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
BODY
Body Styles : 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 : Indian 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 (BAG/DBM), Gold (FGM)
Bridge : LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic™ on pinned wooden base
Tailpiece : Licensed Bigsby® vibrato with wire handle
Tuning Machines : Grover® Rotomatic®
Pickguard : Gold (FGM), Silver (BAG/DBM), 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 (BAG/DBM), Black (FGM)
Switch washer : Black with Gold Rhythm/Treble
Strap Buttons : 2 - bottom and shoulder
Mounting Rings : Black
Pickup Covers : Nickel (BAG/DBM), Gold (FGM)
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
MISCELLANEOUS
Strings Gauge : .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046