Epiphone Masterbilt Excellente Antique Natural Aged Gloss

Rare vintage classic! Now available for the first time since 1970
Perhaps the rarest Epiphone model ever made, only 141 Excellente acoustic guitars were produced between 1963-70. The Excellente was made famous by country music legend Loretta Lynn and now joins the new Masterbilt Collection. Featuring a Solid Sitka Spruce top, an Ebony fingerboard with historic Pearl Cloud inlay, bone nut and saddle, and gold vintage-style Waffleback tuners. Powered by the Fishman™ Sonitone™ Onboard Preamp System. Featuring Gibson Strings. Epiphone stands behind every guitar they make with a Limited Lifetime Warranty and Gibson Brands Customer Service.

 Body

Body Shape Excellente
Body Material Solid Ovangkol
Top Solid Sitka Spruce
Back Solid Ovangkol
Side Solid Ovangkol
Binding Ivory and Black 6-ply (top) and 4-ply (back)
Finish Aged Gloss

 Neck

Material Maple with 5 pc Walnut and Maple Center Stripe
Profile C Profile
Scale Length 25.31" / 643mm
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Number Of Frets 20
Frets Medium Jumbo
Nut Material Graph Tech NuBone®
Inlays Excellente Block Cloud
Joint Tapered Dovetail

Hardware
Finish Gold
Tuner Plating Gold
Bridge Bone
Saddle Material Bone
Tuning Machines Gold Vintage "Waffleback" Vintage Tuners with Metal Buttons
Pickguard Historic Excellente
TrussRod Adjustable
Bridge Pins Ivory with black center dot
Strap Buttons 2 - bottom and side of heel

Electronics

Controls 1 Volume, 1 Tone
Preamp Fishman Sonitone™

Miscellaneous
Strings Gibson Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings .012", .016", .024"w, .032" .042", .053
Case Optional Acoustic AJ/Dreadnought Hard Case 940-EDREAD; Dread/AJ Acoustic EpiLite™ Case 940-EDREADHG