Epiphone 1962 'guitars, basses, amplifiers' catalog, page 16. Two beautiful carved top fully acoustic guitars, the Epiphone Emperor acoustic (A112) and Deluxe acoustic (A212), both available in Shaded (Sunburst), or Natural finish - at a slight premium. Both finishes are shown below. These really were beautiful instruments, built to a very high standard. Both had the same shape, scale, and very similar appointments, including gold-plated hardware, though the Deluxe was a slightly smaller instrument with a 17 3/8" body width, as opposed to the wider 18 1/2" of the Emperor.
A full-body cutaway guitar for the professional player who wants Epiphone superb quality in a slightly smaller instrument than the Emperor. Built to the most exacting standards with carved top of close-grained spruce, highly figured curly maple back, matching curly maple rims, and multiple ivoroid binding. Fast – action, curly maple neck with adjustable truss rod. Rosewood fingerboard with pearl in lays in distinctive shell design. Bound peghead with pearl-inlaid flower design and name. Those with adjustable bridge and Frequensator tailpiece. Individually enclosed machine heads with metal buttons. Gold-plated metal parts.
$3895
£1000