Description

Perhaps the rarest Epiphone model ever made, only 139 Excellente acoustic guitars were produced between 1963-70. The beautifully ornate, top-of-the-line Excellente was made famous by country music legend Loretta Lynn, and now it returns as part of the new Masterbilt Collection. Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top, solid ovangkol back and sides, an ebony fingerboard with historic pearl cloud inlays, bone nut and saddle, and gold vintage-style Waffleback tuners. Powered by the Fishman Sonitone onboard preamp system, it’s ready for the studio or stage. Featuring Gibson strings.

Specifications

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 piece Walnut and Maple center stripe
• Profile: C Profile
• Scale Length: 25.31″ / 643mm
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 12.01″
• Number Of Frets: 20
• Frets: Medium Jumbo
• Nut Material: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.69″ / 43mm
• Inlays: Excellente Clouds, 15th fret Block
• Joint: Tapered Dovetail

Hardware

• Finish: Gold
• Tuner Plating: Gold
• Bridge: Ebony; Excellente shape with pearl dot inlays
• Saddle Material: Bone
• Tuning Machines: Gold Vintage “Waffleback” 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

• Under Saddle Pickup: Fishman Sonicore
• Controls: Fishman Sonitone soundhole mounted Volume and Tone
• Output Jack: 1/4″ Endpin Jack
• Preamp: Fishman Sonitone