Artist Mandolin

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Epiphone Artist Mandolin
Epiphone Artist Mandolin
  • 1936-1948
  • Asymmetrical f-style body

Body:

  • Carved spruce top
  • Curly maple back & sides
  • Segmented f-holes (1936-1938)
  • Standard f-holes with square edges at each corner (1939-1948)

Neck:

  • Set mahogany neck with volute
  • Ebony fingerboard with with ornate pearl inlays (1936-1938)
  • Rosewood fingerboard with parallelogram inlays (1939-1948)
  • Fingerboard with treble-side extension
  • Diamond & dot fingerboard inlays
  • Masterbilt tombstone headstock
  • Masterbilt banner logo (1936-1938)
  • Pearl script logo with vine inlay (1939-1948)
  • 13.875" scale

Binding:

  • 1-ply top & back binding
  • 3-ply headstock binding on top & back

Hardware:

  • Nickel hardware
  • Raised celluloid pickguard with binding
  • Adjustable rosewood bridge
  • Metal tailpiece
  • Raised tortoise pickguard

Colors:

  • Sunburst finish



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