1974 Epiphone EA-250 Red Sunburst, Excellent

Offered for sale;

Used 1974c Epiphone EA-250, this guitar is in excellent condition.

The neck and frets are fine, cosmetically the guitar is quite clean.

In the early ‘70s Epiphone imported and sold guitars manufactured by Matsumoku Industrial, they were established in the early ‘50s as a woodworking and cabinetry company. Matsumoku also made Aria guitars and the nearly identical Univox Coily, as well as several other guitars sold under the Univox name.

We’ve seen many of these over the years. Usually they are okeh at best. This one really didn’t need more than a restring when we got it and it plays way better than just about any we’ve seen, including the Univox Coily we had about a year ago.

The EA-250 has a double cutaway, select hardwood top, rims and back, three-piece adjustable neck, cherry red finish, rosewood fingerboard with block inlays, multiple body bindings, adjustable precision bridge, two pickups, two each volume and tone controls, toggle switch, deluxe machine heads a Bigsby style vibrato and chrome plated hardware.

This is a cool piece of early Japanese electric guitar evolution. Very playable and lots of fun without spending lots of coin.

This guitar did not come with a case. Cases and gig bags are available separately.

“We carefully inspect every instrument when we buy it and bring it up to our standards before we offer it for sale. We also do a full set up before we ship. If you decide to purchase this guitar, please let us know what gauge strings you prefer.”

GUITAR SPECS:

Year: 1974c

Neck: Maple 3-piece bolt-on

Finish: Cherry Red

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale Length: 25.5”

Number of Frets: 21

Pickguard: Black

Bridge: Rosewood tune-o-matic style

Tuners: Three-each-side

Pickups: Humbucking

Controls: Volume-2 / Tone-2, 3-way pickup selector switch

Width at Nut: 1 9/16”

Radius: 7.25”

Body Width at Lower Bout: 15.75”

Weight: 7lb

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