Epiphone has unveiled its eye-catching new Extura guitar.
A key model in the company's new Prophecy line, the Extura merges the outline of an Explorer with the cutaway and waist of the Futura. It features a mahogany body and 24-fret ebony fingerboard, with additional options of a AAA figured maple top – on the Tiger Aged Gloss-finished model – or a plain top, on the Black Aged Gloss-finished model.
Sonically, the guitar packs a pair of Fishman Fluence active humbuckers with three voices: a hot modern humbucker, a hum-free single coil and a vintage Gibson BurstBucker/PAF-style sound. They're controlled by push/pull volume and tone pots.
Elsewhere, the Extura features a Slim Taper neck with a contoured heel, Grover locking Rotomatic tuners, Epiphone's LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and tailpiece, a Graph Tech NuBone nut and custom binding.
The Epiphone Extura is expected to arrive, with the rest of the Prophecy line, later this month. It will be available for $899.
For more info on the guitar, stop by epiphone.com.
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