1946 Epiphone Emperor
At 18.5 inches in width, the Emperor was Epiphone’s flagship guitar in the archtop era and was one of Gibson’s Super 400’s strongest competitors. The Emperor featured a carved Spruce top with tone-bar bracing, highly figured carved maple back and sides, 7-ply bindings, triple-bound F holes, 7 ply neck lamination, gold hardware, Frequensator tailpiece, bound pickguard and pearl inlays in the fingerboard and headstock. The neck was carved with a small-for-the-time C/V shape with a 1-11/16” nut with, 25.4” scale, and tight fingerboard radius. Players loved the feel of the Epiphone neck carve, which is something Gibson Likely noticed. They followed suit with their own smaller-feeling round neck for their entire 1947 model lineup.
This Epiphone Emperor has been completely refinished. The work was professionally done and is of very high quality. The pickguard is a replacement, but all other hardware is original. The refinish isn’t hiding any damage or trauma other than one repaired crack below the bass-side F-hole. There are no other cracks or repairs and playability remains excellent.
With original hardshell case
This Epiphone Emperor has been completely refinished. The work was professionally done and is of very high quality. The pickguard is a replacement, but all other hardware is original. The refinish isn’t hiding any damage or trauma other than one repaired crack below the bass-side F-hole. There are no other cracks or repairs and playability remains excellent.
With original hardshell case