A Near Mint 'Inverness Green' 1965 Epiphone Wilshire.

This early 1965 super rare 'custom color' Epiphone Wilshire weighs just 6.40 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 9/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Solid mahogany body, one-piece mahogany neck, and Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Black faced headstock with gold silk-screened "Epiphone" script logo. Six-on-one-side 'single-line' Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons (secured by four screws). Two patent-number mini-humbucking pickups with black plastic surrounds and outputs of 7.36k and 6.91k, each with a rectangular black label on the underside with "Patent Number 2,737,842." Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch, all mounted on pickguard. The potentiometers are stamped: "134 6445" (Centralab October 1964). Black plastic ribbed-sided knobs with metal tops and red markings. Three-layer (white/black/white) plasic pickguard with ten screws. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic retainer bridge with metal saddles. Epiphone Maestro Vibrato tailpiece secured by three screws. This forty-five-year-old example is in totally original and near mint (9.25) condition, with no fading to the incredibly rare Inverness Green finish. There are a few very small and insignificant surface marks on the edges of the guitar. Housed in the original Epiphone rectangular dark gray hardshell case with blue plush lining (8.75).