Vintage 1949 Epiphone Emperor/Natural Blonde/Hidden Controls/Floating Pickup/Second NOS Pick Guard

Vintage 1949 Epiphone Emperor with Carved Top and Removable Floating Pickup/Pickguard / Second NOS Pickguard Included.
Serial Number: #58831

 New Kent Armstrong Slimbucker
Floating Pickup with Thumbwheel Volume and Tone Controls (Hidden beneath pickguard) No holes were added and no physical alteration was done to this guitar. All electronics including input jack are beneath the provided second NOS pickguard.

OR

Swap to Original 1949 Acoustic Only Pickguard 

BLONDE BEAUTY!!

Note: Over 300 satisfied customer online and local transactions over the last two years!

 Amazing volume without amplification and full frequency range of tone. The additional pickguard mounted pickup enhances the natural tone and projection to fill larger halls or arenas. Low action, perfect intonation and a straight, comfortable neck, with adjustable truss rod to keep it straight forever, make it an incredibly easy player. The top is carved spruce, the back and the sides are beautifully figured maple. This is the largest production archtop ever made with an 18 1/2" lower bout, 13"upper bout and full 31/4" depth. It's a beautiful boomer!  It also has beautiful rich tone at low volumes as well, which is a striking balance to experience for the player.

Absolutely no cracks of any kind! Also, All binding is in tact with no separation from the body. However, There are some very minor dings and dents which I've tried to capture in the photos. This exceptional quality  guitar was the largest, finest archtop created by Epiphone. It has a carved spruce top and beautifully figured carved maple back and sides. This is the answer to it's competitor the much pricier Gibson 400 level instruments of the 40s and is built of the finest solid tonewoods by skilled craftsman. It is a joy to play and hear and classics like this one are rare, few, and far between. It could be years until another Emperor of this quality and excellent condition crosses your path! If you've always wanted one, don't let her get away!

There's a new, great quality TKL hard case with key that I had made based on their files on record to exactly fit this guitar. It's a perfect fit and flawless tweed.

Specifications:

Body:

- Solid Carved Spruce Top

- Flamed Maple Back + Sides

- 18 1/2" lower bout

- 13" upper bout

- 31/4" body depth

Neck:

- layered Maple
- 25" scale
- 1+10/16" nut width
- Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard

- Functioning Truss Rod / beneath body end of neck if adjustment ever needed.

- Perfectly straight neck with fast low action

Hardware:

- floating Kent Armstrong Slimbucker pickup
- Hidden Thumbwheel Volume and Tone Controls
- MOP Fret Marker Inlays
- Original Rosewood and Maple Bridge

-Original Natural Finish

Playability:

- Great setup! Plays like butter -
New Custom Built Factory TKL TWEED hard-case  with key- fits like a glove 

Condition:

ABSOLUTELY NO CRACKS OF ANY KIND! ALSO, ALL BINDING IS INTACT WITH NO SEPARATION. THERE IS A SMALL 1/2" SECTION OF BINDING ON THE RIGHT HAND TOP OF THE HEAD NEAR THE LETTER "E" THAT WAS REPLACED AND THE WORK WAS WELL DONE AND INTENDED TO LOOK AGED LIKE THE REST OF THE NATURAL ORIGINAL GUITAR BINDING. THERE ARE SOME VERY MINOR DINGS AND DENTS WHICH I'VE TRIED TO CATCH IN THE PHOTOS.THIS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY GUITAR WAS THE LARGEST, FINEST ARCHTOP CREATED BY EPIPHONE. IT HAS A CARVED SPRUCE TOP AND HAS BEAUTIFULLY FIGURED CARVED MAPLE BACK AND SIDES. THIS IS THE ANSWER TO GIBSON SUPER 400 LEVEL INSTRUMENTS OF THE 40'S AND IS BUILT OF THE FINEST SOLID WOODS BY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN. IT IS A JOY TO PLAY AND HEAR.

Good luck to you!

Play while you can,

Lee