Epiphone Limited Edition Wildkat Royale Electric Guitar

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Pick up one of these limited edition Wildkat Royale models for a crash course on sweet tone. A pair of dogear P90 pickups grinds out a wicked midrange punch.

What's special about this item?

Feature: What it does:
Maple top Long sustain with crisp, bright tone
Mahogany body Rich, warm, focused sound; added sustain
Pau Ferro fretboard Delivers strong midrange presence and punch
P-90 pickups Bright and clear; strong mids, great lows

The Epiphone Wildkat Royale goes uptown with a smaller-body, this semi-hollow guitar has a great vintage sound and is remarkably comfortable to play! Now the Wildkat is new again. Epiphone's stunning Wildkat Royale has been outfitted with a pearl white finish, gold sparkle binding, and gold hardware to make a guitar totally unlike anything Epiphone has offered before.

The Epiphone Wildkat is a new kind of Archtop:

Epiphone is a leader in Archtop guitars and has been since the 1930's. An early pioneer in archtops even before they were electrified, Epiphone was never afraid to do something out of the ordinary. With no notable changes in Archtop design by anybody in decades, Epiphone took the Archtop and practically married it to a solid body guitar. And with a sharp new look, the Wildkat Royale now takes its place among our all-time great designs.

Epiphone Innovation Again:

The Wildkat Royale’s innovative design starts with a solid piece of warm, sustain-rich Mahogany that is computer-routed to create an acoustic guitar-like body except with a “center block” area like an ES-335.

Body, Neck, Electronics and Hardware:

The body is covered with a beautiful pearl white finish with gold sparkle binding and gold hardware to create a semi-hollow body masterpiece. The Wildkat Royale’s Mahogany body is matched with a hand-fitted, glued-in solid Mahogany neck for maximum tone and sustain. It features a Pau Ferro fingerboard and an authentic gold B70 licensed Bigsby read more vibrato for even more sonic versatility. The vintage voice of this ‘Kat comes from a pair of Epiphone gold "dog ear" P- 90 Classic pickups specifically designed by Epiphone. Other appointments include the historic metal Epiphone name “badge” on the headstock as well as a unique control configuration of 1-bridge volume, 1-neck volume, 1-master tone and 1-master volume. These controls are powered by Epiphone’s full-size 1” 500K potentiometers and matched with Epiphone’s superior all-metal toggle switch and heavy-duty output jack. The Wildkat Royale also features premium 16:1 Grover machine heads for superior tuning stability.

All of this great design comes together with fabulous vintage semi-hollow tone and great sustain plus, being slightly larger than a Les Paul and smaller than an ES-335 size, it's lightweight and really comfortable to play!.
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- Body Material: Mahogany (computer-routed)
- Top Material: Flame Maple (laminated)
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Slim Taper
- Neck Joint: Glued-In, Set Neck
- Scale Length: 24.75"
- Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- Binding:Fingerboard & Body Gold Sparkle
- Nut Width: 1.68"
- Hardware: Gold
- Machine Heads: Grover
- Neck Pickup: P-90R Dogear Classic
- Bridge Pickup: P-90T Dogear Classic
- Controls: Master Volume, Volume, 1 - Tone
- Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
- Bridge: Epiphone LockTone Tune-o-matic
- Tailpiece: Gold licensed B70 Bigsby vibrato
- Other: Gold Vintage-style "Epiphone" Badge on Headstock
- Options: Hard Case (940-EHLCS)
- Warranty: Epiphone Limited Lifetime

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-4GIBSON
Web: https://www.epiphone.com/en-US/Support/Contact

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars. (4 ratings)
Submitted April 8, 2018 by Scott A. Tate in Phoenix, AZ

"Beautiful Guitar"

Overall: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Guitar was packed very nicely, Well protected, Shipped fast as hell, Played nicely out of the box, I just changed the strings to Ernie ball 9's , I did a full set up with neck adjustment, It plays like butter and has a very nice sound, Does have a little pick up feed back but nothing to worry about for me and the price was excellent, The yellowish gold inlays are absolutely beautiful along the neck and the body, I love looking at the inlay with the dots while I'm playing. Will continue to buy these very well priced Epiphones from zZounds as the years go on.

Musical Background:

Novice player for 35 years

Musical Style:

Blues, Rock, Vintage rock, all kinds
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