Orville Gibson invented the modern mandolin, and mandolins have been a part of Epiphone’s DNA since its earliest days. Company founder Anastasios Stathopoulo’s first (and only) patent, filed in 1909, was for a mandolin. Gibson Master Luthier Lloyd Loar designed the original F-5 mandolin in the early 1920s, and its eventual success even led to the creation of new musical genres, such as bluegrass. Now, Epiphone has collaborated with the Gibson Custom Shop on the new F-5G. Epiphone’s finest mandolin model to date, this exceptional Inspired by Gibson Custom Shop instrument is a faithful recreation of the time-honored original.

It features all solid wood construction with a figured maple back and sides and a solid Sitka Spruce top. The figured maple neck has an ebony fretboard with a compound radius (10” at the nut, 12” at the end of the fretboard) and an F-style scroll headstock with vintage-style tuners with pearloid buttons. Ornate touches include the three-ply top binding, mother-of-pearl “The Epiphone” and flowerpot headstock inlays, and the rich Cremona Sunburst finish. Whether you’re playing rhythmic chops or lead lines, its tone is balanced, deep, and resonant, with great carrying power.

A vintage-style rectangular hardshell case is also included.

Specs

Type	Hollow Body; Mandolin
Colour	Cremona Sunburst
Orientation	Right Handed
Number of Strings	8
Body Shape	Gibson F-Style
Body Material	Solid Sitka Spruce Top with Solid Maple Back and Sides
Neck Material	Figured Maple
Neck Shape	C-Profile
Fretboard Material	Ebony
Number of Frets	23
Fretboard Inlays	Mother of Pearl
Nut Material	Bone
Nut Width	1.125" (28.575mm)
Bridge	Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Ebony
Saddle	Ebony
Tailpiece	Modern Cast
Tuners	Vintage F-style Inline with Pearloid Buttons
Case/ Bag	Vintage Rectangular-style Black Hardshell with Green Interior