 | EPIPHONE WILSHIREThe Epiphone Wilshire was introduced in 1960, three years after Gibson had bought the Epiphone Guitar Company and moved production to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Its double cutway body design allowed easy access to the upper frets, coupled with its light weight, intonatable bridge and playability made it a natural competitor of the Fender Stratocaster. The original design of the Wilshire (from 1959 to 1962) had two P90 pickups(white from 1959 to 1960, then black from 1961 to 1962), a 3 per side headstock, symmetrical pickguard and a solid mahogany body and one piece neck. |
| No image yet | EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.)Production of the Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) began in 1966 and ended in 1968 |
Specifications:
| Model | Image | Number of strings | Scale length |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 |  | 6 strings | 24.75 inches scale-length |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | No image yet | - | - |
| Model | Body material | Body shape features |
|---|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 | mahogany body | double cutaway |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | - | - |
| Model | Bridge | Hardware color | Tailpiece |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 | ABR-1 bridge | chrome hardware | stop tailpiece |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | - | - | - |
| Model | Fingerboard material | Fingerboard position markers |
|---|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | - | - |
| Model | Neck joint | Neck material | Number of frets | Peghead (headstock) | Tuner layout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 | set neck | mahogany neck | 22 fret | Batwing headstock | six-in-a-row tuners, three-each-side |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Model | Pickup selector controls | Tone controls | Volume controls |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 | 3-way selector switch | 2 tone controls | 2 volume controls |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | - | - | - |
| Model | Pickups configuration |
|---|---|
| EPIPHONE WILSHIRE 1959 to 19701977 to 1979 | 2 humbucker pickups, 2 soapbar pickups, P-90 pickup(s) |
| EPIPHONE Wilshire 12-string (U.S. Mfg.) 1966 to 1968 | - |
