Epiphone F-5G Cremona Sunburst

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 even led to the creation of new musical genres, such as bluegrass. Now, Epiphone has collaborated with the Gibson Custom Shop on the new F-5G. Epiphone’s finest mandolin model to date, this exceptional Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop instrument is a faithful recreation of the time-honored original. It features all solid wood construction with a figured maple back and sides and a solid Engelmann spruce top. The figured maple neck has an ebony fretboard with a compound radius (10” at the nut, 12” at the end of the fretboard) and an F-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons. Ornate touches include the three-ply top binding, mother-of-pearl “The Epiphone” and flowerpot headstock inlays, and the rich Cremona Sunburst finish. Whether you’re playing rhythmic chops or lead lines, its tone is balanced, deep, and resonant, with great carrying power. A vintage-style rectangular hardshell case is also included.

General

Series:

Epiphone Inspired by Gibson

Product Color:

Cremona Sunburst

Case Type:

Hardshell Case Included

Body

Body Shape:

Gibson F-Style

Body Material:

Solid Figured Maple

Body Finish:

Gloss Polyurethane

Top Material:

Solid Sitka Spruce

Body Binding:

3-Ply Top Ivory

Neck

Neck Material:

Figured Maple

Neck Finish:

Gloss Polyurethane

Neck Shape:

C-Profile

Fingerboard Material:

Ebony

Headstock Veneer:

Black

Nut Material:

Bone

Nut Width:

1.125″ (28.575mm)

Fingerboard Radius:

Flat Radius

Scale Length:

13.78″ (350mm)

Number of Frets:

23 Frets

Neck Joint:

Set Neck

Fingerboard Inlay:

Mother of Pearl Dots

Inlay Shape:

Dots

Side Marker Inlay:

Dots

Headstock Inlay/Decal:

Mother of Pearl Logo & Inlay

Neck Binding:

1-Ply Ivory

Hardware

Hardware Color:

Nickel

Bridge:

Standard Adjustable & Compensated Mandolin, Ebony

Tailpiece:

Modern Cast

Tuning Machines:

Vintage F-Style In line w/Pearloid Buton

Saddle:

Ebony

Truss Rod Cover:

Two-Ply, Two-Hole, Black