Artist Mandolin
From The Unofficial Epiphone Wiki
- 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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