Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-III Electric Guitar
The Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-III starts out with the tried and true construction of a flamed-maple top, chambered mahogany body for improved acoustic resonance and weight relief. The neck is also carved from mahogany into a slim, comfortable profile. Epiphone has added a low-impedance pickup that delivers subtle acoustic-like tones to the traditional dual humbucker schematic. The Ultra III’s dual outputs allow you to run both signals simultaneously for a stereo effect. A third output has been added for a USB connection that allows you to plug directly into your computer and use the included guitar software applications.
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(tm) humbucking pickups patterned after Gibson's famous BurstBuckers(tm). With authentic 18% nickel silver base and cover, Elektrisola wire, accurate bobbins, slugs and screws and sand casted Alnico-II magnets, they replicate that classic "Patent
Applied For" airy tone that defined rock and roll.
The second system features Shadow(tm) Germany's patented NanoMag(tm) 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 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 it'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) to play
your guitar through a variety of simulated amplifiers and effects and listen 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 Pauls the choice
of so many guitarists including a solid Mahogany body with glued-in Mahogany neck and comfortable SlimTaper(tm) 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(tm) locking tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece for
increased sustain and string changing ease as well as quality Grover(tm) 16:1 machine heads for tuning accuracy and stability.
Limited Lifetime Warranty
Like every Epiphone, it features their Limited Lifetime warranty backed by world famous 24/7/365 day Gibson Customer Service. If you want
a versatile professional instrument designed for live performance or studio and capable of both Les Paul crunch and real acoustic-like
tones, the Epiphone Ultra-III is it!
Order your Epiphone Les Paul Ultra-III Electric Guitar from Sam Ash Direct today with the security of our 45/60 day return/price protection policy and be sure to take advantage of our fast, free shipping.
