
- #Epiphone model number lookup serial numbers
- #Epiphone model number lookup serial number
With pearl inlaid neoclassical motifs on most models later transition to script Penciled guide line for label position, by running pencil along f-hole (first around SN 8364, until 1943)
#Epiphone model number lookup serial number
Island label, printed in black on tan paper, model name typed, serial number typed (first SN 7449)
Catalog "Masterbilt Fretted Instruments", dated 1934, published by November 1934 4. Blackstone: sunburst top (first SN 6231). Triumph: body upsized to 16⅜" (first SN 6437). "through" style, large mounting bracket around endpin (first around SN 6265) Semi-opaque (first around SN 6448, until 1934) Stamped under bridge foot (first SN 7019) Serial numbers: on models with floating bridge transition to SN. Masterbilt" banner decal on Olympic + Beverly (first SN 6829) Gothic script banners on most lower models (first SN 6375), Headstock: decoration simplified, engraved. 3 similar to DeLuxe guitar", no example documented) 1 similar to Blackstone, No. 2 similar to Triumph, No. 4 mandola models (in catalog, model names same as mandolins, no example documented). Adelphi: banners on headstock (first SN 5597). Windsor: new(?) top model, 2-point body (first SN 5530). Regent: body upsized to 15½" (first SN 5681)įlattop guitars (Spanish/Hawaiian) introduced:. Hollywood: body upsized to 15½" (first SN 5691). Empire: body upsized to 15½" (in catalog, no example documented). Blackstone: new 14¾" model, all black finish, maple back (first SN 5707). Saddle with straight top (no individual string compensation) Pickguard: mounting with 1 screw (first around SN 5681). Neck: Wider laminate strips on Triumph and higher models (first SN 6009, last narrow laminate strips SN 5994). Tonebars on all archtop and tenor/plectrum models (except Beverly) Top construction: carved top with parallel. Serial numbers: DeLuxe + Broadway only: SNĪlso penciled under the bridge foo t (first SN 5765). Company name/address: Epiphone Banjo Corporation, 35–37 36 th Street, Long Island City, NY. Catalog "Masterbilt Fretted Instruments", published late 1932 2. Beverly: 13⅝", natural top (first SN 5253). Tenor/plectrum guitar models (4-string) introduced: Olympic: 13⅝", natural top (first SN 5262). Zenith: 13⅝", maple back (first SN 5062). Royal: 15½", mahogany back (first SN 5119). Triumph: 15½", walnut back (first SN 5010). "wrap over" style, short mounting bracket (until 1933)Ī rchtop guitar models (6-string) introduced: Bridge: two-foot base, saddle with bone. Plastic (pyralin), straight shape bound on DeLuxe model mounting: no (translucent) Olympic: natural or black(?) Top construction: arched or flat top, ladder-braced. Neck width: typically around 1¾" at nut (6-string guitars). Waverly arrow-head (4-string models, until 1939) Waverly square-end (lower models, until 1939) Waverly clipped plate (higher models, until 1936) strip Peak shape on lower models black plastic (pyralin) veneer with engraved and tinted "Epiphone" + "Masterbilt" banners, model name in between, banners pearl on higher models plain veneer on low-end models Label inside body: oval label, printed in black on silver paper (next to stamped SN) earliest examples: no label. #Epiphone model number lookup serial numbers
Serial numbers (SN): starting at SN 5000, stamped.June 1931: Masterbilt model line "announced" (no further details documented) 1.not necessarily the first/last example in existence. Note: The quoted serial numbers (SN) refer to the first/last examples of a model/feature as documented in our Registry – i.e. The timeline focuses on general aspects, while detailed info about individual models and their development can be found on the Models page. This timeline provides a chronology of milestones, developments and changes related to Epiphone instruments over the years 1931 to 1956. Timeline 1931-1956: A chronology of Epiphone instruments