Epiphone and Gibson Custom Collaborate on an Exceptional Mandolin

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 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 Sitka 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.

Body Specs

Back

Solid Figured Maple

Binding

3-ply Top, Single-ply Fretboard; Ivory

Body Finish

Gloss Polyurethane

Body Material

Solid Figured Maple

Body Shape

F-Style Mandolin

Body Styles

F-Style

Side

Solid Figured Maple

Top

Solid Sitka Spruce

Neck Specs

Fingerboard Material

Ebony

Fingerboard Radius

1.0mm / 0.04in

Fret Count

23

Frets

Narrow Medium

Inlays

Mother of Pearl Dot

Joint

Glued In, Dovetail Joint

Neck Material

Figured Maple

Nut Material

Bone

Nut Width

28.58mm / 1.13in

Profile

C

Scale Length

350.0mm / 13.78in

Hardware Specs

Bridge

Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Ebony

finish

Nickel

Pickguard

None

Saddle Material

Ebony

Strap Buttons

1 - At Tailpiece

Tailpiece

Modern Cast

Truss Rod

Adjustable

Truss Rod Cover

Two-ply, Two-hole, Black

Tuning Machines

Vintage F-style Inline with Pearloid Button

Misc Specs

Case

Vintage Rectangular-style Black Hardshell with Green Interior

Model:

EIGCMF5GCRBNH1

Headstock

Gibson F-Style Scroll

Headstock Inlay

The Epiphone and Flowerpot in Mother of Pearl

Strings Gauge

.011, .015, .026, .040