Description
The Epiphone Futura Explorer Custom in Firestorm Shift takes the classic Explorer platform and pushes it into modern territory with bold color-shifting finish and performance-focused upgrades. If you want a guitar that feels fast, looks striking on stage, and offers flexible tones for modern rock and metal styles, this model delivers. The Firestorm Shift Chromashift finish moves between shades depending on the lighting, giving the instrument a dynamic visual presence.
The mahogany Explorer body provides strong sustain and punch, while the multi-ply top and back binding adds a refined edge to the aggressive body shape. A glued-in mahogany neck carved to a Modern C profile feels comfortable and responsive in the hand. The bound ebony fingerboard features a compound 10 to 14 inch radius and 22 stainless steel frets, offering smooth chording down low and effortless bends higher up the neck. Split-block inlays give the guitar a distinctive upscale look that pairs nicely with the futuristic styling.
Epiphone ProBucker Ignite humbuckers provide powerful output with clarity and definition. The push pull control unlocks coil-splitting and phase options, allowing you to move from full humbucker drive to brighter single-coil-style textures. LockTone Tune-O-Matic and Stop Bar hardware keep the feel solid and sustain strong, while locking Grover Rotomatic tuners help keep tuning stable during heavy playing. We like this model because it combines the classic Explorer attitude with modern hardware, flexible electronics, and a finish that really stands out.
Specifications:
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Shape: Explorer
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Color: Firestorm Shift
- Body Binding: Multi-Ply Top and Back
- Body Style: Solidbody
- Weight Relief: None
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Modern C
- Neck Construction: Glued In, Set Neck
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: Compound 10 inches to 14 inches, 254 mm to 355.6 mm
- Nut Material: Graph Tech
- Scale Length: 24.75 inches, 628.65 mm
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Stainless Steel
- Inlays: Split-Block
- Fingerboard Binding: Single-Ply
- Tuners: Grover Rotomatic Locking
- Bridge: LockTone Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: LockTone Stop Bar
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Plastics: Black
- Control Knobs: Knurled
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
- Neck Pickup: ProBucker Ignite
- Bridge Pickup: ProBucker Ignite
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Tone with Push/Pull for Coil Split and Phase
- Switching: 3-Position Toggle
- Case: Premium Gig Bag
Sku: EIFEXCFSSNH
The mahogany Explorer body provides strong sustain and punch, while the multi-ply top and back binding adds a refined edge to the aggressive body shape. A glued-in mahogany neck carved to a Modern C profile feels comfortable and responsive in the hand. The bound ebony fingerboard features a compound 10 to 14 inch radius and 22 stainless steel frets, offering smooth chording down low and effortless bends higher up the neck. Split-block inlays give the guitar a distinctive upscale look that pairs nicely with the futuristic styling.
Epiphone ProBucker Ignite humbuckers provide powerful output with clarity and definition. The push pull control unlocks coil-splitting and phase options, allowing you to move from full humbucker drive to brighter single-coil-style textures. LockTone Tune-O-Matic and Stop Bar hardware keep the feel solid and sustain strong, while locking Grover Rotomatic tuners help keep tuning stable during heavy playing. We like this model because it combines the classic Explorer attitude with modern hardware, flexible electronics, and a finish that really stands out.
Specifications:
- Body Material: Mahogany
- Body Shape: Explorer
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Color: Firestorm Shift
- Body Binding: Multi-Ply Top and Back
- Body Style: Solidbody
- Weight Relief: None
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Modern C
- Neck Construction: Glued In, Set Neck
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: Compound 10 inches to 14 inches, 254 mm to 355.6 mm
- Nut Material: Graph Tech
- Scale Length: 24.75 inches, 628.65 mm
- Number of Frets: 22
- Fret Size: Stainless Steel
- Inlays: Split-Block
- Fingerboard Binding: Single-Ply
- Tuners: Grover Rotomatic Locking
- Bridge: LockTone Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: LockTone Stop Bar
- Hardware Finish: Nickel
- Plastics: Black
- Control Knobs: Knurled
- Pickup Covers: Nickel
- Neck Pickup: ProBucker Ignite
- Bridge Pickup: ProBucker Ignite
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Controls: 2 Volume, 1 Tone with Push/Pull for Coil Split and Phase
- Switching: 3-Position Toggle
- Case: Premium Gig Bag
Sku: EIFEXCFSSNH
