Epiphone Limited Edition Tak Matsumoto DC Custom Outfit (Ebony)

Epiphone Limited Edition Tak Matsumoto DC Custom Outfit (Ebony) Overview

Epiphone proudly announces the new Ltd. Ed. 2014 Tak Matsumoto DC Custom Outfit, the first Tak Matsumoto-designed signature model by Epiphone to be made available outside of Japan. Tak Matsumoto is known throughout the world for his blistering solos, his groundbreaking work with the pop band B'z, and his stunning GRAMMY winning album with jazz great and close friend Larry Carlton. We've only previously had the stunning Gibson Custom Shop version of this very cool instrument before!

The Ltd. Ed. 2014 Tak Matsumoto DC Custom Outfit embodies Tak's own asymmetrical take on the popular DC Standard style and features a carved Mahogany body and a beautiful deep Ebony gloss finish. The Tak Matsumoto DC Custom's solid Mahogany body conjures a broad, rich, ringing tone with outstanding harmonic color and an extremely well balanced frequency range. The Mahogany SlimTaperGäó 1960s "D" profile neck has a 24.75" scale and is attached to the body with a deep-set glued-in neck tenon, which further enhances resonance and sustain. The 22 fret Ebony fingerboard has a 12" radius for fast and easy fretwork and includes a 1.68" nut and abalone block inlays. The headstock features the classic "LP Custom"-style inlay pattern with the Epiphone logo in pearloid and a "2014 Limited Edition" logo in gold print on the back of the headstock. The trussrod cover has the classic "bell-shaped" Kalamazoo factory design in gold with "Tak Matsumoto" in script. The DC Custom's Mahogany top has 5-layer (pure white/black) binding and the neck has single layer pure white binding with 5-layer pure white/black binding on the headstock.

It's been a long tradition of Tak Matsumoto's to put the classic firepower of Gibson USA BurstBuckersGäó into his Epiphone signature guitars. Gibson USA BurstBuckersGäó are among the most accurate recreations of the hallowed vintage hand-wound "PAF" humbuckers from the late 50s. Today's Gibson USA BurstBuckersGäó make that classic sound available again to everyone and are made with similar turns of the same 42 AWG wire used in the originals along with unpolished Alnico II magnets and unbalanced coils, one of the secrets to the great edge and detail heard in original "PAFs." For the 2014 Tak Matsumoto DC Custom, Tak Matsumoto choose open coil Gibson USA BurstBuckersGäó with gold screws that blend perfectly with the gold hardware and Ebony gloss finish. The neck position features a Gibson BurstBuckerGäó-2 that's wound in the range of original PAFs for a warm, thick vocal tone.-á For the bridge position, Tak choose a Gibson USA BurstBuckerGäó-3, which emulates the "hotter" PAFs that were "over-wound" by hand, giving you more wail and crunch from the bridge position.-áUnlike original PAFs that are nearing the end of their life, these BurstBuckersGäó are vacuum potted to combat microphonic squeal at high volume. So play your DC Custom turned up high! Tak Matsumoto DC Custom's pickups are routed through Tak's specially designed wiring scheme featuring a volume control for each pickup and one master control. Each control is a Black "Top Hat" knob with a black toggle cap. The toggle has a black cap and black toggle washer with "Rhythm/Treble" in gold.

The Ltd. Ed. Tak Matsumoto DC Custom features Epiphone's tried and true gold LockToneGäó Tune-o-matic bridge and StopBar tailpiece, which combines precise adjustment for intonation and action with rock-solid resonance. The LockToneGäó Tune-o-matic design holds tight to the posts for hassle-free string changes and unparalleled sustain. The classic Deluxe machine heads have Tombstone style buttons and a 14:1 ratio. And like all of Tak Matsumoto's signature Epiphones, his new DC Custom also includes Epiphone Strap-locks. Each new 2014 Ltd. Ed. Tak Matsumoto DC Custom comes with a custom hard case featuring the Tak Matsumoto signature in gold print and a Certificate of Authenticity in a binder.

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