Epiphone Masterbilt Texan Natural
The guitar that inspired two British Invasions joins the Masterbilt™ family! Based on the historic 60s-era Texans played by Paul McCartney and Peter Frampton. Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, bone nut and saddle, and the Fishman® Presys VT™ pickup and preamp system. Includes a vintage-style blue rectangle soundhole label. Available in Antique Natural Aged and Faded Cherry Aged finishes and featuring Gibson™ strings. Epiphone stands behind every guitar they make with a Limited Lifetime Warranty and Gibson Brands™ Customer Service. A battery is not included. To power your pickup, you will need a 9-volt battery.
Specifications:
Body:
- Body Style: Round Shoulder
- Body Shape: Texan
- Body Material: Solid Mahogany
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back: Solid Mahogany
- Side: Solid Mahogany
Neck:
- Profile: SlimTaper™ 60s C
- Scale Length: 647.7 mm / 25.5 in
- Fingerboard Material: Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 304.8 mm / 12 in
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fret Count: 20
- Frets: Medium Jumbo
- Nut Material: Graph Tech® NuBone®
- Nut Width: 43.0 mm / 1.692 in
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Parallelograms
- Joint: Dovetail; Glued-in
Hardware:
- Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: Advanced Jumbo Reverse Belly
- Saddle Material: Bone
- Tuning Machines: 3 on a side with Ivory buttons
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Strap Buttons: 2 - bottom and side of heel
Electronics:
- Under Saddle Pickup: Fishman® Sonicore™
- Controls: Fishman® Sonitone™ soundhole mounted Volume and Tone
- Output Jack: 1/4" Heavy-Duty Epiphone
- Preamp: Fishman® Sonitone™
Miscellaneous:
- Strings Gauge: Gibson™ Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings .012", .016", .024"w, .032", .042", .053
- Case: Optional Acoustic AJ/Dreadnought Hard Case 940-EDREAD; Dread/AJ Acoustic EpiLite™ Case 940-EDREADHG
- Accessories: 9-volt alkaline or lithium battery included