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From Our Research Team:

This Hollowbody is a Real Retro Rocket!

The Epiphone Emperor Swingster hollowbody electric guitar injects twangy vintage character into a classic design! Epiphone based the Emperor Swingster around the body and neck of the venerable Emperor-II (made famous by jazz master Joe Pass), added a dedicated pair of humbucking pickups, and installed a parallel/series wiring scheme that gives you a range of outstanding tones — from rich and smoky to defined and snappy! The roller bridge/vintage-style tremolo combo give you amazingly stable performance. And this guitar doesn't just sound amazing; you get plenty of eye-catching appointments onboard the Emperor Swingster!

Epiphone Emperor Swingster Hollowbody Electric Guitar at a Glance:

• Specially designed pickups
  
• Series/parallel switching, vintage-style trem
  
• This Swingster brings the visual bling

Specially designed pickups
At the heart of the Swingster are Epiphone's SwingBucker pickups. Specially designed for the Swingster, these humbuckers offer excellent no-hum performance and feature classic Alnico-V magnets, enamel wire and over-wound coils for the perfect combination of warmth and bite.

Series/parallel switching, vintage-style trem
Two push/pull tone controls allow you to change each pickup's output individually from parallel to series wiring and create a palette of useful sounds. Go from warm humbucker tones to "quacky" single-coil type sounds and everything in-between. Of course, any swinging machine needs a vibrato — and the Swingster is no exception! The Swingster includes a Bigsby licensed B30 with original style "wire" handle as preferred by guitar legend Chet Atkins. A "pinned" tune-o-matic bridge with roller saddles gives you smooth operation and accurate return to pitch when you use the trem.

This Swingster brings the visual bling
Epiphone tops off the great-playing, awesome-sounding Swingster with visual flair. You get a multi-bound headstock with the classic mother-of-pearl "vine" inlay, premium Grover tuners, and a multi-bound, 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with block inlays. If you're ready for a professional guitar with unique features and a killer price tag, swing into a new Emperor Swingster today!

Epiphone Emperor Swingster Hollowbody Electric Guitar

• Color: Translucent Black
  
• Top: Select spruce
  
• Back: Laminated maple
  
• Sides: Laminated maple
  
• Neck: 3-piece hard maple
  
• Neck shape: Slim taper
  
• Neck joint: Glued in
  
• Truss rod: Adjustable
  
• Scale length: 24.75"
  
• Fingerboard: Rosewood with mother-of-pearl block inlays
  
• Neck pickup: SwingBucker
  
• Bridge pickup: SwingBucker Plus
  
• Controls: Bridge Volume, Neck Volume, Bridge Tone (with push-pull series/parallel), Neck Tone (with push-pull series/parallel), 3-way pickup selector (toggle)
  
• Binding: Headstock - 5-ply; neck - 5 ply; body - 5-ply; f-holes - 1-ply
  
• Fingerboard Radius: 14"
  
• Frets: 20; medium-jumbo
  
• Bridge: "Pinned" rosewood base with roller saddle tune-o-matic, licensed Bigsby B30 vibrato with wire handle
  
• Nut width: 1-11/16"
  
• Hardware: Nickel
  
• Machine heads: Grover 16:1 ratio

The Epiphone Emperor Swingster lets you plug into retro-cool tones — with looks to match!

Specification Detail Manufacturer Part Number ETS2TBCB1