Fabulous Pre-Gibson Epiphone Zenith archtop acoustic adapted for the modern player. Featuring a gorgeous hand-carved spruce top with walnut back & sides and cherry neck topped with an unbound slab of rosewood fingerboard. Pearl inlays scatter across the fretboard with matching Epiphone headstock inlay, placed above an ornate design carved by hand. Built prior to the Gibson buyout in 1957; this Zenith was handcrafted just 1 year after the eponymous 'Epi' Stathopoulos died, under the ownership of brothers, Orphie and Frixo Stathopoulos in New York, USA.
Guitar has been professionally refretted with new vintage tall frets, neck has been professionally reset with new floating bridge and vintage Bigsby B6. Two single coil DeArmond pickups have been installed with 3-way selector, separate volume controls & master tone controls have been installed. New bone nut has been professionally installed and setup with a fantastic low action. Original tuning ferrules are missing however original open-gear tuners are still installed and are working perfectly.
Includes SKB case.
Product Specs
- Item Number: 22133
- Make: Epiphone
- Model: Zenith
- Condition: Very Good
- Finish: Sun Burst
- Categories: electric-guitars ⇒ archtop
- Year: 1942
- Made In: United States
- MPN: 22133