1937 Epiphone Triumph Carved-Top Archtop Guitar

Overview: Proper, big-boy, Epiphone carved-tops from the '30s can be a bit hard to find these days. This one has a quick neck, a ton of volume and punch, and sounds a treat, too. It's the perfect swing-backup sort-of guitar but I could easily hear it hanging-in for fiddle backup and the like. It's pretty, it's jazzy, it's got power, and the neck feels great. What more?

Repairs included: In the past, it got some overspray of the entire instrument which has yielded a glossy finish sprayed over older wear and tear. At the same time, it got a refret, new tuners, a new tailpiece, and someone attempted a neck reset on it but didn't quite get the geometry correct (the fretboard extension was ski-jumping enough that it was fretting-out badly from frets 10-on). I re-reset the neck and then handed it over to Sarah who gave it a level/dress of the frets and setup work. It's playing spot-on and is ready to go.

• Weight: 4 lbs 13 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/2"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: medium soft V
• Board radius: 12"
• Depth at first fret: 29/32"
• Depth at seventh fret: 63/64"
• Body width: 17"
• Body depth: 3 3/8"
• Top wood: solid, carved spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid, carved maple
• Bracing type: tonebar
• Bridge: replacement adjustable rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: mahogany 5-piece
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Truss rod: non-adjustable
• Neck relief: straight w/just a tiny hair of deflection at pitch
• Fret style: medium/modern

Condition notes: The tuners, bridge, and tailpiece are all replacements. It looks like it may have some replacement binding here and there, too (the headstock, in particular, has slightly odd binding). There's plenty of old wear and tear that was sprayed-over during the overspray (note the big old line in front of the bridge, for example) and some newear scratches and scuffs simply from being played. The original pickguard is missing, too.

It comes with: It has a foam/flight-style "hard" case.

Consignor tag: SIKW