Epiphone Prophecy Futura Custom FX Review

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Overall Rating 4.37

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Features 4.41

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Quality 3.91

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Reliability / Value 4.54

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Epiphone Prophecy Futura Custom FX Specs

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  • Body Shape: Explorer  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Wood: Mahogany  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Gloss  
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  • Binding: Creme  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: D-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Set neck  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: Blade  
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  • Number of Frets: 24  
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  • Locking Nut: Yes  
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  • Tuners: Grover  
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  • Bridge: Floyd Rose  
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  • Hardware: Black  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Neck Pickup Type: Active Humbucker  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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  • EMG-81/85 acitve pickups

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Prophecy Futura Custom FX is a guitar made by Epiphone and it performs really well in its price range. Well graded by most musicians, Prophecy Futura Custom FX seems to be a good choice. It will not let you down, and it's up to you to investigate further and see if it will inspire you in your playing.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Epiphone's Prophecy Futura Custom FX an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for Prophecy Futura Custom FX's features!

Tone delivered by Epiphone's Prophecy Futura Custom FX makes it a serious sounding instrument that gives Epiphone a lot of reasons to be proud of it. Somewhat limited when playing certain music styles doesn't mean that Prophecy Futura Custom FX will make your tone to sound poor, quite the opposite, because Prophecy Futura Custom FX provides rich and versatile tone that you'll be happy with.

Epiphone did a good job. Prophecy Futura Custom FX is built well, the finish feels just right, the hardware is solid. While playing for a longer periods of time you can expect Prophecy Futura Custom FX to stay in tune and you will be pleased while playing, because the neck is extremely comfortable. You might find that over time metal parts will oxidize a bit, but that's normal and nothing to worry about. Epiphone did a really good job with Prophecy Futura Custom FX guitar.

If you're concerned whether Prophecy Futura Custom FX will serve you well in terms of durability or reliability, then you shouldn't worry at all about that. Epiphone created a very fine musical instrument that will stand the test of time and perform well in any situation: studio sessions, gigs or rehearsals. Prophecy Futura Custom FX is a quality built instrument that will last you a lifetime if you take good care of it.