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:
Brand Name: Epiphone
Case Type: Hardshell Case
Hardware Color: Nickel
Product Color: Cremona Sunburst
Series: Epiphone Inspired by Gibson

Body:
Body Binding: 3-Ply Top Ivory
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Body Material: Solid Figured Maple
Body Shape: Gibson F-Style
Top Material: Solid Sitka Spruce

Neck:
Fingerboard Inlay: Mother of Pearl Dots
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Frets to Body: 12
Headstock Inlay or Decal: Mother of Pearl Logo & Inlay
Headstock Veneer: Black
Neck Binding: 1-Ply Ivory
Neck Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Neck Joint: Set Neck
Neck Material: Figured Maple
Neck Shape: C-Profile
Number of Frets: 23 Frets
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1.125" (28.575mm)
Side Marker Inlay: Dots
Truss Rod: Adjustable

Electronics:

Hardware:
Bridge: Standard Adjustable & Compensated Mandolin, Ebony
Saddle Material: Ebony
Tailpiece: Modern Cast
Truss Rod Cover: Two-Ply, Two-Hole, Black
Tuning Machines: Vintage F-Style In line w/Pearloid Buton