Epiphone Roy Orbison 1962 Bard 12-String Acoustic Guitar

Roy Orbison 1962 Bard 12-String Acoustic Guitar description:

Epiphone Roy Orbison 1962 Bard 12-String Acoustic Guitar: created in cooperation with the legendary singer/songwriter Roy Orbison's estate, this guitar is based on Roy's own 1962 Epiphone "Bard" 12-string acoustic guitar.

A faithful reproduction of the 1962 Bard, the Epiphone Roy Orbison 1962 Bard Acoustic Guitar features a solid spruce top with hand-scalloped bracing, a solid mahogany back, a rosewood 12-string bridge and vintage tuners. As an added touch of authenticity, Epiphone adds the a replica of the original blue rectangular sound hole label.

Orbison used his original Epiphone acoustic guitar to write and perform many of his most well-known songs including perhaps his biggest hit "Oh, Pretty Woman."

The back of the guitar's headstock includes a replica of Roy Orbison's signature and the notation for the first measure of the world famous "Oh, Pretty Woman" introduction riff.

Epiphone Roy Orbison 1962 Bard main features include:

• Top Material: Solid Spruce with hand-scalloped bracing
• Back Material: Solid Mahogany
• Side Material: Mahogany
• Neck Shape: 1960's SlimTaper(TM)
• Neck Joint: Glued-In
• Truss Rod: Adjustable
• Scale Length: 25.5 in.
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood with pearloid "DOT" inlays
• Fingerboard Radius: 14 in.
• Frets: 20; medium
• Binding: Multi-Binding on body
• Pickguard: Imitation Tortoise with foil "E"
• Bridge: Rosewood; Reverse-belly 12-string
• Nut Width: 1-3/4 in.
• Hardware: Nickel
• Machine Heads: Vintage-style in-Line, 14:1 ratio with small cream buttons