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.
Body
- Body Shape: Emperor Swingster
- Body Material: Layered Maple
- Top: Layered Maple
- Back: Layered Maple
- Side: Layered Maple
- Binding: 7-Ply Top and Back
Neck
- Material: Mahogany
- Profile: SlimTaper™
- Scale Length: 24.724"
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 11.97"
- Number Of Frets: 20
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech® NuBone®
- Nut Width: 1.693"
- Inlays: Block
- Joint: Set neck
Hardware
- Finish: Nickel (BAG/DBM), Gold (FGM)
- Tuner Plating: 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
- TrussRod: 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)
- Switchwasher: 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