Description
1946 Epiphone Blackstone Archtop Acoustic
Sunburst 16″ Body USA
On Hold. More details to come, very original condition.
The Blackstone Epiphone was released in 1931 originally as a smaller 14 3/4″ body size. By 1934 the body size had grown to 15 1/2″. By 1936 the Blackstone had settled on a 16 3/8″ standard body size right through to the Blackstone being discontinued in 1949.
Features include Maple Back and sides, cello f-holes, trapeze tail piece parallelogram inlay. by 1939 a centre dip peghead by 1946 (the year of this Epiphone). Notched-diamond peghead inlay.
| Top | Carved Spruce |
| Back & Sides | Maple |
| Neck | Mahogany |
| Fingerboard | Brazilian Rosewood |
| Bridge | Rosewood |
| Nut | Bone |
| Tuners | Original |
| Finish | Original Sunburst lacquer |
| Carve | Full C |
| Nut Width | 1 11/16″ |
| Scale Length | 25 1/2″ |
| Truss Rod | Hex Key Adjustable |
| Inlays | Trapezoid |
| Headstock | Open book Script logo |
| Case | Hardshell |
| Repairs | Center seam reglue (below bridge) | Replaced tailpiece (vintage Gibson trapeze) |
