The next generation of "Kat" archtops featuring ProBucker™ FB720 mini humbuckers, the Epiphone ETUKRRGH UpTown Kat™ ES Collection is the next generation of Epiphones classic Kat archtop and features a true ES style semi-hollowbody archtop with newly designed Epiphone ProBucker™ FB720 mini humbuckers™, Graph Tech® nut, Ebony fingerboard, and Grover® Rotomatic tuners.

Mini-ProBucker Pickups

The classic "P.A.F" sound is closer than you think. This is a new mini version of Epiphone's ProBucker™ humbucker. It has quietly become one of the most talked about pickups in the industry. It has fooled experts, vintage purists, and even luthiers who have worked with the best vintage examples from the late 50s and early 60s. Epiphone ProBucker™ humbuckers are the real deal--made with 18% Nickel Silver unit bases and covers, the same alloy used by Gibson at the Kalamazoo factory when the humbucker was first invented. The use of Nickel Silver reduces the occurrence of eddy currents due to low conductivity and provides a more transparent and crisp output. The size and shape of the bobbins also has a great impact on tonal response. And the bobbins used on ProBucker™ pickups duplicate the size and shape of the gold standard in the industry, Gibson humbuckers. Epiphone ProBucker™ pickups also feature sand cast Alnico II magnets, high quality 4 conductor lead wire, and are vacuum wax potted to eliminate microphonics.

Specifications

Body

• Body Styles: Archtop
• Body Shape: Archtop
• Body Material: 5-ply Maple/Poplar
• Binding: Body: 5 ply black and white, Fingerboard: 1-ply white
• Body Finish: Gloss

Neck

• Profile: SlimTaper C-profile
• Scale Length: 628.0 mm / 24.724 in
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 304.8 mm / 12 in
• Fret Count: 22
• Frets: Medium Jumbo
• Nut Material: Graph Tech®
• Nut Width: 42.672 mm / 1.68 in
• Inlays: Pearloid Block
• Joint: Glued in

Hardware

• Finish: Gold
• Bridge: LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic™
• Tailpiece: Trapeze
• Tuning Machines: Grover® Rotomatic® 18:1
• Control Knobs: Gold "Top Hat" knobs
• Pickup Covers: Gold

Electronics

• Neck Pickup: Epiphone Mini-ProBucker™ FB720
• Bridge Pickup: Epiphone Mini-ProBucker™ FB720
• Controls: Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Master Tone, Master Volume
• Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
• Output Jack: 1/4" Heavy-Duty Epiphone

Miscellaneous

• Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
• Case: Optional Hard Case