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The Next Generation of "Kat" Archtops Featuring ProBucker™ FB720 Mini Humbuckers

The new UpTown Kat™ ES™ is the next generation of Epiphone’s 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. Available in Sapphire Blue Metallic, Ruby Red Metallic, Emerald Green Metallic, and Topaz Gold Metallic.

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Specifications

Body Specs

Binding Body: 5 ply black and white, Fretboard: 1-ply white

Body Finish Gloss

Body Material 5-ply Maple/Poplar

Body Shape UpTown Kat ES

Body Styles Archtop

Neck Specs

Fingerboard Material Ebony

Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in

Fret Count 22

Frets Medium Jumbo

Inlays Pearloid Block

Joint Glued in

Neck Material Mahogany

Nut Material Graph Tech®

Nut Width 42.67mm / 1.68in

Profile SlimTaper C

Scale Length 628.0mm / 24.72in

Electronics Specs

Bridge Pickup Epiphone Mini-ProBucker FB720

Controls Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Master Tone, Master Volume

Neck Pickup Epiphone Mini-ProBucker FB720

Output Jack 1/4" Heavy-Duty Epiphone

Pickup Selector 3-way Epiphone toggle

Hardware Specs

Bridge LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic™

Control Knobs Gold Top Hat knobs

finish Gold

Pickup Covers Gold

Tailpiece Trapeze

Tuner Plating Gold

Tuning Machines Grover® Rotomatic® 18:1

Misc Specs

Case Optional Hard Case

Model: ETUESBMNH1

Headstock 60s Kalamazoo

Strings Gauge .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046

Epiphone Uptown Kat ES, Sapphire Blue Metallic

Epiphone Uptown Kat ES, Sapphire Blue Metallic

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The Next Generation of "Kat" Archtops Featuring ProBucker™ FB720 Mini Humbuckers

The new UpTown Kat™ ES™ is the next generation of Epiphone’s 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. Available in Sapphire Blue Metallic, Ruby Red Metallic, Emerald Green Metallic, and Topaz Gold Metallic.

Read more

Specifications

Body Specs

Binding Body: 5 ply black and white, Fretboard: 1-ply white

Body Finish Gloss

Body Material 5-ply Maple/Poplar

Body Shape UpTown Kat ES

Body Styles Archtop

Neck Specs

Fingerboard Material Ebony

Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in

Fret Count 22

Frets Medium Jumbo

Inlays Pearloid Block

Joint Glued in

Neck Material Mahogany

Nut Material Graph Tech®

Nut Width 42.67mm / 1.68in

Profile SlimTaper C

Scale Length 628.0mm / 24.72in

Electronics Specs

Bridge Pickup Epiphone Mini-ProBucker FB720

Controls Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Master Tone, Master Volume

Neck Pickup Epiphone Mini-ProBucker FB720

Output Jack 1/4" Heavy-Duty Epiphone

Pickup Selector 3-way Epiphone toggle

Hardware Specs

Bridge LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic™

Control Knobs Gold Top Hat knobs

finish Gold

Pickup Covers Gold

Tailpiece Trapeze

Tuner Plating Gold

Tuning Machines Grover® Rotomatic® 18:1

Misc Specs

Case Optional Hard Case

Model: ETUESBMNH1

Headstock 60s Kalamazoo

Strings Gauge .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046

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