Epiphone's Version of the Gibson Melody Maker

This early single cutaway (like Gibson's Melody Maker) solid body guitar weighs just 6.30 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Narrow headstock with gold silk-screened "Epiphone" logo which reads upside-down to player. Closed-back Kluson Deluxe strip tuners with white plastic oval buttons. Serial number "7853" stamped in black on back of headstock. One Gibson Melody Maker-style single-coil pickup (with no poles) in an oblong black housing and with an output of 6.80k. Tortoiseshell pickguard. Two controls (one volume, one tone) and jack socket, all on pickguard. Gold plastic bell-shaped knobs with metal tops. Combination "wrap-over" bridge/tailpiece. This guitar is in excellent plus (8.75) condition. The top of the guitar has some light finish checking, a couple of tiny little dents, and one small scratch (just to the finish) below the pickguard; there are a couple of dings on the back of the guitar and on the edges; there is a some edgewear to the headstock and small scratch on the back of the headstock between the tuners. Housed in the original Epiphone gray and cream softshell case with pale blue felt lining (8.50).

The Olympic was introduced in 1960 as a single cutaway solid body. In 1963, it became an asymmetrical double cutaway body with upper bass horn slightly longer than treble horn.