found this review helpful

Features:

I love this guitar, am very proud of it, even more than I could have guessed! Epiphone will never lie about a product of their's, truly amazing guitar!

Quality:

Not a detail left out.

Value:

Well worth the price and a lot more.

Overall:

Love everything about this beauty.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
amatuer, with an ear for music
Style of music you play:
all
Where you live:
Oklahoma, suburbs

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1100801

Great Guitar and even better buy

| Review By: Quivas T. Money-w3KEn | 9 months, 3 weeks ago

11 people out of 13 found this review helpful

Features:

I've been playing this guitar non stop all week and just love it. When I recieved the guitar it had some really crappy strings on it and the fretboard sucked all the oils out of my hands, so I removed the strings and conditioned the fretboard and replaced the strings, lowered the action and it's just awesome now. The pick ups are suprisingly vibrant and the series/parallel feature puts it above a lot guitars that cost 6x what this one cost. I own 46 guitars and this one is amoung the best of them. The emperor is built solid and looks a lot like a Gretsch White Falcon. Check one out.

Quality:

It'll be around for a long time.

Value:

Can't beat it.

Overall:

Awesome

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Playing over 40 years in bands across the country
Style of music you play:
Rock/Blues/R&B
Where you live:
Denver CO

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1092642

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