Epiphone and Gibson Custom Collaborate on an Exceptional Mandolin
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 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.
Serial Number: 2505240018
Weight: 2.4 lbs
Specs
Body
Body Style: F-Style
Body Shape: Gibson F-Style
Body Material: Solid Figured Maple
Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
Back: Solid Figured Maple
Side: Solid Figured Maple
Binding: 3-ply Top, Single Ply Fretboard; Ivory
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Neck
Profile: C-profile
Scale Length: 350 mm / 13.779 in
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: Compound
Neck Material: Figured Maple
Fret Count: 23
Frets: Narrow Medium
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 28.575 mm / 1.125 in
Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot
Joint: Glued In, Dovetail Joint
Hardware
Finish: Nickel
Bridge: Standard Adjustable and Compensated Mandolin, Ebony
Saddle Material: Ebony
Tailpiece: Modern Cast
Tuning Machines: Vintage F-style Inline with Pearloid Button
Pickguard: None
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover: Two-ply, Two-hole, Black
Strap Buttons: 1 - At Tailpiece
Miscellaneous
Strings Gauge: .011, .015, .026, .040
Case: Vintage Rectangular-style Black Hardshell with Green Interior
The Industry Standard for Professional Quality Mandolins
Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson's legacy through accuracy, authenticity, and attention to detail.
The F-5G is a Modern Collection version of Gibson’s iconic F-5 design. Tuned to the needs of modern mandolin players, its player-friendly specs include an unbound ebony fingerboard, a 14-degree fingerboard radius, no pickguard, and a short fingerboard extension. The neck and body are made from figured red maple and are coupled with a carved Sitka spruce top. The F-5G features refreshed specifications, contours, and construction
Serial Number: 50424022
Weight: 2.4 lbs
Specs
Neck
Profile: Wide Neck
Scale Length: 353.06 mm / 13.9 in
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 355.6 mm / 14 in
Neck Material: Figured Red Maple
Fret Count: 20
Frets: Medium
Nut Material: Mother of Pearl
Nut Width: 30.1625 mm / 1.187 in
Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot
Joint: Glued In, Set Neck
Body
Body Style: F-Style
Body Shape: F-5G Mandolin
Body Material: Two-piece Quarter Sawn Figured Red Maple
Top: Carved Sitka Spruce
Back: Two-piece Quarter Sawn Figured Red Maple
Side: Flat Sawn Figured Red Maple
Binding: Celluloid Nitrate; Multi-ply Top
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Hardware
Finish: Nickel
Bridge: Ebony
Tailpiece: Nickel-plated Tailpiece Cover, Engraved with "Gibson"
The Industry Standard for Professional Quality Mandolins
Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson's legacy through accuracy, authenticity, and attention to detail.
The F-5G is a Modern Collection version of Gibson’s iconic F-5 design. Tuned to the needs of modern mandolin players, its player-friendly specs include an unbound ebony fingerboard, a 14-degree fingerboard radius, no pickguard, and a short fingerboard extension. The neck and body are made from figured red maple and are coupled with a carved Sitka spruce top. The F-5G features refreshed specifications, contours, and construction
Serial Number: 50423012
Weight: 2.4 lbs
Specs
Neck
Profile: Wide Neck
Scale Length: 353.06 mm / 13.9 in
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 355.6 mm / 14 in
Neck Material: Figured Red Maple
Fret Count: 20
Frets: Medium
Nut Material: Mother of Pearl
Nut Width: 30.1625 mm / 1.187 in
Inlays: Mother of Pearl Dot
Joint: Glued In, Set Neck
Body
Body Style: F-Style
Body Shape: F-5G Mandolin
Body Material: Two-piece Quarter Sawn Figured Red Maple
Top: Carved Sitka Spruce
Back: Two-piece Quarter Sawn Figured Red Maple
Side: Flat Sawn Figured Red Maple
Binding: Celluloid Nitrate; Multi-ply Top
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Hardware
Finish: Nickel
Bridge: Ebony
Tailpiece: Nickel-plated Tailpiece Cover, Engraved with "Gibson"
The Mandocello is by far the least expensive instrument of its type available from ANY manufacturer, but boasts deluxe features not offered anywhere else. These include the patented Zero Glide nut and a Venetian-style cutaway body. The Mandocello also features a dual pickup system, which includes a jazz-style floating humbucker pickup, and a transducer pickup in the bridge (with a volume control knob and a knob for blending the two pickups), providing a superb plugged-in tone. The Mandocello has a maple back and sides and solid spruce top and is fitted with an adjustable ebony bridge, a pakkawood tailpiece and a two-way adjustable truss rod. All of this, AND a hard-shell case is included in the price! The Mandocello continues the expansion of Gold Tone's innovative "Folkternative" initiative, aimed squarely at providing amateur and professional players with the widest selection of plucked instruments in the world at affordable prices.