Epiphone Sorrento 1966 - Sunburst

1966 Epiphone Sorrento E451TDN

This super lightweight 16-inch-wide, 1 3/4 inch deep, thinline body guitar weighs just 5.70 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 9/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Laminated maple body, one-piece mahogany neck with a very fast thin-to-medium profile, and a Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 20 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Headstock with metal Epiphone logo plate. Three-layer (black/white/black) plastic truss-rod cover. Individual single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic oval buttons,/ Patent No." One Epiphone mini-humbucker pickups with black plastic surrounds and outputs of 6.87k and 7.40k. both on the Two controls (volume/tone) on bout . Gold plastic bell-shaped knobs with metal tops. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and trapeze tailpiece with three horizontal lines on cross-bar. All hardware nickel-plated. Light blue rectangular printed paper label inside the bass f-hole with the model number "Sorrento D Nat / E451 TDN" typed in black and the serial number stamped in black (the 'A' is in black ink). Inside the treble 'f' hole is stamped in blue. worn otherwise this fifty-nine year old blond beauty is in mint as new (9.50) condition with no visible playing wear on the frets or fretboard. Complete with the mint Epiphone 'Sorrento with matching serial number and the ori leather guitar strap. Housed in mint Epiphone five-latch, hardshell case with dark blue plush lining (9.25). This 'one owner' guitar was purchased new in the 1960’s played very occasionally and then kept 'under the bed' since 1965. A wonderful opportunity to own a mint as new sixty year old Epiphone 'thinline' electric guitar.

A prime example, in the rarest color, of Epiphone's version of the Gibson's ES-225TD (which went out of production in 1958).The Sorrento is similar in body style to but has the more deluxe features of mini humbuckers and an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge. Excellent condition except for the very tip of the neck this guitar is in mint condition, no belt rash the tiniest of next in the face this guitar has amazing action straight neck and the best thing is it weighs 5 1/2 pounds there is no wood block at the base of the neck