Conference napalm::guitar

    Sounds like an Epiphone Coronet or Wilshire. I think the latter had two
    P-90's and the former had one.The ones I've seen were mahogany.
   These were made by Gibson. My guess for a price would be around
    $250-$300. They show up on dealer's lists sometimes. The top model, the
    Crestwood Deluxe, can get up to $750
    
    There was a hollow-body Coronet in the '40's.
    
    Danny W.

    Yup, if memory serves, the body was mahagony.  A really dandy little
    ax.  Thanks for the info.
    						joe

Yesteray, a friend brought over an old Epiphone archtop with pickup - he 
wants to get rid of it, so I wonder what year/value etc. it has:

It is a rather cute and small archtop guitar, only about 14" wide, maple(?) 
top and sides, f-holes, sunburst finish, 14 fret neck with MOP dot inlays, 
one built-in pickup quite near the bridge, two controls in the top, flat 
(plywood?) back with a removable plate for access to the electric stuff 
inside. On the headstock is a sort of triangular shaped metal plate with the 
"Epiphone" logo, on the back of the headstock is a punched number "5400" and 
another metal plate saying "patented licenced by Miessner Inventions, Inc... 
etc".

I didn't play it yet because the tailpiece is damaged and has to be repaired.

Any comments from you experts...?

FeliX. 

    According to Gruhn, this might be a Coronet. 
    
    14 3/8" wide. Blade PU with oblong housing, PU in bridge position, no
    hand rest, jack on top, knobs in a line parallel to strings, trapeze
    tailpiece, single bound top and back, unbound fingerboard, dot inlay,
    metal peghead logo plate, brown sunburst finish, Spanish or Hawaiian
    setup.
    
    Introduced: c. 1939
    Knobs close to edge, jack on side: 1942
    discontinued by 1950
    
    Most pre WWII epiphones electrics have a rectangular plate on the back
    of the peghead with 7 or more patent numbers licensed from Miessner
    Inventions Inc, Milburn NJ.

RE: .-1

Sounds very much like it, but this one has got a bound 
fingerboard. It also has got a pickguard.

The control knobs are close to the edge and the jack is on 
the side. You are right, there are a few patent numbers on 
the metal plate on the back of the headstock. 

The guitar is surprisingly heavy for this small size...

Is there a way to find out the exact year? Any idea about 
value? Overall condition of the guitar is very good, apart 
from broken trapeze tailpiece.

Thanks,

FeliX.

I noticed that the pickguard of the aforementioned old Epiphone archtop had a 
crack and it just broke apart when I took it off to clean the instrument (it 
was very dusty, not played for years and years...). 

Question: as it is the original or at least a quite nice and old pickguard - 
is it worth reparing it or should it just be replaced? If repair is possible, 
has anybody got experience what's the best way to do it/have it done? 
(type of glue?/material to double the broken area etc?) I will show it to a 
professional guitar builder I know, but I know he is not specialized in 
archtops - and so I wanted to ask the question here because I know there are 
some expert DECies out there... :->

Thanks for all your help!

FeliX.

 

Somebody I know wants to sell a 1954 Epiphone Devon (archtop, 17 3/8" body, 
spruce top, mahogany back, sunburst). Any idea what $ they are nowadays ?

FeliX.

    I saw one recently in average condition for $600.
    
    Danny W.