Vintage 1961 Epiphone Olympic (Melody Maker) Sunburst w/OHSC TSU21138

Epiphone's Version of the Gibson Melody Maker

This early single cutaway (like Gibson's Melody Maker) solid body guitar weighs just 6.50 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful medium-to-thick profile. Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 original medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Narrow headstock with gold silk-screened "Epiphone" logo which reads upside-down to player. Open-back strip tuners with white plastic buttons. Serial number "19401" stamped in black on back of headstock. Two Gibson Melody Maker-style single-coil pickups with height adjstment screws and outputs of 7.02k and 6.95k. Tortoiseshell pickguard with nine screws. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch, all on pickguard. The potentiometers are stamped "134 6043" and "134 6102" (Centralab October 1960 and January 1961). Gold plastic bell-shaped knobs with metal tops. Combination "wrap-over" bridge/tailpiece with two adjustable 'intonation' screws. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition, with just a couple of tiny marks on the edges. Housed in the original Epiphone gray softshell case with blue felt lining (8.75).

Weight: 6lb 4oz

The handle is broken on the case.

This Used item is located in our Tone Shop Guitars Addison location: 15317 Midway Rd, Addison, TX 75001.

Tone Shop Guitars has three locations in the Dallas/Fort Worth Area. 

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