1964 Epiphone FT85 Serenader (Gibson B-25-12) 12-String 00-Size Guitar

Overview: This is the Epiphone-branded version of a Gibson B-25-12 model and it was made right in the same factory as the Gibsons at the time. It's just a "rebrand" variant. These are woody-sounding, mids-centric, folksy-suited guitars that do a little bit of the Leadbelly thump thing and a little bit of that LG-2/B-25 direct, dry-note thing. They've got big old necks but if you can get past that, they make excellent 12-strings if you're on the hunt for something that's different from the Guild-shimmer, Martin-sweet, or Harmony-plunk sounds.

Repairs included: I gave it a neck reset, compensated the saddle, and then Max gave it a level/dress of the frets and set it up. It's playing bang-on and ready to go!

• Weight: 4 lbs 9 oz
• Scale length: 24 9/16"
• Nut width: 2"
• Neck shape: medium-full C/D
• Board radius: 10"
• Depth at first fret: 61/64"
• Depth at seventh fret: 63/64"
• Body width: 14 3/8"
• Body depth: 4 1/2"
• Top wood: solid spruce
• Back & sides wood: solid mahogany
• Bracing type: x
• Bridge: rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: mahogany
• Action height at 12th fret: hair-under 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 44w-9 extra lights
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: wider/low

Condition notes: It's in excellent shape and appears all-original throughout except for the new, rosewood saddle that Jose made. There's weather-check to the finish here and there and light scuffing and scratching here and there, too, but otherwise it glows nicely.

It comes with: It has a gigbag, as I recall.

Consignor tag: PKLD