Epiphone F-5G Mandolin Cremona Sunburst

Orville Gibson invented the modern mandolin, and mandolins have been a part ofEpiphones DNA since its earliest days. Company founder Anastasios Stathopoulos first(and only) patent, filed in 1909, was for a mandolin. Gibson Master Luthier Lloyd Loardesigned the original F-5 mandolin in the early 1920s, and its eventual success even ledto the creation of new musical genres, such as bluegrass. Now, Epiphone hascollaborated with the Gibson Custom Shop on the new F-5G. Epiphones finest mandolinmodel to date, this exceptional Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop instrument is a faithfulrecreation of the time-honored original.

It features all solid wood construction with afigured maple back and sides and a solid Sitka Spruce top. The figured maple neck hasan ebony fretboard with a compound radius (10 at the nut, 12 at the end of thefretboard) and an F-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons.Ornate touches include the three-ply top binding, mother-of-pearl The Epiphone andflowerpot headstock inlays, and the rich Cremona Sunburst finish. Whether youre playingrhythmic chops or lead lines, its tone is balanced, deep, and resonant, with great carryingpower.

A vintage-style rectangular hardshell case is also included.

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