Loading ...The Epiphone Elitist are a range of guitars that attempt to bridge the gap between their more expensive Gibson counterparts and the standard Epiphone range. They Endeavour to do this by using select tone woods, top-end components and details that are more at home on more-expensive guitars.
The Epiphone Elitist comprises of several Guitars. They are:
Elitist Sheraton
The Epiphone Elitist Sheratorn features a laminated maple top with cream binding, a vintage sunburst finish, gold Tune-O-Matic bridge, stop tailpiece and covered Gibson Mini-Humbuckers. The guitar feature the standard array of controls including a three-way toggle and separate gold dust-colored volume and tone knobs for each pickup.
The 24.75-inch scale C shape neck is one piece mahogany, and features a 22-fret rosewood fretboard. The headstock comes with, imperial-style 24-karat gold Grover tuners and mother-of-pearl flowers on a deep black background creating an Asian style motif.
Tonally the Sheraton has a lovely acoustic resonance, the humbuckers produce a smooth tone that’s ideally suited to a heavier sound, whilst still being able to encompass more jazzier overtone.
The guitar has many fine features that make it stand out from the crowd and has the looks and style of a more expensive instrument.
Elitist Casino
The Elitist Casino features a natural finish, cream binding, nickel hardware including Grover tuners a Tune-O-Matic bridge and a trapeze-style tailpiece.
The Casino’s comes with a mahogany neck and a rosewood fingerboard featuring Parallelogram inlays. Like the Elitist Sheraton, the guitar has a 24.75-inch which is comfortable and playable. The pickups are P-90’s.
The guitar has a lively tone with a beautiful acoustic response delivering a lovely range of lows and highs. The P90 Pickups deliver a robust tone reminiscent of what made the original Epiphone Casino a true classic.
Elitist Les Paul Custom
The Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Custom is made with premium woods (African mahogany and book matched maple) using superior construction methods.
As with the Sheraton the Les Paul Custom includes 24-karat gold hardware featuring Tune-O-Matic bridge, skirted strap buttons and large Grover tuners, as with a standard Les Paul the Guitar comest with standard three-way toggle and individual volume and tone pots.. Gibson has provided, two 24-karat gold-covered humbuckers , specifically for the Elitist Series.
Tonally this Epiphone Les Paul features a chunky low-end, and a clear top end. When distorted the pickups still produce clarity whilst not betraying their rock heritage.
For more information on the Epiphone Elitist series – visit the Epiphone guitar website
