1961 Epiphone Wilshire SB 432

$12,500.00

  • Year: 1961
  • Manufacturer: Epiphone
  • Model: Wilshire SB 432
  • Case: Original Soft
  • Color: Black
  • Condition: Near Mint
  • Description: This super rare custom-color guitar weighs just 6.50 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 1/2 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a medium-to-thin profile, and a bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Two P-90 pickups with outputs of 7.92k and 7.84k. Symmetrical tortoiseshell plastic with silver epsilon with four screws. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles, separate stud tailpiece. All hardware nickel-plated. The epsilon on the pickguard has oxidized but the integrity of the pickguard has not been compromised. There are a few very minor surface marks but overall this exceptionally rare custom color Wilshire is in near mint (9.25) condition. Housed in the original Epiphone brown three-latch softshell case with dark brown felt lining (8.75). (01017)