The five-model range adds a Floyd Rose-loaded Victory FR and Epiphone’s first baritone Les Paul in more than two decades, with Hyperglide necks and custom-voiced Fishman Fluence pickups across the board.
Epiphone has rebuilt its Prophecy Series around five guitars aimed at heavy music, adding its first-ever Victory and its first baritone Les Paul in more than two decades to a lineup that also includes the Les Paul, SG and Flying V.
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All five share a thermally aged one-piece maple neck with graphite reinforcement and Epiphone’s Hyperglide profile, topped with a bound ebony fretboard with a 10–14-inch compound radius and 24 stainless steel frets. Locking Grover tuners, black nickel hardware and satin finishes are common to the whole range, and each guitar comes with a Protector Ultralite case.
The pickups are a pair of Fishman Fluence humbuckers voiced specifically for the series, switching between a high-output active humbucker, a vintage PAF-style tone and a single-coil-style sound. Instead of conventional pickup rings, they’re held in place by Epiphone’s Dual-Axis Pickup Stabilization (DAPS), a body-anchored mount that keeps them parallel to the strings while still allowing height adjustment.
The Victory FR pairs a mahogany body and flamed maple veneer with a 25.5-inch scale and an Explorer-style headstock. It’s fitted with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series locking tremolo, a Floyd Rose R3 locking nut and locking Grover Mini Rotomatic tuners, and comes in Obsidian Storm Satin or Aqua Smoke Satin.
At 27 inches, the Les Paul Baritone has the longest scale in the range and ships with .012–.060 strings for tunings such as B to B. Its weight-relieved mahogany body has a contoured heel and rear belly carve, and a through-body tailpiece inspired by the Frequensator anchors the strings. It comes only in Obsidian Storm Satin.
The standard Les Paul, SG and Flying V all move to a 25.5-inch scale for extra tension in drop tunings. The Les Paul and Flying V use a LockTone Modern bridge with a through-body tailpiece, and the Flying V adds multi-ply binding and a Graph Tech nut. Finishes include Forest Phantom, Crimson Fog and Orchid Bloom, alongside Obsidian Storm on every model.
Marketing manager Lewis McKinney III says “heavy music comes in more than one shape”, and the range is pitched at players across metal, hardcore and beyond.
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