Epiphone Howard Roberts HR-1
Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1994 to 1998
The HOWARD ROBERTS HR-1 model was made by Samick for Epiphone between 1994 and 1998. It was a contemporary reissue of the 1960s Epiphone Howard Roberts model. The HR-1 had a floating mini-humbucker pickup and a hollow laminated curly maple body with oval soundhole. The peghead has a Howard Roberts signature and a tree-of-life inlay.
The Korean HR-1 replaced the Japanese made "1960s Howard Roberts" model in 1994 - both these reissue models came out after Howard Robert's death in 1992 so he would not have played them himself.
Source: the unofficial Epiphone wiki & Epiphone catalogs.
Specifications (16)
Controls
| Number of control knobs | 2 control knobs |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups brand and model | Epiphone mini humbucker |
| Pickups configuration | 1 humbucker pickup |
General
| Finish colors | red finish |
| Made in | Korea |
| Binding | 5-stripe body-binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body back material | laminated maple body back |
| Body sides material | laminated maple body sides |
| Body top material | laminated maple body top |
Hardware
| Hardware color | gold hardware |
| Tailpiece | trapeze tailpiece |
Neck
| Neck width | 1.68 inches wide at nut |