This 1966 Epiphone Riviera E360TD is in amazingly clean, original condition - a real stunner!  It is an interesting piece in that it has a serial number from 1965 on the headstock and a 1966 serial on the label.  The number is almost the same in both places, with the first digit being 3 on the headstock and 4 on the label.  I believe this is why it was factory marked with a "2" on the headstock - a second.  Someone either messed up the headstock serial or the label.  The one thing that points to the guitar being a 66 rather than a 65 is the three-layer pickguard, which began in '66.  The pot codes are from 1965.  The 1 9/16" nut and chrome hardware would have been mid-'65 specs.  So, I'm going with this being a 1966 guitar. 

The Riviera isa thinline semi-hollow built on a fully bound maple body measuring 1-3/4" deep, fitted with a pair of Gibson patent-number sticker mini-humbuckers — the neck reading 7.28k, the bridge at 7.81k. The Epiphone Frequensator trapeze tailpiece keeps string tension relaxed and contributes to the instrument's characteristic warmth and softness of attack.  The Riviera was Epiphone's answer to the Gibson ES-335 after Gibson acquired Epiphone in 1957 and began producing Epiphone models at the Kalamazoo factory. The E360TD designation indicates the thinline, double-cutaway, double-pickup configuration. The potentiometer manufacturer code 137 identifies CTS as the maker; the date code reads 65 with two other digits covered in solder, placing production in 1965. 

There are no structural repairs, no neck repairs, no fretboard repairs, and no body repairs, and no issues whatsoever. Finish is original and in excellent condition. Frets are in very good condition. Electronics are fully original: original solder joints, original wiring, original pots, original output jack, original switch. The case is original and in excellent condition with no odor. A leather strap is included.

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SPECIFICATIONS

• Color: sunburst
• Finish Original?: yes
• Finish Condition: excellent
• Weight: 7lbs 11oz
• Overall Length: 42-1/2"
• Nut Width: 1-9/16"
• String Spacing At Bridge: 2-1/16"
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Action 1st String At 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Action 6th String At 12th Fret: 2/32"
• Neck Profile: Slim "C"
• Neck Material: 1 piece mahogany
• Inlay: pearloid parallelogram
• Neck Thickness At 1st Fret: .801"
• Neck Markings: none
• Neck Condition: excellent
• Neck Repairs: none
• Neck Finish Original?: yes
• Tuner Brand And Model: Kluson Deluxe metal-button
• Tuners Original?: yes
• Changes To Headstock For Tuners?: none
• Tuner Condition: excellent
• Tuner Markings: Patent No, D-169400
• Tuner Screws Original?: yes
• Truss Rod Cover: yes
• Nut Material: bone
• Nut Repairs: none
• Fretboard Radius: 12"
• Fretboard Material: rosewood
• Fretboard Condition: Near Mint
• Fretboard Repairs: none
• Fret Condition: very good
• Fret Repairs: none
• Fret Count: 22
• Body Material: maple
• Body Condition: excellent
• Body Repairs: none
• Body Binding: yes
• Body Binding Condition: excellent
• Body Length: 18-3/4"
• Lower Bout: 16"
• Waist: 9-1/4"
• Upper Bout: 11-1/4"
• Body Depth/Thickness: 1-3/4"
• Bridge Brand: Gibson ABR-1
• Tremolo Or Fixed Bridge?: fixed
• Bridge Original?: yes
• Bridge And Saddle Screws Original?: yes
• Bridge Condition: Near Mint
• Saddle Material: metal
• Saddles Original?: yes
• Pickguard Color: white
• Pickguard Original?: yes
• Pickguard Condition: excellent
• Pickguard Screws Original?: yes
• Switch Brand: switchcraft
• Switch Type: 3 way toggle
• Switch Condition: Near Mint
• Switch Original?: yes
• Switch Tip Color: white
• Switch Tip Original?: yes
• Neck Pickup Brand: Gibson patent-number sticker mini-humbucker
• Neck Pickup Original?: yes
• Neck Pickup Reading: 7.28k
• Neck Pickup Markings: patent-number sticker
• Neck Pickup Condition: Near Mint
• Neck Pickup Screws Original?: yes
• Neck Pickup Cover Color: chrome
• Neck Pickup Cavity Condition: Near Mint
• Bridge Pickup Brand: Gibson patent-number sticker mini-humbucker
• Bridge Pickup Original?: yes
• Bridge Pickup Reading: 7.81k
• Bridge Pickup Markings: patent-number sticker
• Bridge Pickup Condition: Near Mint
• Bridge Pickup Screws Original?: yes
• Bridge Pickup Cover Color: chrome
• Bridge Pickup Cavity Condition: Near Mint
• Solders Original?: yes
• Wiring Original?: yes
• Potentiometer Count: 4
• Potentiometer Manufacturer Code: 137
• Potentiometer Date Code: 65??
• Potentiometers Original?: yes
• Potentiometer Condition: Near Mint
• Output Jack Original?: yes
• Tailpiece Brand: Epiphone Frequensator trapeze
• Tailpiece Color: nickel
• Tailpiece Condition: Excellent
• Tailpiece Original?: yes
• Knob Color: black
• Knob Count: 4
• Knobs Original?: yes
• Knob Condition: Near Mint
• Case Brand: ?
• Case Original?: yes
• Case Condition: excellent
• Case Smells?: none
• Documentation: none
• Accessories Included: leather strap
• String Gauge: 10-46
• Smells?: none
• Neck Thickness At 12th Fret: .958"
• Nut Original?: yes

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