Super Rare Factory Black Epiphone Wilshire

Quite Possibly The Only One…

This super rare custom-color guitar weighs just 6.50 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of just over 1 11/16 inches and a scale length of 24 1/2 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck with a medium-to-thin profile, and a bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Two P-90 pickups with outputs of 7.92k and 7.84k. Symmetrical tortoiseshell plastic with silver epsilon with four screws. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles, separate stud tailpiece. All hardware nickel-plated. The epsilon on the pickguard has oxidized but the integrity of the pickguard has not been compromised. There are a few very minor surface marks but overall this exceptionally rare custom color Wilshire is in near mint (9.25) condition. Housed in the original Epiphone brown three-latch softshell case with dark brown felt lining (8.75). According to the Gibson records this guitar was shipped from the factory on April 4th, 1961. The ledger entry reads: "11129........SB-432 Black................4-4-61". This is the only factory black Epiphone Wilshire that we have ever seen…