Epiphone F-5 Studio - Vintage Sunburst
Orville Gibson invented the modern mandolin, and mandolins have been a part of Epiphone's DNA since its earliest days. Company founder Anastasios Stathopoulo's first (and only) patent, filed in 1909, was for a mandolin. Gibson Master Luthier Lloyd Loar designed the original F-5 mandolin in the early 1920s, and its eventual success led to the creation of new musical genres, such as bluegrass. Now, Epiphone is proud to release its latest mandolins. The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson F-5 Studio mandolin is based on the legendary Loar-designed F-5 and makes a high-quality F-5 style mandolin more accessible than ever. It features all-solid wood construction with a solid maple back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top. The maple neck is attached to the body with a glued dovetail joint and has a laurel fretboard with 20 frets and a Gibson-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons. Its sound is balanced, highly toneful, and resonant, with great carrying power, in part due to the thin satin finish. A premium gig bag is also included.
Specifications - Epiphone F-5 Studio - Vintage Sunburst
Body- Body Style: F-Style
- Body Shape: Gibson F-Style
- Body Material: Solid Maple
- Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back: Solid Maple
- Side: Solid Maple
- Binding: Single Ply Top and Fretboard
- Body Finish: Satin Polyurethane
- Profile: C-profile
- Scale Length: 350 mm / 13.779 in
- Fingerboard Material: Laurel
- Fingerboard Radius: 406 mm / 15.984 in
- Neck Material: Maple
- Fret Count: 20
- Frets: Narrow Medium
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 28.575 mm / 1.125 in
- Inlays: None
- Joint: Glued In, Dovetail Joint
- Finish: Nickel
- Bridge: Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Laurel
- Saddle Material: Laurel
- Tailpiece: Traditional Stamped
- Tuning Machines: Vintage F-Style Inline with Pearloid Buttons
- Pickguard: None
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Truss Rod Cover: 1-ply Black Bell
- Strap Buttons: 1 - At Tailpiece
- Strings Gauge: .010, .014, .024, .038
- Case: Premium Gig Bag
