Epiphone 1962 'guitars, basses, amplifiers', page 18. The first of two pages on Epiphone upright acoustic basses. This page describes the top-of-the-range model, the Epiphone Artist, or Epiphone B5 bass. This was available in Natural or Shaded finish, with a 1962 list price of Epiphone B5N (Natural) $525; Epiphone B5S (Shaded) $450. 1962 was the peak year (in terms of numbers shipped) for Kalamazoo-built Epiphone upright acoustic basses, with 178 instruments shipped, but of these, just 21 were the Artist B5 model (see Epiphone acoustic bass shipping totals).
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