An All Original Mint Condition 1966 Epiphone Riviera.

1966 Epiphone Riviera E360-TDC.

This all original, Epiphone Riviera guitar weighs just 8.50 lbs. Single-bound, sixteen-inch wide, one and three-quarter inch thick laminated maple body with a maple central block. One-piece mahogany neck with a nut width of just over 1 9/16 inches, a standard Gibson 24 3/4 scale length and a nice medium-to-thick profile. Black-faced 'long' headstock with inlaid pearl "Epiphone" script logo and pearl vertical 'cloud' inlay. Two-layer, black over white plastic truss-rod cover with  stylized "E" logo, secured by two screws. Serial number "800900" stamped in blind on back of headstock. Individual Kluson Deluxe 'double-line' tuners with oval metal buttons, each one stamped on the underside "D-169400 / Patent No.". Rosewood fretboard with 22 original jumbo frets and single-parallelogram pearl inlays. Two mini-humbucking pickups with outputs of 6.77k and 6.73k, each with a black rectangular label on the underside with "Patent No. / 2,737,842" in gold. Four layer, white over black plastic pickguard with silver and black Epiphone "E." Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch. Black plastic bell-shaped control knobs with metal inserts. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic (retainer) bridge with metal saddles and Epiphone Tremotone Vibrola tailpiece with rosewood insert with inlaid silver Epiphone Epsilon. Inside the bass 'f' hole is the pale-blue rectangular Epiphone, Kalamazoo label with 'style' "E360TD" and serial number "800900" stamped in black. The cherry finish is bright, fresh and unfaded. The body shows the absolute bare minimum of finish checking and there are just two very small surface marks on the bass-edge of the headstock just by the 'D' and low 'E' tuners (from a stringwinder). The original jumbo frets show very little sign of wear and this forty-eight year old guitar plays and sounds just as it should. We are pleased to give this fine instrument a (9.50)) mint rating. Housed in the original Epiphone dark gray, four-latch shaped hardshell case with dark blue plush lining (9.25).

Introduced in 1962, the Riviera was Epiphone's equivalent of the Gibson ES-335 and had the same maple central block. Riviera's were used by many many great players, including Stevie Ray Vaughan.