Hard Case.Īt Sun Valley Guitars, our setups are legendary. Faceplate, tailpiece, and tuners all in excellent condition. Has (2019) Beard Legend cone, 14 spider bridge, and bridge inserts. In recent years an important part of our growth has been in instruments by very small companies and individual makers, as we continue to keep one foot, or at least several toes, outside the mainstream music industry.Ģ009 Meredith Dobro in Great Condition. This comes with a lifetime discount on future repair and customizations.Īcoustic guitars, mandolins, and banjos are still the mainstays at Gryphon, as they have been for over 45 years, though our inventory of steel guitars and ukuleles continues to grow as well. Gryphon’s sustained commitment to quality ensures that no instrument not at optimal playing condition is sold. The Gryphon Advantage: This instrument has been personally setup by a member of our repair staff. This has been played, there's very light fret wear but the rest of the neck shows no wear or signs of use.īinding Ivoroid on neck, faux tortoise on shell Looks like an original Elite tailpiece, note the brass showing on the upper edge of the tension hoop. stk#VGG6014Įxcellent Vega Whyte Laydie conversion by Wyatt Fawley, with some of nicest inlay engraving we've seen in the original Vega style. This is a beast of a guitar, ready for stage or recording. The bridge has been upgraded with a tune-o-matic saddle but the original saddle is also included. The pickguard had previously installed volume and tone controls, which have been professionally restored to original specs. There are a few minor blemishes and two professionally sealed back cracks, a 3” center seam just below the neck heel and a 5” hairline near the original “Frequensator” tailpiece. The tone of this guitar is rich and full, with all the power and projection needed to be heard in any big band of the 1940s.
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The seven-piece flame maple neck is straight with superb action. The peg head is inlaid with the mother-of-pearl Epiphone script logo and a spectacular flower & leaf design, crowned with the original double-tab Kolb tuners. Every edge of this instrument is highly decorated with multiple bindings and its rosewood fingerboard is inlaid with large rectangular blocks of mother-of-pearl with an abalone notch in each one. Here’s a beautiful example of the “Golden Age” of guitar making” with Its tight-grained carved spruce top and highly figured maple back & sides. When Gibson introduced their extra large 18” wide Super 400, Epiphone countered with this 18 3/8” behemoth "the Emperor! Epiphone responded with ads that proclaimed “When "Good Enough" isn’t Good Enough, get an Epiphone". Back in the day when Gibson and Epiphone were major competitors, Gibson had the slogan “Only a Gibson is Good Enough”.