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Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
Epiphone Cortez (1965)
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Epiphone Cortez (1965)

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Currently unavailable
DOCUMENTED HONESTLYEvery repair, every change
VETTED ON THE BENCHBefore it's listed
SINCE 1968Still independent
This 1965 Epiphone Cortez has just come in for consignment! Sporting the optional (and very cool) iced-tea style Sunburst finish and the "wider slim neck" (i.e. 1 9/16" instead of 1 5/8"), this is a great-sounding example of a Cortez perfectly suited to a player who values sound over cosmetics. The Cortez was Epiphone's answer to the Gibson B25 ~ essentially, their "LG" body modestly redesigned for the folk era. This one sounds suprisingly good under a flatpick and exhibits beautiful shimmer when fingerpicked as well. Condition: this is a player-grade guitar, which is stable and solid, but has had the following repairs. A new Brazilian Rosewood bridge has been installed to cover the footprint of another, previously installed, oversized bridge. Several cracks have been repaired, including a now-invisible headstock crack which has been finished over. It has also been refretted with EVO wire -- all work done by noted luthier, and friend of TME, Laurent Brondel. Priced with a non-original hard case. On consignment; shipping calculated at checkout.
Condition: Vintage. Fully inspected and set up by TME staff before it ships or leaves the showroom.
Top Spruce
Back & Sides Mahogany
Neck Mahogany
Fingerboard Brazilian Rosewood
Bridge Brazilian Rosewood (replacement)
Nut Bone
Saddle Bone (Drop-In)
Tuners Kluson
Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose lacquer
Carve Medium C
Nut Width 1 5/8"
String Spacing 2 1/8"
Scale Length 24 3/4"
Inlays MOP Dots
Headstock Epiphone block script logo
Serial Number 319739
Case Non-original Hardshell

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