Super-rare and collectible Japanese/USA Epiphone Nouveau Spotlight - only made for 1 year due to a PRS lawsuit which forced Epiphone to stop production.

A brief bit of history - Sometime around Norlin's 1987 sale of Gibson, the decision was made to produce the 'Nouveau' line of guitars. The Gibson Nouveaus were going to consist of necks and bodies made in Japan and assembled and finished in Nashville and branded as American Made. Although the original sales literature introduces these as purely Gibson guitars, somewhere between manufacturing and finishing, they became known as the Epiphone Spotlight series, resulting in an Japanese-made, USA assembled Epiphone. The first solid-body 'Epiphone' branded electrics were manufactured from February 1988 and by early 1989 the entire Nouveau line was discontinued due to a PRS lawsuit which forced Epiphone to stop production.

It's in very good condition for its age, with some wear/blemishes as pictured. There's some light touch-up on the top edge of the headstock and the back/bottom edge of the guitar, which is nicely blended and not noticeable unless searching for it. The frets have some wear as you'd expect for age (cosmetic only and not affecting playability in any way) and everything works as it should.

The specs include a Mahogany body with Maple top, a comfortable Mahogany neck with neck through construction, Ebanol fingerboard, chevron inlays, open-book headstock with Gibson diamond inlay, 24 frets, a vintage style tremolo and EMG Select pickups with coil tapping for single coil tones - it's highly versatile. We've included a brand new gig bag for transportation.

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We have one of the largest preowned guitar selections in the UK (typically approx 300) and ship them safely across the world daily - fully insured and tracked. Alternatively, collection in person is welcome from our HQ in Leicester (UK).

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