EA-260
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Upon Epiphone moving its manufacturing operations to Japan, the Rivoli was discontinued and replaced with the bolt-neck EA-260 as part of the EA-Series line of instruments. In 1969, Epiphone had abandoned manufacturing of instruments in America and started importing Epiphone-branded instruments from the Matsumoku company in 1970. These instruments were not based on previous Epiphone or Gibson designs, but were merely re-branded Matsumoku guitars already in existence. The EA-260 was among these first imported Epiphone instruments. It had a maple laminate body, maple bolt-on neck and two doublecoil pickups. In 1976 the entire EA-Series was replaced by the ET-Series guitars and ET-Series Basses. |
See Also: Matsumoku Industrial Company
Models:
- Model 5120/E (1970-1971)
- Model EA-260 (1972-1976)
Body:
- Double cutaway body
- Select hardwood top, sides and back
Neck:
- Bolt-on 3-piece adjustable neck
- Rosewood fingerboard with offset dot inlays
- 20 frets
- 15.75" body width
- 1.875" body depth
- 30.5" scale
Binding:
- 2-ply neck
- 3-ply top
- Single-ply back
Electronics:
- Double-coil pickup with staple pole pieces
- 2 Vol. 2 Tone
- 3-way selector switch
Hardware:
- Chrome hardware
- Deluxe tuners
- Adjustable "precision" bridge with mute
- Trapeze tailpiece
- Raised black pickguard with foil "E" emblem
- Black witch hat knobs
Colors:
- Cherry Red
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