Epiphone Emperor Cutaway
Epiphone Emperor Cutaway
Overview
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- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1953 to 1957
EPIPHONE re-labeled their Emperor Regent acoustic archtop as the Emperor Cutaway in 1953, although these cutaway Emperors had been around since 1948. The Emperor Cutaway was a special order model - made until around 1957, and had a carved solid spruce arched top. These acoustic Emperors often have a floating pickup fitted by their owners, as they make great jazz guitars.
A Japanese version of this model was made for the Japanese market from 1975 until 1979 - as the Emperor-C model
Specifications (23)
General
| Finish colors | natural finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Binding | multi-ply binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body back material | maple body back |
| Body shape features | single cutaway |
| Body sides material | maple body sides |
| Body style | archtop |
| Body top material | spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | tortoiseshell pickguard |
| Pickguard shape | raised pickguard |
| Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | maple neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge | ebony bridge |
| Hardware color | gold hardware |
| Tailpiece | Frequensator tailpiece |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | block and triangle fingerboard position markers |