Rochester, VT, United States
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Quick notes:Most instruments I sell are consigned but some are my own.Repairs and adjustments have been done, if necessary, and this item is ready to go unless otherwise noted!I usually ship within 2-3 days to allow for me to inspect and adjust instruments if need-be before boxing. If you need faster shipping please get in touch right away!Buyer pays shipping expenses both ways on returns. I include shipping in my listing pricing but returns are not free. Please consider carefully and ask all questions before buying an item.Please read the following text for full details and specs -- it's borrowed from my original blog post on it...Overview: It's been raining old Epiphone archtops around here, lately! This '47 Triumph is quite the old box -- punchy and direct but with a good, lower-mids chunk to the sound and plenty of carrying-power. It's also easy on the eyes and the neck is rather quick for its age.It's mostly original but I'm pretty sure that dot-inlay fretboard is an older replacement as it lacks the fancy Triumph inlay-style and binding, has a slightly-shorter (25 3/8" vs 25 1/2") scale length, and 14" radius rather than the tighter Epiphone-style radius. I'm guessing it may be a replacement Martin-style fretboard instead. It gives it a little more of a "standard guitar" feel, though, as compared to the super-curvy Epi boards.Repairs included: I gave it a fresh neck reset, re-repaired a damaged neckblock/side area, replaced a little missing binding on the pickguard, leveled and dressed the frets, lightly-adjusted the bridge fit, cleaned it up, and set it up. It was also missing its pickguard bracket but I happened to have a spare Epiphone one in my parts-bins and so fit that, too. It's playing spot-on and ready to go.Weight: 5 lbs 12 ozScale length: 25 3/8"Nut width: 1 11/16"Neck shape: medium soft V/CBoard radius: 14"Depth at first fret: 0.89"Depth at seventh fret: 0.92"Body width: 17 3/8"Body depth: 3 1/4"Top wood: solid, carved spruceBack & sides wood: solid mapleBracing type: tonebarBridge: adjustable rosewoodFretboard: rosewoodNeck wood: maple (multi-piece)Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)String gauges: 54w-12 lightsTruss rod: adjustable (some room left)Neck relief: straightFret style: medium/narrower (vintage)Condition notes: The bridge is a period Gibson bridge that was fit to the guitar. I'm almost certain the fretboard is a replacement, Martin-style one. It has, of course, newer, medium-style frets. There's a bit of replacement binding on the pickguard and a few small replacement tiny patches around the guitar's edges. There's a repaired crack (filled with spruce) on the top that's visible just below the pickguard. It's a nice job! There's an older repair to a hairline crack on the back-upper-bout (pictured). There's a burn mark on the top-upper-bout, treble side. The finish appears original throughout but the top is likely buffed a bit some time in the past. The endpin is a replacement. During the neck reset I also reinforced the hairline crack repair to the dovetail joint/side with some internal bolts that can be accessed with an extension if need be. I reset the neck a little higher in the joint because the truss rod end likes to kink-up the fretboard extension on these old Epiphones, otherwise.It comes with: It has its presumably-original, old brown case.Consignor tag: JVBH
Price€2,293.20
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