The Epiphone Wilshire Returns And Reissue Includes An Original Style

For Wilshire maniac this is good news from epiphone electrics, because the legend of Epiphone Wilsher will be reissue includes an original style.

With original examples virtually unobtainable today, the new 1962 Epiphone Wilshire offers a rare opportunity to acquire one of these seminal Epiphone electrics. This historic reissue includes an original style Epiphone Wilshire hard case, a numbered Certificate of Authenticity in leatherette binder, vintage-style coiled guitar cord, commemorative picks, a commemorative T-shirt and a 1962-style thin leather strap. The Epiphoe Wilshire will be available at select retail locations beginning in March 2009, at a suggested retail price of $4,832 in the USA.

Full specifications The Returns of Epiphone Wilshire:
Made at: Gibson Custom, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.
Body Wood: 1-pc; Peruvian Mahogany
Neck Wood: 1-pc; Peruvian Mahogany

Headstock: 17 degree; 3-on-a-side tuner configuration
Neck Joint: Set; Glued-in
Fingerboard: Madagascar Rosewood
Scale Length: 24-3/4"
Nut Width: 1-11/16"
Fingerboard Radius: 12"

Frets: 22; medium/jumbo
Neck Profile: Original 1960s Rounded Neck Profile
Fingerboard Inlay: Pearloid Dots
Machine Heads: Vintage Kluson with plastic buttons
Hardware: Nickel

Pickups: Two “soapbar” P-90’s with adjustable pole pieces
Authentic unit base with 1960’s construction
Controls: 2-Volume; 2-Tone; 1 Three-way Selector Switch
CTS potentiometers
Switchcraft Toggle switch and output jack
Bridge: ABR-1

Tailpiece: Aluminum Tune-o-matic
Pickguard: Imitation Tortoise with foil "E" logo
Color: Vintage Cherry
Strings: Gibson Vintage Reissue (10s)
Includes: Hard Case
Numbered Certificate of Authenticity

Reissue Owners Manual
Commemorative T-Shirt
Commemorative Picks
Vintage Coiled Cord
Vintage Thin Leather Strap