Epiphone Les Paul ULTRA-III, Black Cherry

Full Description

Two Great Pickup Systems in One Guitar

At the heart of the new Ultra-III are two pickup systems. Powering the first are Epiphone's new ProBucker™ humbucking pickups patterned after Gibson's famous BurstBuckers™. With authentic 18 nickel silver base and cover, Elektrisola wire, accurate bobbins, slugs and screws, and sand casted Alnico-II magnets, the Ultra-III pickups replicate that classic "Patent Applied For" airy tone that defined rock and roll. The second system features Shadow™ Germany's patented NanoMag™ pickup embedded discretely at the end of the fingerboard. Featuring three samarium cobalt magnets, an air coil, and active electronics, this low-impedance pickup captures all the subtle body acoustics and string harmonics. Together, you get powerful humbucker-driven rock crunch as well as shimmering acoustic-like tones and everything in-between.

One-Of-A-Kind Electrics Built-in

If you thought the Ultra-II was jam-packed with modern features, you won't believe what Epiphone have designed into the Ultra-III. Built discretely into the bridge pickup mounting ring is a full-function, chromatic tuner. Push its ON/OFF button and sound is immediately muted when the tuner is activated. 11 colour-coded LED's identify the note as well as whether it's sharp, flat or in-tune. To allow quick and seamless changes between each pickup system, the Ultra-III's NanoMag Volume knob now doubles as an A/B switch. Just push it in and quickly toggle between Magnetic, NanoMag or both pickup systems with no delay and no ''pop''. Two additional LED's on the pickup mounting ring provide a visual indicator of which pickup system is active (Red=NanoMag, Blue=Magnetic or Red/Blue=Both).

Hook-Up Directly To Your Computer

The Ultra-III features three different outputs. By using the standard 1/4'' MONO output, both the humbuckers and NanoMag are mixed into one signal. When you plug another 1/4'' cable into the Ultra III's STEREO output, the humbuckers are routed through one cable and the NanoMag the other. In this way, you can send the humbuckers to your favorite guitar amp and the NanoMag to the PA or an acoustic guitar amp. Using the A/B switch, you can now change ''on-the-fly'' between the two outputs. The third output is USB. Using a USB cable (included), you can plug directly into your computer and use guitar applications such as Native Instruments GuitarRig™ 4LE (software included, downloadable from Epiphone.com) to play your guitar through a variety of simulated amplifiers and effects while listening through your computer speakers or headphones. GuitarRig also features a recorder, a metronome, a tuner and more.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Species: Mahogany
• Top: AAA flame maple veneer
• Bridge: LockTone Tune-o-matic
• Tailpiece: LockTone Stopbar
• Finish: Black cherry

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Mahogany
• Fretboard: Pau ferro
• Frets: 22 medium jumbo
• Radius: 12''
• Scale Length: 24.75''
• Binding: 1 ply Cream
• Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Trapezoids

Pickups & Hardware

• Pickup (Neck Position): ProBucker 2 (Alnico-II)
• Pickup (Bridge Position): ProBucker 3 (Alnico-II)
• Other Pickup: Shadow Nanomag (Discreetly located at the top of the fretboard)
• Tuners: Grover Tuners
• Front Controls: 3-way selector, neck volume, bridge volume, NanoMag volume with push-push A/B switch, master tone, A/B LED indicators
• Back Controls: NanoMag gain, Nanomag treble, NanoMag bass
• Chromatic Tuner: On/off switch, A-G indictors, high, low, and in-tune LED
• Outputs: 1/4 mono(blended) 1/4 stereo, USB
• Power: 9 volt battery (computer supplies power when USB connected)
• Hardware: Nickel
• Machine Heads: Grover 18:1