For decades, the Epiphone Triumph was the top model of Epiphone's archtop line, a status it earned through its unwavering quality and refined construction.

This 1932 Triumph looks beautiful, but it has certainly been through a lot over the years. The guitar started life with a mahogany neck, but this was modified to a Tenor model. The original neck and fingerboard were beyond repair and have been replaced with a Birdseye maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.

A nice detail is that much of the diamond inlay has been reused on the new fingerboard. Two of the three banners on the headstock were missing, and currently, the Epiphone logo is still missing. Naturally, the frets and nut have also been renewed for this new neck. Furthermore, the upper part of the bridge has been replaced, as has the pickguard. Finally, the original tuning machines have been re-mounted on the headstock.

The guitar surfaced on eBay in 2013 and was purchased there by the now deceased vintage Archtop expert John Lambdin, who had the above work carried out. In January 2014, the guitar found its way to the Dutch Archtop Museum in Dalfsen, and now we are pleased to offer this great-playing and sounding guitar in our villa in Dedemsvaart!

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