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#Epiphone model number u01050871 serial number#

Bridge: two-foot base, saddle with bone.

Plastic (pyralin), straight shape bound on DeLuxe model mounting: no (translucent) Olympic: natural or black(?)

Top construction: arched or flat top, ladder-braced.

Neck width: typically around 1¾" at nut (6-string guitars).

Waverly arrow-head (4-string models, until 1939) Waverly square-end (lower models, until 1939) Waverly clipped plate (higher models, until 1936) strip Peak shape on lower models black plastic (pyralin) veneer with engraved and tinted "Epiphone" + "Masterbilt" banners, model name in between, banners pearl on higher models plain veneer on low-end models

Label inside body: oval label, printed in black on silver paper (next to stamped SN) earliest examples: no label.

#Epiphone model number u01050871 serial numbers#

Serial numbers (SN): starting at SN 5000, stamped.June 1931: Masterbilt model line "announced" (no further details documented) 1.not necessarily the first/last example in existence. Note: The quoted serial numbers (SN) refer to the first/last examples of a model/feature as documented in our Registry – i.e. The timeline focuses on general aspects, while detailed info about individual models and their development can be found on the Models page. This timeline provides a chronology of milestones, developments and changes related to Epiphone instruments over the years 1931 to 1956. Do any of you possibly have it (or know who does)? I have also tried to get a straight-on pic of Harry West's 2-point banner headstock Strand mando (which should be the same size and shape), but his instrument tech never returns my emails.Timeline 1931-1956: A chronology of Epiphone instruments I am restoring mine, and I need a straight-on pic of the headstock. I have emailed 2 former owners (Peter Mix, and a sheriff whom I have forgotten his name), but neither of them know the instrument's current whereabouts. While we're on the subject of vintage Epiphones, I also have a 1934 Epiphone Hollywood Masterbilt archtop tenor guitar (the tenor version of the Epiphone Triumph: I have scoured the internet a found evidence of one other surviving Hollywood in some old bb posts. It doesn't really seem to work with tenor banjo tuning - CGDA - which makes it shriek and doesn't exploit its richness of tone). Perfect fretting and intonation (though the bridge was wrongly fitted when I got it) and glorious tone (I tune it like a mandola - GDAE. I've had a number of tenor guitars over the years, but this is by far the best. 5095 which puts it a bit older than yours. the varnish is a bit scratched here and there, but it has original frets, is unwarped or broken, etc) ser. Now here some pictures of mine - it's an odd bird in some details.:Īre you still looking for your headstock photo? I have an Epiphone Hollywood Masterbilt in more or less mint condition (i.e. Also the books by Fisch/Fred or Gruhn don't seem to be fully reliable/complete regarding the details about the earliest Epi mandolins (no wonder since these are rather rare). I noticed that the mandolin pictures in the mid-30s Epiphone catalogs weren't updated (they kept showing the first ones) until the 1939 catalog. The pickguard shape and color also changed over time. 1939 the headsock changed to the center dip style.Īlso all the early Epi mandolins (like their archtop guitars) had 3-segment f-holes, they changed to "cello" style f-holes in c. 1935 there was a script logo with "tail" decal. 1934 the rounded peak got more pronounced, with a banner logo/Masterbilt decal like the Olympic guitar. 1932 version Adelphi had a headstock with a softly rounded peak, with Epiphone+Masterbilt banners, model name in between.

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If your Adelphi was made prior to 1934, the label would be a silver oval, and would not mention the model name (also, the serial number would not be on the label, but would instead be stamped into the wood next to it).Īdelphi model: From what I know only the early Strand and higher models had the asymmetric dip headstock. If your label says 'Masterbilt', I'd guess that you have a brown paper label with black lettering, and that the dip in your headstock would be offset towards the treble side: this would be 1934-1938 (although some instruments retain these features in 1939). You'll note that the label in mine has the bright green border (and it says 'Guaranteed' in the largest font), and that the dip in the end of the head stock is in the center: these features date to 1939-1942 (mine's a 1940).

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I'm not sure how to attach pics here, so I'll just provide links:,. I too have an Adelphi mandolin, and I have previously owned a couple 2-point Strands.