Here is a very nice early example of the sought after Korean Peerless Riviera. This particular model has been discontinued for a long time now and was famously used by the Strokes' Nick Valensi, who later had his own signature model. But this is the actual model he got famous playing. It was built in 2001 the well renowned Peerless factory in Korea. These Peerless Rivieras took over from Terada production. They like Terada, have been long discontinued now that production has been moved to China to cut costs, and don't come up much nowadays; they are very well thought of and becoming harder to find as their reputation grows. This one is a lovely semi-hollow. It is ageing very gracefully with a deep vibrant ’60s Era Cherry Red finish. The plastics and binding are starting to age to an off white and all the metal hardware still retains a deep shine. You feel how resonant this one is as soon as you pick it up. It plays beautifully with a medium action and the mini humbuckers boom as soon as you plug it in. There have been no breaks or repairs. It’s all original with no modifications. The pick guard has been removed so there are pickguard holes. There are a few scratches etc so obviously not mint but very nice for around 35 years old! Electrically and structurally sound. Neck is dead straight truss rod checked and functioning fine, plenty of life left in the frets. It’s a good weight at 3.3kg. It comes with its original Epiphone hardcase which is functioning fine. I’ll let the pics tell the rest of the story, this is a beautiful old Peerless Riviera. These Korean Rivieras are hard to come by & have gained a great reputation and are increasing in value. Don’t miss this one.

Buy with confidence, Gas Station Guitars is a Ltd UK company and we offer a no question 14-day refund policy on all our guitars. We are very experienced in shipping our guitars worldwide. At Gas Station Guitars we carefully hand-select all our guitars, if they don’t blow us away on all fronts, we just don’t put them in our shop; if it’s for sale by Gas Station Guitars, you know it’s gonna be pretty special. All pictures you see above are of the actual guitar, and all guitars have been fully checked and are with us in hand, so it’s straight from us to you! Our packaging is very tough and designed to protect equally guitars with hardcases and softcases. This guitar is NOT FOR TRADE or part exchange and we cannot do holds or lay aways. We ship to the E.U, Europe, U.S, Australia, Canada and of course the UK.

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Listed3 months ago
ConditionVery Good (Used)
Very Good items may show a few slight marks or scratches but are fully functional and in overall great shape.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • Riviera Reissue
Finish
  • Cherry
Categories
Year
  • 2001
Made In
  • Korea, Republic of
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Body Material
  • Maple
Neck Construction
  • Set-Neck
Body Shape
  • Double Cutaway
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Body Type
  • Semi-Hollow Body
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Neck Material
  • Mahogany
Model Family
Offset Body
  • Non-Offset Body
Wood Top Style
  • Plain
Color Family
  • Red
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Stop-Bar
Pickup Configuration
  • HH
Scale Length
  • 24.75"
Top Material
  • Maple
Number of Frets
  • 22

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