USA Map Guitars

In 1982 Epiphone offered prizes for test driving one of these new America Series guitars at your neighborhood dealer. The Grand Prize was a trip to Kalamazoo – “an All-American city” – for one day, plus three days in Nashville. During this promotion, the Epiphone U.S. Map guitar was conceived.

See Also: American Series

Contents 1 Models 1.1 USA Map Guitar 1.2 USA Map Guitar Reissue

Models

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USA Map Guitar

• 1982-1983
• Made in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Body:

• 3-piece Mahogany/Maple/Mahogany
• Carved United States shape

Neck:

• Set 3-piece laminated Maple neck
• Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
• 2-screw truss rod cover with "Special" printed
• Gibson-style open-book headstock with scriped "Epiphone USA" logo
• Pearl crown inlay on headstock
• 22 frets
• 24.75" scale
• 1.68" nut width

Electronics:

• Gibson 1959 Les Paul Reissue humbuckers
• 2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
• 3-way selector switch

Hardware:

• Chrome hardware
• Vintage-style tuners
• Schaller 455 wraparound tailpiece
• Amber speed knobs

Colors:

• Natural Mahogany

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USA Map Guitar Reissue

• 2005
• Made in Korea
• Based on the original 1980's Map Guitar

Body:

• Solid mahogany body
• Carverd United States shape

Neck:

• Set 3-piece hard maple neck
• Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
• Clipped-ear headstock with crown inlay
• Chrome hardware
• 22 frets
• 24.75" scale
• 1.68" nut width

Electronics:

• 2 Alnico Classic humbucker pickups
• 2 Vol. 1 Tone controls
• 3-way selector switch

Hardware:

• Chrome hardware
• Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
• Black reflector knobs
• Grover die-cast tuners

Colors:

• Natural Mahogany (NA)

Includes:

• Epiphone Gigbag

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