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The new Futura Series guitars from Epiphone are designed for today’s guitarists who want a guitar that delivers professional performance and forward-thinking features. These Inspired by Gibson models deliver tone and style that’s perfect for gigging, recording, or content creation in the modern era. With bold, color-shifting finishes, all-new pickups, and versatile electronic features like coil splitting and phase switching, they have the look and sound that today’s players need to stand out from the crowd and make their own statement, both sonically and visually. Other high-performance features, including stainless steel frets, compound-radius fretboards, and ultra-comfortable neck profiles, make the Futura Series guitars truly innovative and a must-have addition for any guitar collection.

The Gibson Explorer™ remains one of the most daring and instantly recognizable shapes in electric guitar history. First introduced in the late 1950s, its futuristic design was ahead of its time, eventually becoming a favorite among rock and metal players worldwide. Epiphone proudly presents the Futura Explorer Custom—a bold, modern evolution of that groundbreaking concept. Its angular mahogany body features elegant 7-ply top binding, paired with a LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic™ bridge and LockTone Stop Bar tailpiece for exceptional sustain and tuning stability. Posi-Lok™ strap buttons keep your strap secure without extra hardware. The glued-in mahogany neck sports a sleek Modern C profile for effortless playability, topped with a bound ebony fingerboard boasting 22 stainless steel medium jumbo frets and eye-catching Super 400-style pearloid split block inlays. A 10”-14” compound radius ensures smooth chording and bends, while the bound Explorer headstock includes locking Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners, a Graph Tech® nut, and a mother-of-pearl Epiphone logo.

Driving the Futura Explorer Custom are Epiphone’s new ProBucker™ Ignite humbuckers™, delivering powerful tones with clarity and definition. Push/pull controls unlock coil-splitting and phase options for a wide range of sounds. Available in two stunning Chromashift finishes—Firestorm Shift and Dragonfly Shift—this guitar is designed to turn heads on stage or on screen. Whether you're after a modern aesthetic, versatile electronics, or a performance-ready instrument, the Futura Explorer Custom delivers. Each one ships with a premium gig bag, ready to accompany you wherever inspiration strikes.