An All Original 1965 Epiphone Olympic Double With Factory Tremotone Vibrola.

This early 1965 and very light guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs. Asymmetrical double cutaway, one-piece solid mahogany body and one-piece mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, 22 original jumbo frets and pearl dot inlays. Serial number "254592" stamped in black on back of headstock. Six-in-a-row 'single-line' Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic oval buttons. The scale length is a standard Gibson 24 3/4 inches and the nut width is 1 9/16 inches. Two Melody Maker single-coil pickups with nice, balanced outputs of 7.24k and 7.18k. Single-layer white plastic pickguard with inlaid silver Epiphone 'Epsilon' and eight screws. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch and jack socket, all on pickguard. Black plastic ribbed-sided knobs with metal tops with red markings. The potentiometers are stamped "134 6440" (Centralab October 1964). Combination ridged "wrap-over" bridge, factory Epiphone Tremotone Vibrola tailpiece with rosewood insert and inlaid silver Epiphone 'Epsilon'. There are a few small marks or "dings" on the body, the most noticeable being on the treble horn (measuring 1/2 x 1/4 inch)  but overall this is a superb unfaded, and totally original example in exceptionally fine (9.00) condition of this rather rare variant with the factory Tremotone. Housed in a later three-latch, shaped black hardhell case with yellow plush lining (9.00). This is the only example we have ever seen with a factory Tremotone Vibrola - this deluxe vibrato system was normally used on the more expensive models like the Crestwood.

According to a 1965 Epiphone price, list this guitar sold for $189.50.