Nighthawk

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Epiphone Nighthawk Controls Diagram
Epiphone Nighthawk Controls Diagram

When the Nighthawk was first introduced in 1993, it represented a departure from Gibson tradition with it's 25.5" scale length and it's versatile combination of coil-tappable humbucking and single pickups. The design of the Nighthawk is essentially a combination of an SG (lower bout and thinner body) and a Les Paul (upper bout).

Like those classic guitars, it features a solid mahogany body and adds a AAA Flame Maple veneer and a glued-in SlimTaper Mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard. The Nighthawk bridge is a string-thru-body design for more sustain.

The Nighthawk's unique pickup package that includes a full-size NHT humbucker (bridge), a NSX single-coil (middle) and a NHR mini-humbucker (neck) combined with a 5-way slider and push/pull coil-tapping tone knob, for 9 different switching options.


"Now, guitarists who originally dismissed the Nighthawk as too "different" are recognizing what a great guitar it really is. That's why Gibson's Epiphone® division is introducing the Nighthawk Custom Reissue. One huge difference is the availability of Seymour Duncan after-market pickups for the Nighthawk's Slant NHT bridge position humbucker.

Seymour Duncan's Slant NHT Nighthawk pickups will come in two legendary voicings: The '59 Model™ and the JB Model™. The '59 is Seymour Duncan's take on the celebrated "Patent Applied For" humbucker, and its wound on the very same Leesona Model 102 winding machine that produced the early P.A.F. humbuckers. The output is vintage, and the tone is clear and crystalline. The hot-rodded JB Model™ is the world's most popular humbucker. Its powerful coil windings give it loads of output, but it retains its punchy upper-midrange detail."



Contents

Models


Nighthawk Custom Quilt

Epiphone Nighthawk Custom
Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Quilt
Epiphone Nighthawk Custom
Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Quilt
  • 2014 Limited Edition

Body:

  • Mahogany body
  • AAA Quilted Maple Veneer

Neck:

  • Set Mahogany neck with SlimTaper "D" profile
  • Rosewood fingerboard with crown inlays
  • Clipped Ear headstock with flower pot inlay
  • 12" fingerboard radius
  • 22 frets
  • 25.5" scale length
  • 1.68" nut width

Binding:

  • 3-ply body & headstock
  • 1-ply neck

Electronics:

  • Bridge Pickup: Slant NHT Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup: NSX Single-Coil
  • Neck Pickup: Mini Humbucker
  • 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
  • 5-Way selector switch

Hardware:

  • Nickel hardware
  • Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
  • 14:1 ratio Grover tuners
  • Black reflector knobs

Colors:

  • Trans Black (TB)
  • Trans Purple (TP)
  • Trans Blue (TL)
  • Trans Red (TR)



Nighthawk Custom Reissue

Epiphone Nighthawk Custom
Epiphone Nighthawk Custom
  • 2010-2013

Body:

  • Mahogany body
  • AAA Flame Maple Veneer

Neck:

  • Set Mahogany neck with SlimTaper "D" profile
  • Ebony fingerboard with crown inlays (2010 model)
  • Rosewood fingerbord with crown inlays (2011-2013)
  • Clipped Ear headstock with flower pot inlay
  • 12" fingerboard radius
  • 22 frets
  • 25.5" scale length
  • 1.68" nut width

Binding:

  • 3-ply body & headstock
  • 1-ply neck

Electronics:

  • Bridge Pickup: Slant NHT Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup: NSX Single-Coil
  • Neck Pickup: Mini Humbucker
  • 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
  • 5-Way selector switch

Hardware:

  • Nickel hardware
  • Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
  • 14:1 ratio Grover tuners
  • Gold or amber bell knobs or Black speed knobs

Colors:

  • Fireburst (FB)
  • Honeyburst (HB)
  • Trans Amber (TA)
  • Trans Black (TB)



Nighthawk Special 3

Epiphone Nighthawk SP3
Epiphone Nighthawk SP3
  • 1993-1999

Body:

  • Laminated Alder/Mahogany body

Neck:

  • Bolt-on mahogany neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
  • No inlay on headstock
  • 22 frets
  • 25.5" Scale
  • 1.68" nut width

Binding:

  • 1-ply body

Electronics:

  • Bridge Pickup: Slant OBL Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup: OBL Single-Coil
  • Neck Pickup: Mini-humbucker
  • 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
  • 5-Way selector switch

Hardware:

  • Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
  • Amber bell knobs
  • Deluxe vintage style tuners

Colors:

  • Ebony (EB)
  • Trans Amber (TA)
  • Vintage Sunburst (VS)



Nighthawk Standard 3

Epiphone Nighthawk ST3
Epiphone Nighthawk ST3
Epiphone Nighthawk ST3
Epiphone Nighthawk ST3
Epiphone Nighthawk ST3
Epiphone Nighthawk ST3
  • 1993-1999

Body:

  • Mahogany body
  • Flame Maple Veneer

Neck:

  • Bolt-on mahogany neck
  • Rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl Parallelogram inlays
  • Pearloid crown inlay on headstock
  • 22 frets
  • 25.5" Scale
  • 1.68" nut width

Binding:

  • 3 or 5-ply body
  • 1 -ply neck

Electronics:

  • Bridge Pickup: Slant OBL Humbucker
  • Middle Pickup: OBL Single-Coil
  • Neck Pickup: Mini-humbucker
  • 1 Vol. 1 Tone with Push/Pull Coil Tapping
  • 5-Way selector switch

Hardware:

  • Nighthawk String-Thru body bridge
  • Amber bell knobs
  • Deluxe vintage style tuners

Colors:

  • Ebony (EB)
  • Trans Amber (TA)
  • Vintage Sunburst (VS)



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