Hollowbody guitar with swing bucker pickups, Bigsby B30 vibrato and lots of rockabilly vibe from Epiphone
The Epiphone Emperor Swingster Semi-Acoustic Guitar OR showcases excellent craftsmanship and playability offering value for money with this eye catching hollow body six string.
It features Epiphone SwingBucker™ pickups with classic Alnico-V magnets, Grover® machine heads, a LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge, and best of all, a licensed B30 Bigsby® with original style "wire" handle as preferred by "Certified Guitar Player" and legend Chet Atkins. World famous for making some of the best and most innovative hollow-body guitars, Epiphone conjures up some of its 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!
The main features of the Epiphone Emperor Swingster Semi-Acoustic Guitar OR include:
Maples with maple outer veneer
Hard Maple Neck
14” Neck Profile
20 Medium Jumbo Frets
Swingbucker with Alnico V magnet
‘Pinned’ Tun-O-Matic Bridge with Rosewood base and gold saddles
Grover 14:1 Ratio Tuners
Bigsby B30
Wilkinson™ vintage style with green keys machine heads
excellent guitar for the price, I use one for rockabilly and blues numbers and early Beatles and middle of the road numbers never lets me down. The temlo arm is a useful feature as well with split coils on the pickups so you can get that thin sound as well as a fat warm sound.
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The Swingster looks soooo good - And it sounds just as good. If you were considering this guitar along side others of similar specifications, look no further. I spent a lot of time researching the Swingster against similar Gretsch models, and came to the conclusion that the Swingster had more 'pros' versus 'cons' than equivalent Gretsch models - And the current price of the Swingster (May 2020), makes the choice a no brainer. Do yourself a favour and get this limited edition model whilst it's at a good price. By the way, Sunrise Orange looks great with the flamed maple....
The guitar bought from dv247 is a superb instrument, and the service was next to none. The price of the instrument was the best price I could find. I would just like to say thank you dv247 for a great buy.
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Very pleased with the service ... very easy to use the website and to place the order. Communication was also very good. The product arrived it perfect condition and the guitar is exceptional. Thank you.
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