Epiphone Wilshire Phant-o-Matic in Emerald
A Classic That's Ready for a New Race: Like the classic SG, the Ltd. Ed. Wilshire Phant-o-matic features a double cutaway design with a solid mahogany body. The 24.75" scale mahogany hand-set neck has a 1960s SlimTaper profile, a rosewood fingerboard with pearloid block inlays, a 12" radius, and a 1.68" nut. The neck profile and double cutaway make the Ltd. Ed. Wilshire Phant-o-matic a perfect guitar for chunking rhythm or cutting leads. The Emerald Green color finish and classic racing stripe on the front and back, black single-ply pickguard, and classic form make the Phant-o-matic a striking instrument. But what really sets the Ltd. Ed. Wilshire Phant-o-matic apart from the pack is how it sounds.
Premium Electronics: Working closely together over several years of research and development, Frank Iero and Epiphone strove to make an axe that could put the sound of a dozen guitars at your fingertips. And the Ltd. Ed. Wilshire Phant-o-matic does just that. The Ltd. Ed. Phant-o-matic can be a straight-ahead awesome rock guitar or something completely new and groundbreaking. Your only limit is your imagination. The Phant-o-matic employs two classic Epiphone humbucker pickups, our famous Alnico Classic Plus humbucker in the bridge and an Alnico Classic humbucker in the neck position. To get the most of the wide tonal possibilities from this arrangement, we've included a mono VariTone, much like the one used most famously by blues legend B.B. King.
Epiphone VariTone: The VariTone uses a six-way rotary switch that engages 5 pre-set notch filters and a bypass. In position one, the VariTone is completely bypassed. As you rotate the rotary switch into positions 2-6, the center frequency of the notch filter shifts from around 1.9kHz down to 130Hz, providing a player with a wide tonal palette unavailable on most other instruments. Positions 2 through 4 offer tonal shaping, while still maintaining great clarity. But keep turning and you'll find Positions 5 and 6 shape-shift the Alnico Classic humbuckers into a single-coil style pickup but without the thin quack usually associated with traditional single coil pickups. Add it all up and between the 6-position VariTone circuit and the 3-position toggle switch, you have 18 unique tones available. And if that wasnt enough, Epiphone has included a high quality horn-mounted KillSwitch which provides an infinite range of staccato on/off effects. A master volume control is mounted with easy access to the VariTonerotary switchfor quick adjustments.
Classic Epiphone Hardware: Like many Epiphone classic solid body electrics, the Ltd. Ed. Wilshire Phant-o-matic uses a LockTone Tune-o-Matic StopBar bridge for tuning and intonation accuracy. Machine heads are Wilkinson vintage style with tinted green tuning keys (to match the Emerald Green color finish). The classic Clipped Ear 3-on-a-side headstock has a '60s era Epiphone logo in gold and a double-ply truss rod cover with a vintage "E" logo in white. The Ltd. Ed. Wilshire Phant-o-matic also includes Epiphone StrapLocks.
Specifications:
Body Material: Mahogany
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Shape: 1960's SlimTaper
Neck Joint: Glued-In
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover: 2-Layer (Black/White) with Vintage "E" in White
Scale Length: 24.75"
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood with mother-of-pearl BLOCK inlays
Headstock: Clipped Ear 3-on-a-side with vintage "Epiphone" logo in gold
Bridge Pickup: Alnico Classic Plus Humbucker
Neck Pickup: Alnico Classic Humbucker
Controls: Master Volume Control, 6-Position Rotary VariTone notch filter, (Position 1: Bypass, Position 2: 5db at 1950hz, Position 3: 12db at 1100hz, Position 4: 16db at 620hz, Position 5: 18.5db at 360hz, Position 6: 21db at 120hz), Momentary KillSwitch, 3-way pickup selector with black toggle cap
Binding: Fingerboard - Single Ply
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Frets: 22; medium-jumbo
Bridge: LockTone tune-o-matic/stopbar
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Hardware: Nickel
Machine Heads: Wilkinson Vintage style with Green Keys
Pickguard: Black; Single Ply
Other: Epiphone StrapLocks
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
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| Wilshire Phant-o-Matic in Emerald | 359873 |
