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.

Specifications

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

24.72″ / 628mm

Fingerboard Material

Indian Laurel

Fingerboard Radius

11.97″

Number Of Frets

22

Frets

Medium Jumbo

Nut Material

Graph Tech NuBone

Nut Width

1.69″ / 43mm

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