Epiphone Original Broadway, Wine Red Overview
For over 70 years, the classic Epiphone Broadway has held its reputation as the ultimate hollowbody jazz guitar. However, its versatility extends beyond the realms of jazz, making it an excellent choice for a wide range of genres, including roots rock and more. This legendary guitar is returning with stunning new finishes and a host of upgraded features that further enhance its performance and visual appeal.
Layered Maple Body
The body of the Epiphone Broadway is meticulously crafted using layered maple, providing a solid foundation for exceptional tone and impressive sustain. The layered maple construction is employed for the back, sides, and top of the guitar, resulting in a classic archtop design that has become synonymous with the Broadway. This not only ensures durability and stability but also contributes to the instrument’s distinct resonance.
Powerful Alnico Classic PRO Humbuckers
Equipped with Alnico Classic PRO humbuckers, the Epiphone Broadway delivers a powerful and versatile sonic palette. These high-quality pickups are specifically designed to capture the warmth, depth, and articulation required for jazz playing, while also offering the flexibility to explore other genres. With these pickups, the Broadway can produce rich, full-bodied tones full of expression.
Vintage-Style Gold Frequensator Split Trapeze Tailpiece
Adding to the vintage charm of the Epiphone Broadway is its vintage-style gold Frequensator Split Trapeze tailpiece. This meticulously crafted tailpiece not only enhances the guitar’s aesthetics but also contributes to its exceptional resonance and sustain. It allows for precise intonation adjustments and provides a vintage look that harkens back to the golden era of jazz guitars.
Premium Tuners and Gold Hardware
The Broadway is equipped with premium tuners to ensure reliable tuning stability. Complementing the tuners, the Broadway also features gold hardware.
Appointments and Fine Details
The Broadway also features luxury appointments and fine details. The fretboard and headstock are adorned with beautiful mother-of-pearl and abalone inlays, showcasing intricate block designs with triangles in abalone.
An Epiphone premium gig bag is included.
- Body
- Shape Broadway
- Material Layered Maple
- Back & Sides Layered Maple
- Top Select Spruce
- Binding Neck, body, and fingerboard
- Neck
- Neck Maple
- Profile SlimTaper 60s C
- Nut width 43mm
- Fingerboard Indian Laurel
- Scale length 628.65mm
- Number of frets 20
- Nut Graph Tech
- Inlay Block Mother of Pearl with Triangle in Abalone
- Hardware
- Bridge Adjustable Floating; Pau Ferro
- Tailpiece Frequensator Split Trapeze
- Tuners Wilkinson
- Plating Gold
- Electronics
- Bridge Pickup Alnico Classic PRO
- Neck pickup Alnico Classic PRO
- Controls 2 Volume, 2 Tone
- Case Premium Gig Bag