Epiphone F-5 Studio Vintage Sunburst Satin
Mandolin w/ Gig Bag
An F-5 Style Mandolin For Every Stage
Orville Gibson invented the modern mandolin, and mandolins have been a part of Epiphone’s DNA since its earliest days. Company founder Anastasios Stathopoulo’s first (and only) patent, filed in 1909, was for a mandolin. Gibson Master Luthier Lloyd Loar designed the original F-5 mandolin in the early 1920s, and its eventual success led to the creation of new musical genres, such as bluegrass. Now, Epiphone is proud to release its latest mandolins. The Epiphone Inspired by Gibson F-5 Studio mandolin is based on the legendary Loar-designed F-5 and makes a high-quality F-5 style mandolin more accessible than ever. It features all-solid wood construction with a solid maple back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top. The maple neck is attached to the body with a glued dovetail joint and has a laurel fretboard with 20 frets and a Gibson-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons. Its sound is balanced, highly toneful, and resonant, with great carrying power, in part due to the thin satin finish. A premium gig bag is also included.
Body Style
F-Style
Body Shape
Gibson F-Style
Body Material
Solid Maple
Top
Solid Sitka Spruce
Back
Solid Maple
Side
Solid Maple
Binding
Single Ply Top and Fretboard
Body Finish
Satin Polyurethane
Profile
C-profile
Scale Length
350.0 mm / 13.779 in
Fingerboard Material
Laurel
Fingerboard Radius
406.0 mm / 15.984 in
Neck Material
Maple
Fret Count
20
Frets
Narrow Medium
Nut Material
Bone
Nut Width
28.575 mm / 1.125 in
Inlays
None
Joint
Glued In, Dovetail Joint
Finish
Nickel
Bridge
Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Laurel
Saddle Material
Laurel
Tailpiece
Traditional Stamped
Tuning Machines
Vintage F-Style Inline with Pearloid Buttons
Pickguard
None
Truss Rod
Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover
1-ply Black Bell
Strap Buttons
1 - At Tailpiece
Strings Gauge
.010, .014, .024, .038
Case
Premium Gig Bag
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