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An F-5 Style Mandolin For Every Stage

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.

Guitar Specifications

Body Specs

Back Solid Maple

Binding Single-ply Top and Fretboard

Body Finish Satin Polyurethane

Body Material Solid Maple

Body Shape F-Style Mandolin

Body Styles F-Style

Side Solid Maple

Top Solid Sitka Spruce

Neck Specs

Fingerboard Material Laurel

Fingerboard Radius 406.0mm / 15.98in

Fret Count 20

Frets Narrow Medium

Inlays None

Joint Glued In, Dovetail Joint

Neck Material Maple

Nut Material Bone

Nut Width 28.58mm / 1.13in

Profile C

Scale Length 350.0mm / 13.78in

Hardware Specs

Bridge Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Laurel

finish Nickel

Pickguard None

Saddle Material Laurel

Strap Buttons 1 - At Tailpiece

Tailpiece Traditional Stamped

Truss Rod Adjustable

Truss Rod Cover 1-ply Black Bell

Tuning Machines Vintage F-Style Inline with Pearloid Buttons

Misc Specs

Case Premium Gig Bag

Model: EIGMF5SVSSNH1

Headstock Gibson F-Style Scroll

Headstock Inlay The Epiphone in Mother of Pearl

Strings Gauge .010, .014, .024, .038

Epiphone F-5 Studio, Vintage Sunburst Satin

Epiphone F-5 Studio, Vintage Sunburst Satin

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    Regular price $599
    Finish
    Vintage Sunburst Satin
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    An F-5 Style Mandolin For Every Stage

    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.

    Guitar Specifications

    Body Specs

    Back Solid Maple

    Binding Single-ply Top and Fretboard

    Body Finish Satin Polyurethane

    Body Material Solid Maple

    Body Shape F-Style Mandolin

    Body Styles F-Style

    Side Solid Maple

    Top Solid Sitka Spruce

    Neck Specs

    Fingerboard Material Laurel

    Fingerboard Radius 406.0mm / 15.98in

    Fret Count 20

    Frets Narrow Medium

    Inlays None

    Joint Glued In, Dovetail Joint

    Neck Material Maple

    Nut Material Bone

    Nut Width 28.58mm / 1.13in

    Profile C

    Scale Length 350.0mm / 13.78in

    Hardware Specs

    Bridge Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Laurel

    finish Nickel

    Pickguard None

    Saddle Material Laurel

    Strap Buttons 1 - At Tailpiece

    Tailpiece Traditional Stamped

    Truss Rod Adjustable

    Truss Rod Cover 1-ply Black Bell

    Tuning Machines Vintage F-Style Inline with Pearloid Buttons

    Misc Specs

    Case Premium Gig Bag

    Model: EIGMF5SVSSNH1

    Headstock Gibson F-Style Scroll

    Headstock Inlay The Epiphone in Mother of Pearl

    Strings Gauge .010, .014, .024, .038

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