1942 Epiphone Ritz Carved-Top Archtop Guitar

Overview: My buddy Dave Richard over in Corinth, VT did all the work on this guitar and it's playing beautifully and sounds the biz. If you like that '40s Epi sound with that saucy, lower-mids-pushed oomf, this is your guitar. It doesn't hurt that it's easy on the eyes with that blonde finish and tortoise binding.

Repairs included: Dave reset the neck, planed and refretted the board, fit a replacement tailpiece and StewMac Golden Age tuners, cleated and filled a couple of top hairline cracks, and fit a spline on the center seam. It's setup and playing spot-on and is ready to serve.

• Weight: 5 lbs 0 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/2"
• Nut width: 1 5/8"
• Neck shape: medium-full soft V
• Board radius: 7 1/4"
• Depth at first fret: 0.90"
• Depth at seventh fret: 0.98"
• Body width: 14 1/4"
• Body depth: 3 1/4"
• Top wood: solid, carved spruce
• Back & sides wood: ply flamed maple
• Bracing type: tonebar
• Bridge: adjustable rosewood
• Fretboard: rosewood
• Neck wood: cherry
• Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
• String gauges: 54w-12 lights
• Truss rod: adjustable
• Neck relief: straight
• Fret style: medium modern

Condition notes: It's original save the tailpiece and tuners. There's minor weather-check to the finish here and there and some hairline crack repairs under the tailpiece area on the top. The finish is in remarkably good shape but does show average mild usewear here and there.

It comes with: It has a newer, nice hard case.

Consignor tag: DRCH