Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III In Ebony

Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III in Ebony

Epiphone Les Paul Ultra III
The Ultra-III - Where Tradition Meets Technology: We all know that deep down, most guitarists love classic designs and shapes. That's why we designed the new Les Paul Ultra-III with the same look and features of a traditional Les Paul but added new technology giving you a guitar that's still a real Les Paul but also so much more!

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 has designed into the Ultra-III. Built discretely into the bridge pickup mounting ring is a full-function, chromatic tuner. Push it's ON/OFF button and sound is immediately muted when the tuner is activated. Eleven color-coded LED's identify the note as well as whether it's sharp, flat or in-tune. Also, 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 NanaMag 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.

Great Tone Woods and Hardware: While the Ultra-III is packed with technology, it still maintains the same basic specifications that made Epiphone Les Paul's the choice of so many guitarists including a solid mahogany body with glued-in mahogany neck and comfortable SlimTaper™ neck profile, a flame Maple veneer top and Rosewood fingerboard. The result is a modern guitar with that classic Les Paul tone and sustain. Like most Epiphone's, it's also equipped with Epi's patent-applied-for LockTone ™ Tune-o-matic bridge and LockTone™ Stopbar tailpiece for increased sustain and string changing ease as well as quality Grover™ 16:1 machine heads for tuning accuracy and stability.


Body
Species     Mahogany
Top     AAA Flame Maple Veneer
Binding     White
Body Type     Chambered
Adhesive     Premium Titebond
Body
Neck
Species     Mahogany
Profile     1960's SlimTaper™ Rounded D Profile
Binding     White
Truss Rod     Standard
Adhesive     Premium Titebond
Neck
Neck Fit
Joint     Mortise & Tenon
Adhesive     Premium Titebond
Joint Angle Tolerance     +/- .015"
Neck Fit
Fingerboard
Species     Rosewood
Frets     22 Medium Jumbo
Radius     12"
Scale Length     24.75"
Inlays     Acrylic Mother-of-Pearl Trapezoids
Fingerboard
Nut
Material     PVC
Width     1.68"
Nut
Headstock
Type     Classic Les Paul Style headstock
Logo     Classic Ephiphone Logo with Scripted "Les Paul Model"
Truss Rod Cover     Black/White Plastic hot-stamped with "Les Paul Ultra III"

Headstock
Tuners
Model     Grover™ Tuners
Plating     Die-cast zinc with Hardened Steel Gears
Tuning Ratio     16:1

Tuners
Bridge
Type     LockTone™ Tune-o-matic
Plating     Nickel
Bridge
Tailpiece
Material     LockTone™ Stopbar
Plating     Nickel
Tailpiece
Hardware
Knobs     Black Speed Knobs on Midnight Ebony and Midnight Sapphire, Gold Speed Knobs on Faded Cherry Sunburst and Vintage Sunburst
Toggle Switch Washer     Cream with Black Silkscreen
Pickguard     Cream
Pickup Mounting Rings     Cream
Pickup Covers     Cream
Strings     .010 - .046, Swedish Steel "hex" Core
Strap Buttons     Die-cast Steel, Gold Plated
Hardware
Pickups
Neck Position     ProBucker 2™ (Alnico-II)
Bridge Position     ProBucker 3™ (Alnico-II)
Other     Shadow™ NanoMag™ (Samarium Cobalt)
Pickups
Electronics
Potentiometers     Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, NanoMag Volume & A/B switch and Master Tone
Coil Wiring     Hand-soldered and Machine Wound
Toggle Switch     Epiphone All-Metal 3-way Toggle with Cream Cap
Controls     NanoMag Gain, Treble EQ, and Bass EQ
Output Jack
Three outputs for unparalleled combinations of sounds. The Mono (All Pickups) jack enables the player to combine the ProBucker pickups and the NanoMag with one cable. When the Stereo output is used in combination with the Mono output, the 'Magnetic' output (jack #1) carries the signal of the ProBucker pickups and the NanoMag/Mono output (jack #2) is for the NanoMag pickup, enabling a player to split the signal of the guitar two ways, perhaps using the ProBucker pickups through an amp and the NanoMag through a PA. The third output is for the supplied USB cable which connects the Ultra III to any USB compatable computer. Native Instruments GuitarRig (downloabable from Epiphone.com) allows you to play the Ultra III through your computer. (USB output requires the use of a 9 volt battery)
Other
Built-in chromatic tuner with 7 blue LED lights corresponding to A-G notes. There are 3 LED lights to indicate if the note is “in-tune”: A red “L” for low or flat, a red “H” (for high or shapr, and a green “T” to indicate the note is in-tune. When the tuner is activated, all output from the Ultra III is muted. The tuner also features an “A” and “B” indicator which works in conjunction with the A/B knob located on the guitar. When you push down the NanoMag Volume and A/B knob you can toggle between the two pickup systems. The “A” and “B” indicator light tells you which combination of pickups you’re using. A (red)=NanoMag. A/B (red and blue)=NanoMag and ProBuckers, B (blue)=ProBuckers.
Electronics
Finish
Sealer     Polyurethane
Midnight Ebony Midnight Sapphire Faded Cherry Sunburst Vintage Sunburst
Case
Type     Optional (#940-ENLPCS) black exterior with gray plush interior
Case
Accessories
Certificate of Authenticity     n/a
Additional Materials     The guitar includes an User manual, Guitar Rig installation instructions. Driver installation instructions. Truss Rod adjustment tool, poster, bumper sticker, user's manual, Native Instruments™ GuitarRig™ Software (downloadable from Epiphone.com), 3 meter USB cable, 9 volt battery.
 

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