Epiphone Emperor Swingster in Forest Green Metallic
A Versatile Hollowbody with a Glorious Voice; Featuring Bigsby Tailpiece, Graph Tech Nut & Grover Tuners
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The store is open 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am - 5pm Sunday and bank holidays.
The stock information shows the quantity of units that are available to purchase at the Guildford store and the quantity of units that are available at our off-site Guildford warehouse. These stock levels are updated in real time.
Our Click and Collect service is available at our Guildford store from 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, and 11am - 5pm on Sunday. You can either choose click and collect as your delivery option online or, during store opening hours, call our sales team at 01483 456777 to place a 10% deposit.
If you have placed your order online, you will receive a confirmation email of your order and a separate follow-up text or email to confirm when your item is ready for collection.
Please do not come to the store before you have received the follow-up message, as your order may not yet be ready at the store.
If the only available stock is in our off-site warehouse it can be brought to the store location for you to try - you just need to contact the store within opening hours. Please note any requests received after 3.30pm will not arrive at the store until the following morning.
Please be aware that, unless you have paid a deposit to reserve the item, it will continue to be free, both online and in-store, for another customer to buy. Therefore we would advise you to place a 10% deposit by either using the on-line click and collect service or calling us 01483 456777.
SKU: ETS2FGMGB1
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Product Description
The Epiphone Emperor Swingster is a superb hollowbody instrument that harks back to the golden era of electric guitar manufacturing in the mid-20th Century. Blending premium components with first-class style, this great-value instrument excels for a wide range of musical genres — including jazz, blues, rockabilly, country and rock.
Faithfully maintaining many of the original Swingster's signature features — such as a Bigsby tailpiece, old-school block inlays, and a tasteful mother of pearl "Tree of Life" design on the large headstock — this reimagined Emperor Swingster has also been enhanced with a raft of modern refinements including Grover tuners, low-noise Epiphone SwingBucker pickups and a Graph Tech nut.
Classic Construction
The Emperor Swingster's body is crafted from strong layered Maple, which is used to form its top, back and sides. Giving the instrument plenty of vibrancy, definition and acoustic-like volume — you can expect airy, resonant tones with singing sustain.
To add some mid-range warmth, the Swingster's body is joined with a Mahogany neck; topped with an Indian Laurel fingerboard for a silky touch under the fingers. The neck adheres to a contemporary 'SlimTaper' profile, which provides excellent comfort for players of all disciplines, while its 20 medium jumbo frets offer a controllable feel for vibrato and string bends.
Proprietary SwingBucker Pickups
While the Swingster's unique hollowbody construction contributes massively to its broad tone, most of its scintillating sound can be attributed to its proprietary SwingBucker pickup pairing. Promising balanced lows, thick mids and chimey highs — these beautifully-voiced, medium-output humbuckers are adaptable for a range of different styles.
Push/pull switches are built into each volume control too, to provide series/parallel switching for the pickups, along with the conventional 3-way toggle selector switch and independent tone knobs. All-in-all, these flexible electronics give you a wide selection of sonic options!
Bigsby Tailpiece
The Epiphone Emperor Swingster may be a relatively affordable instrument, but practically zero shortcuts have been taken when it comes to its hardware appointments. Sporting a licensed Bigsby vibrato, this gorgeous-looking tailpiece allows you to gently add warble to chords or lead lines, with the ergonomically-shaped wire handle perfectly fitting your hand for on-the-fly use.
Other features include high-quality Grover Rotomatic machine heads, a tone-enhancing Graph Tech NuBone nut and a rock-solid LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge firmly pinned to a wooden base. You can therefore expect rock-solid tuning stability and decades of reliable use!
Specifications
Body
- Shape: Emperor Swingster
- Material: Layered Maple
- Back & Sides: Layered Maple
- Top: Layered Maple
- Binding: 7-Ply Top & 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: 1.692"
- Inlays: Block
- Joint: Set Neck
Hardware
- Bridge: LockTone Tune-O-Matic on Pinned Wooden Base
- Tailpiece: Licensed Bigsby Vibrato with Wire Handle
- Knobs: Black Top Hat with Metal Inserts
- Tuners: Grover Rotomatic
- Plating: Gold
- Strings: 10-46
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Epiphone SwingBucker
- Bridge Pickup: Epiphone SwingBucker
- Controls: 2 Volume (2 Push/Pull for Series/Parallel); 2 Tone
- Pickup Selector: 3-Way Toggle
- Output Jack: 1/4" Epiphone