“Takes the most iconic Gibson body shapes and remixes them with modern, professional-grade features”: Epiphone looks to the future with its hot-rodded Futura guitars, as stainless steel frets make their Epiphone debut, and long-awaited signatures arrive

Three of Epiphone's new-for-2026 guitars, on display at the 2026 NAMM show in Anaheim, California.

NAMM 2026: Gibson has revealed what it has in store for its wallet-friendly Epiphone guitars throughout 2026, headlined by a Futura range that's ready to take the brand into “a new era.”

By Gibson’s own admission, it is regularly “inspired [by] our history,” but nostalgia is just 50% of the Epiphone recipe this year, as far as its Futura range is concerned. It “takes the most iconic Gibson body shapes and remixes them with modern, professional-grade features at a price point for every player.”