Epiphone relaunches the Embassy bass in a range of finishes for 2021
ProBucker 760 pickups, a solid mahogany body and an Indian laurel fingerboard highlight the new model's spec sheet
Epiphone has kicked off 2021 in stellar fashion, with the super-affordable new Starling range of acoustics and the Bigsby-equipped Emperor Swingster hollowbody leading its fresh product announcements. And now, the guitar giant has relaunched one of its fan-favorite bass guitars, the Embassy.
Featuring the same asymmetrical double-cutaway shape as the original 1963 version, the new model boasts a solid mahogany body, 34“ mahogany neck, 2x2 headstock design and an Indian laurel fingerboard with 20 medium jumbo frets and pearloid dot inlays.
Electronics-wise, the new Embassy sports a pair of Epiphone ProBucker 760 humbucking pickups, with volume, tone and pickup blend controls.
Other features include an imitation bone nut, a Tune-O-Matic bass bridge, dual-action truss rod, die-cast tuning machines and nickel hardware.
The Embassy bass is available now in a range of finishes – Graphite Black, Sparkling Burgundy, Smoked Almond Metallic and Wanderlust Green Metallic – for $399.
For more information, head over to Epiphone.
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Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.
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