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Topic: 1940s EPIPHONE Zephyr big archtop jazzbox |
Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2012 10:47 am |
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Sold elsewhere; pls close.
    
1940s (WWII era--as indicated by the 25xxx serial number) Epiphone Zephyr archtop. Big (17-1/2") jazzbox. Previous owner stripped (originally dark or sunburst) finish and installed a neck P-90. The previous crapanese P-90 fell apart and I put in a GFS(?). The cutout in the top for the P-90 was already a done deal. Finish is DIY (not me), brushed-on and tends a little toward earthtones rather than being perfectly transparent. Laminated top and body. The finish stripper apparently cause a few small splits in the top layer of the laminated spruce top. No pickguard, but original E-cover Epiphone tuners.
Bridge pickup is original; knobs are replaced as is wiring harness, but MasterVoicer plates are original. Knobs are volume for each pickup.
Not a beauty queen but a good-sounding player--especially for a vintage Western Swing/Hot Club of Cowtown vibe.
$700 with recent TKL hardshell case + 3% paypal + shipping; in-person local pickup in SoCal preferred, but if you're willing to roll the dice on shipping, no recourse, I'll ship it in the lower 48--actual cost. I'll pack and box a playable guitar; whatever the carrier does to it is carrier's fault and buyer's risk. Reason I'm selling is because of USPS refusing to honor an insurance damage claim (>$3000), so I'm enormously paranoid about shipping.
Last edited by Ben Elder on 9 Jun 2012 5:49 pm; edited 4 times in total |
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 22 May 2012 10:46 pm New price, case, might ship
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TTT
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 24 May 2012 8:10 am
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That's a lot of vintage guitar for the price of a Pac Rim archtop! If I could still play a 25.5" scale guitar, I'd be carrying the coin jars down to the bank right now!
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Ben Elder
From:
La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jun 2012 1:24 pm
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| Price drop for SGF only (not CL or eBay yokels.) |
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