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Uptown Kat ES - Sapphire Blue

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Uptown Kat ES - Sapphire Blue

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Uptown Kat ES - Sapphire Blue
Uptown Kat ES - Sapphire Blue
Your Price: $925.00 CDN
or from $98 CDN/mo
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The next generation of "Kat" archtops featuring ProBucker™ FB720 mini humbuckers, the new 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. Available in Sapphire Blue Metallic, Ruby Red Metallic, Emerald Green Metallic, and Topaz Gold Metallic.

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 Type: Archtop
Body Material: 5-ply Maple/Poplar
Binding: Body - 5 ply black and white, Fingerboard - 1-ply white
Neck: Mahogany
Neck Profile: Slim Taper™ C
Scale Length: 24.72" / 628mm
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number Of Frets: 22
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graph Tech®
Nut Width: 1.68" / 42.672mm
Inlays: Pearloid Block
Neck Joint: Glued in
Hardware Finish: Gold (except for the Sapphire blue model which has Nickel hardware finish)
Bridge: LockTone™ ABR
Tailpiece: Trapeze
Tuning Machines: Grover® Rotomatic™ 18:1
Control Knobs: Gold "Top Hat" knobs
Pickup Covers: Gold
Neck Pickup: Epiphone Mini-ProBucker™ FB720
Bridge Pickup: Epiphone Mini-ProBucker™ FB720
Controls: Neck Volume, Neck Tone, Master Tone, Master Volume
Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
Output Jack: 1/4" Heavy-Duty Epiphone

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Uptown Kat ES Rules 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton Whyte, Alberta
I had purchased a used Epiphone ES-335 on Facebook Marketplace. Loved the look but couldn't get used to the feel of the neck in my hands. I took it into the Edmonton Mayfield store and Lealand helped me trade it in for this Uptown Kat. A few months later and I am still playing it almost daily over my higher end electric guitars - the neck is phenomenal. You absolutely can not beat the quality, features and benefits with similarly priced guitars. Do yourself a favor if you are looking at semi-hollows and try an Uptown Kat :)
Posted by Dez on Feb 14, 2024
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Closest Store   Toronto (Bloor St.), Ontario
I bought a Casino last month, and had an eye for the Uptown as well. I ordered this guitar through my home store, but when they received it, the frets were jagged and warped, and so they sent it back, and I decided not to go through with the purchase. Then on Thursday, the first of February, I stopped in to the Ossington location and saw it in stock. I played it acoustically, but did not plan on buying it. Then Justin came over to me and I told him the situation. As soon as I plugged it in to a Vox Pathfinder, I knew I needed to get it after all, and so after doing a little math with Justin, I put down my deposit and walked out with my Uptown Kat that afternoon. The Kat is good for both acoustic and electric jamming. Nice clean tones on both the neck and the bridge, but the clincher for me was the neck on distortion. I knew I could not resist her as soon as I heard her scream. Thank you once again to the associates at Long and Mcquade, Justin at Ossington, and John in Pickering for these beauties.
Posted by Stephen Nice on Feb 2, 2024
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Closest Store   Markham, Ontario
I was unsure about ordering this model because I have never seen a review online. I did order it from the web store because my regular store (Markham) was out of stock. This guitar is an absolute gem, with the ebony fingerboard and the new pickups. The pickups are very detailed and balanced over the frequency range, with almost an acoustic flavour rather than an electric (darker) sound like a Les Paul. Very comfortable to play and flawless in finish. One criticism personally is that I wish it included a pick guard. Not a criticism but worth a mention is the single tone control and the three volume controls that take some getting used to.
Posted by Neil Tennent on Nov 7, 2023
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