Epiphone 5120

  • Epiphone 5120 hollow bodied electric bass guitar
    Epiphone 5120

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1970 to 1971

The Epiphone 5120 bass was made from 1970-1971, in by the Japanese Matsumoku company. The Epiphone 5120 had an ES-335 style hollow body, twin pickups with dual controls, deluxe heavily chrome-plated machine heads. Sunburst finish on the front and back with an adjustable maple neck. Rosewood fingerboard with offset pearloid dot position markers. Chrome plated adjustable bridge wtih a custom desgined spring type mute. Trapeze trail-piece with wooden insert. This model was identical to the Aria 5120 bass - both were made in the same Matsumoku factory. The Epiphone versions had cherry red finish, the Arias are sunburst.  This model was renamed/replaced by the EA-260 model in 1972.

Epiphone described the 5120 bass as follows in their 1971 catalog:

5120: Here's a hollow-body electric bass that is the ideal companion for the new 5120T guitar. True bass-pitch response throughout its tonal range.

Features: Double-cutaway thin body with multiple binding. Select hardwood top, rims and back. Twin pickups with adustable pole-pieces, toggle switch. High gloss cherry red finish, slim, fast, low-action three piece adjustable neck, rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays, adjustable precision bridge, custom designed mute, deluxe machine heads, chrome plated parts. 15.75" wide, 18.75" long, 1.9" thin; 30.5" scale length, 20 frets.
 

Source: Epiphone 1971 catalog.

Specifications (21)

General

Dimensions
45.125 × 15.75 × 2 in
Finish colorsred finish
Made inJapan
Number of strings4 strings
Scale length30.5 inches scale-length

Controls

Controls materialblack controls
Number of control knobs4 control knobs
Pickup selector controls3-way selector switch
Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls2 volume controls

Electronics

Pickups configuration2 double coil pickups

Body

Body styleES-335 style
Hollow bodyhollow body
Pickguard materialblack pickguard
Soundhole2 f-holes

Fretboard

Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersoffset dot fingerboard position markers

Hardware

Hardware colorchrome hardware
Tailpiecetrapeze tailpiece

Neck

Number of frets20 fret
Tuner layouttwo-each-side

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DatePriceConditionNameComments
2018$500goodSerial #: 0103645

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