Prophecy Collection
The Epiphone Prophecy Collection features iconic "Inspired by Gibson™" body shapes with a modern twist for players seeking to break tradition and set new standards. With custom-voiced Fishman® Fluence™ pickups that deliver three distinct tones - a warm "Patent Applied For" vintage humbucker, hot modern humbucker, and a shimmering hum-free single-coil all accessed by push/pull volume and tone pots, attention-grabbing finishes, fast-playing necks, and high-end appointments, they don't just foretell the future - they are the future.
Epiphone Prophecy 2020 Lineup: Amazing Features on A Budget
This year, Epiphone not only released new models under the Prophecy moniker, the lineup has been completely revamped and expanded. Now, instead just getting a fully spec’d Les Paul, you get several models in many different finishes!
You can choose between the Les Paul, Explorer, SG, or the legendary Flying V. Like the original Prophecy models, these are fully equipped to be Metal/Rock machines with tons of upgraded features:
- “Inspired By Gibson” Body Shapes and Design
- Custom Fishman Pickups with 3 Voices
- Graphtech Nut
- Grover Tuners
- Flame Maple Tops
- Cream Binding
- Jumbo Frets
- Tapered Neck Joint
- Ebony Fretboard
- Epiphone Locking Bridge
“Inspired by Gibson” is all the rage at Epiphone this year, for a good reason. These guitars all almost perfect copies of their more expensive Gibson brothers. Customer have asked for Epiphone to make their guitars closer to Gibson spec for years, and now you’ve finally got it!
The other standout feature is definitely the Fishman Fluence Pickups. Let it be noted that these are not just your run-of-the-mill Fishman Modern pickups. Epiphone designed these to be proprietary for these Prophecy models specifically.
These Prophecy Fishman pickups are definitely designed in the same way all of the Fluence line is designed, yet they have their own special features. From Epiphone Official:
“With custom-voiced Fishman® Fluence™ pickups that deliver three distinct tones – a warm “Patent Applied For” vintage humbucker, hot modern humbucker, and a shimmering hum-free single-coil all accessed by push/pull volume and tone pots.“
This makes for an extremely versatile sound palate across all of the Prophecy models. Not only can you get a warm PAF sound from the Fishman pickups, you can also get more extreme active pickup tones as well. Throw in the coil tap and you have what I call a “Swiss Army Guitar”. It can do anything!
The other features like Grover tuners, Graphtech nut, Cream binding, and jumbo frets set the Prophecy apart from standard models. These are not only aesthetically pleasing features. They are full-on upgrades that ensure the Epiphone Prophecy 2020 lineup is “future-proof”.
These new models are just now starting to ship out to retailers, so unfortunately I have not been able to try any in person. But what we can do today, is give a little synopsis of each model and check out the promo pictures form Epiphone.
