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UPC: 711106260303
Epiphone Breaks Out
With New Archtop: the Wildkat!
The Epiphone Wildkat is truly an Epiphone original! This
smaller-body, semi-hollow guitar has great vintage sound and is remarkably
comfortable to play!
Epiphone is a leader in archtop design and has been since the 1930’s. An early
pioneer in archtops even before they were electrified, Epiphone was never
afraid to do something out of the ordinary. With no notable changes in archtop
design by anybody in decades, Epiphone took the archtop and practically married
it to a solid body guitar. The Wildkat now takes its place among our all-time
great designs.
Epiphone Innovation
Again
The Wildkat’s innovative design starts with a solid piece of
warm, sustain-rich mahogany that is computer-routed to create an acoustic
guitar-like body except with a “center block” area like an ES-335. The body is
then covered with a beautiful Antique Natural finish to create a semi-hollow body
masterpiece. The Wildkat’s mahogany body is matched with a hand-fitted,
glued-in solid maple neck for maximum tone and sustain. It features a rosewood
fingerboard and an authentic B70 licensed Bigsby® vibrato for even more sonic
versatility. The vintage voice of this ‘Kat comes from a pair of Epiphone
"dog ear" P- 90 Classic pickups specifically designed by Epiphone.
Other appointments include
the historic metal Epiphone name “badge” on the headstock as well as a unique
control configuration of 1-bridge volume, 1-neck volume, 1-master tone and
1-master volume. These controls are powered by Epiphone’s full-size 1” 500K
potentiometers and matched with Epiphone’s superior all-metal toggle switch and
heavy-duty output jack.
Epiphone Hardware
The Wildkat also features premium 18:1 Grover® machine heads
for superior tuning stability. All of this great design comes together with
fabulous vintage semi-hollow tone and great sustain plus, being slightly larger
than a Les Paul and smaller than an ES-335 size, it's lightweight and really
comfortable to play!
WildKat SPECS
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Body Material |
mahogany |
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Top Material |
maple |
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Neck |
maple, Slim Taper
“D” Profile, Glued-in; |
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Dimensions |
24.75” scale |
|
Nut width |
1.68” |
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Fingerboard |
rosewood with
pearloid dot inlays |
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Fingerboard radius |
12" |
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Neck Pickup |
P-90R Dogear
Classics |
|
Bridge Pickup |
P-90T Dogear
Classics |
|
Controls |
1 Master Volume, 2
Pickup Volume, 1-Tone |
|
Headstock |
Metal vintage-style
Epiphone badge |
|
Frets |
22 medium jumbo |
|
Bridge |
Locktone
Tune-o-matic™/Stopbar |
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Tailpiece |
Bigsby™ B70 Vibrato |
|
Hardware |
Nickel |
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Machine Heads |
Grover® 18:1 |
|
Color |
Antique Natural |
Case or Gig Bag Included? – No, a Gig Bag is available
separately or as part of an accessory package.
Hard Shell Cases are available separately or as part of an
accessory package
This guitar is an Epiphone
Factory 2nd and is in mint
condition, offered with no factory warranty. If you have any questions or
concerns about this statement or the quality of the guitar, please contact
us. All pictures of this guitar are of
the actual guitar and are not stock photos. Factory 2nd guitars
offer the buyer a quality product at a reasonable price. We want to make sure that you are happy with
your purchase, so please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Many of our items are for sale on multiple online sites and
for sale in our shop. We reserve the right to cancel any listing because of a
previous sale.