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1948 Epiphone Zephyr De Luxe
"Finished in a gleaming whiteness of the natural wood, coated in a lifetime lacquer, hand rubbed to a high polish." "The tone spectrum pickup with separate string adjustment is full range. The Mastervoicer tone control enables the player to obtain many desired tone effects... Heavily gold plated frequensator tailpiece and 16 to 1 ratio geared enclosed machine heads... $240, case #105... $50."
There aren't too many guitars from the late 1940's that look as good as high-end Epiphones. With one glance at this beauty, we're pretty sure you'll agree. From its gold Frequensator tailpiece, to it curvaceous multiple-bound celluloid pick guard, cloud fingerboard inlays, and up to the pearl fern headstock inlay and gold Epi tuners, this guitar just exudes coolness. Figured Maple back and sides, spruce top, all laminate construction, five ply neck, highly figured multiple bound Brazilian rosewood fingerboard, single Tone-Spectrum pickup, and Mastervoicer tone control. Large 17-3/8" wide body with multi-layer binding and unbound f-holes; completely original including hard case. Neck and frets are in great shape with little wear. The neck is one of the nicest feeling carves I've ever wrapped my hand around. Its scale is 25.5", and has a nut width is 1-11/16". In excellent condition overall, the guitar's bindings stretched away from the waist and have been glued and filled. There are very small and localized areas or finish touch up on and immediately adjacent to the repaired sections of binding. Keen eyes will notice that the out-side pole piece screws have been replaced. The originals are included, but were replaced to better the string-balance of the pickup. Excellent playability and set up, this guitar plays and sounds as good as it looks. With original hard shell case
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