Epiphone SG Custom Futura Nitro Shift IBGM

Essential Information About the Futura SG Custom Guitar, Nitro Shift

• Chromashift "Nitro Shift" Look: a glossy finish with a shifting effect, designed for stage and content creation.


• Modern and Fast Comfort: glued mahogany neck with Modern C profile, ebony fingerboard with compound radius 10" to 14" (254 mm to 355.6 mm) and 22 stainless steel medium jumbo frets.


• Wide Sound Palette: two Epiphone ProBucker Ignite humbuckers with push/pull for coil split and phase options.


• Stability and Sustain: LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and LockTone Stop Bar tailpiece, Grover Rotomatic locking tuners, Graph Tech nut.

A Revisited SG: The Custom Spirit, The Performance of a Modern Guitar

The SG is one of the classic solidbody guitars since the early 1960s, recognizable by its double cutaway, ultra-smooth high fret access, and its iconic aggressive aesthetic. The Futura SG Custom follows this lineage while pushing it toward a decidedly modern specification: bold finishes, "high performance" playability, and more exploratory electronics. Within the Futura range, the idea is simple: keep the visual DNA and ergonomics of an SG, but add premium choices focused on reliability (stainless steel frets, locking hardware, locking tuners) and versatility (splits and phase) to meet today's needs.

Who Is It For? Stage, Home Studio, and Daily Creativity

This SG-style electric guitar is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists who want a ready-to-play, stable, and expressive instrument without limiting themselves to a single style. In rock, hard rock, punk, and modern metal, the humbuckers provide the necessary foundation, attack, and output level. In pop, indie, funk, or ambient music, the coil split and phase options open up finer, more nuanced textures that are very effective in recording. It is particularly suitable for musicians who alternate tight rhythms, riffs, solos with big bends, and multitrack recording, or who seek a "cam-ready" guitar with a striking look.

The Sound

The tonal base comes from the mahogany body + glued mahogany neck (set neck) duo, a combination known for its present mids, natural sustain, and even response across the entire neck. The Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece contribute to precise attack and good note hold, useful for both open chords and lead lines. The ebony fingerboard provides a firm and fast playing feel, with a clear attack that helps maintain definition, especially when pushing the gain.

Regarding pickups, the Epiphone ProBucker Ignite are humbuckers designed to remain powerful while maintaining clarity: solid lows, articulated mids, and highs present enough to stand out in a mix. The push/pull controls add a real "toolbox" dimension: the coil split allows for clearer, more biting sounds (practical for dynamic rhythms or studio layers), while the phase offers more hollow and cutting tones, very inspiring for textured parts, intros, or passages where you want to immediately stand out. Add to that the compound radius 10" to 14" (254 mm to 355.6 mm): comfortable for chords at the lower frets and flatter for clean, controlled bends higher up.

Recommended Compatible Accessories

For daily use, you can safely pair it with universal essentials: 6.35 mm jack cable (instrument), tuner (clip-on or pedal), guitar stand, and picks. The guitar comes with a premium gig bag, convenient for rehearsals, travel, and daily protection.

Technical specifications

Category	Double cut	Strings	Steel
Left handed	No	Nbr of strings	6

Type	solidbody electric guitar	Nut	Graph Tech
Shape	SG	Bridge	LockTone Tune-O-Matic
Wood	mahogany	Tailpiece	LockTone Stop Bar
Finish	glossy	Tuners	Grover Rotomatic, locking
Profile	Modern C	Hardware finish	nickel
Joint	glued neck (set neck)	Pickup covers	nickel
Scale length	25.5" / 647.70 mm	Knobs	knurled
Fingerboard	ebony	Plastics	black
Radius	compound 10" to 14" / 254 mm to 355.6 mm	Neck pickup	Epiphone ProBucker Ignite
Binding	single ply	Bridge pickup	Epiphone ProBucker Ignite
Inlays	split-block	Controls	2 volumes, 2 tones with push/pull coil split and phase
Frets	22, medium jumbo, stainless steel	Selector	3-position toggle