Awesome and Extremely Rare Short Scale 2004 Epiphone Elitist
Riviera12-String in Timeless Nude Sunburst with Original Hard Shell Case. Mint
playing condition and excellent cosmetic condition--couple of small scratches
on the back that could likely be buffed out but otherwise flawless condition.
HOW RARE? How about a
premium 12-string Epiphone Elitist masterpiece built by Japan's best masters
and sporting a 23.75" scale! This is the Holy Grail!!
New professional set up and new strings! Truly great guitar that looks stunning in person and sounds
like a heavenly string symphony.
Naturally Aged For
Exquisite Tone Production: This masterpiece guitar was aged with a painstaking natural
process called “time” which ensures a superb unsurpassed quality of tonal
options.
Rich, smooth tone, sustain, and versatility. The Elitist series
instruments are made with premium woods. They are made at a special factory
exclusively devoted to their manufacture where they receive ahigh degree of
hands-on luthier attention.
The Riviera model was introduced in 1962 as Epiphone's answer
to Gibson 's most celebrated thin line guitar, the ES-335.Body, neck, finish
and binding are all identical to the Gibson, as well as the inner body block
which increases sustain and decreases feedback. Epi designer saddled the
mini-humbucking pickups, white pickguard, Epi peghead and the legendary
Frequensator tailpiece. The slim, solid mahogany neck plays like greased
lightning. If you'd like to add shimmering texture and harmonically rich tone
to your recordings or your live sound, the 12-string version of the Epiphone
Elitist Riviera is the way to go. The Elitist Riviera 12-stringWood At the
heart of every great instrument is the wood itself. That's why every piece of
wood used in the Elitist Riviera line is hand-selected. It is then slowly and
painstakingly dried to perfection in custom kilns until it is at the ideal
moisture content. The Elitist Riviera features 5-ply maple back, sides, and
top. The Elitist Riviera 12-string Neck All Elitist necks are cut at a 14o
grain orientation from one piece of wood for optimum strength, stability and
tonal response. As with all great instruments, the necks are then carefully and
individually fitted to the body using a hand-glued, dovetail neck joint. The
Elitist Riviera has a 22 fret, 1-piece mahogany set neck with a rosewood
fingerboard, which imparts a warmer midrange sound. The Elitist Pickups All
Elitist instruments are equipped with custom-wound pickups "Made in the
USA" exclusively for Epiphone by Gibson Musical instruments and feature
such uncompromising features as: - High Quality Cover Materials - All pickup
covers use quality German silver with vintage Nickel or real 24K Gold finish. -
Vintage Braided, Shielded Wire - For authentic vintage look and tone with no
noise. - Full Wax Potting - Every pickup is potted in a special wax bath to
insure that microphonic feedback due to internal vibration is eliminated. All
covered models receive a second wax bath to further protect the pickup. -
Specially Made Magnets - All magnets are magnetized by Gibson to ensure the
total reliability of each magnet's performance. Critical magnetic flux is
maintained for the perfect combination of output without sacrificing tonal
characteristics. The Elitist Hardware All Elitist instruments feature the
finest hardware including precision Grover machine heads for precise tuning
accuracy and stability. The Art is in the Elitist Details The Epiphone Elitist
Riviera 's appointments are nothing but the finest including real abalone and
pearl Inlays, bone nuts and saddles, hand-rubbed finishes, USA strings, and it
goes through a meticulous adjustment and set-up. Epiphone Elitist Riviera
12-string Features:
· Color: Nude Sunburst
· Body Wood: 5-ply maple back and sides
· Top Wood: 5-ply maple
· Neck Wood: 1-piece mahogany
· Neck Profile: Joint set, 19th fret,
1-11/16" bone nut
· Fingerboard: Rosewood
· Position Markers: Parallelogram inlays
· Scale length: 23 3/4"
· Number of Frets: 22
· Pickups: Rhythm PU 60NYR (USA NY
mini-HB), treble PU 60NYT (USA NYmini-HB
· Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone
· Pickup Switching: 3-way selector
· Hardware: Vintage nickel
· Machine Heads: Grover
· Bridge/Tailpiece: Frequensator
· Case: Hardshell"
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Listed | 4 years ago |
Condition | Excellent (Used) Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.Learn more |
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