1941 Epiphone Broadway

[Soulero]

$3000 plus shipping, or local pickup in Los Angeles CA.

1941 Blonde Epiphone Broadway. Sounds and plays great. 2 pickguard assemblies (dearmond 1100 reissue (for bronze strings) and vintage vibe charlie christian (for nickel strings)), and easy to change between them with RCA jacks. Has some normal dings, dents, and finish checking for a guitar this age. Earlier this year I sold a Campellone archtop to Hammertone, so I'm familiar with shipping expensive archtops.

I just had it checked out by my luthier. The back has a professional repaired 6" crack that has been cleated. There is a 1" hairline crack on the top near the f hole that does not go through all the way. There is a 3" crack next to the tailpiece that has been professional glued underneath the top and is stable. There is also a similar size crack underneath the tailpiece that was professionally cleated underneath the top, which is hard to see and I never noticed before. None of the cracks were disclosed to me when I bought it except the back one. I tried to capture these in the pictures.

The neck is straight, and the truss rod works but can't be loosened much more (which is I've heard is common for these guitars). It has 13 gauge bronze strings on it.
I recently got it professional refretted recently and had a custom made compensated rosewood bridge saddle made for it by Mark Campellone. Comes with original case and bridge.

Here is the reverb listing for more pics:
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Here are the specs from when it was listed on Archtop.com a while ago:

Serial #: 18261, New York label
Body size at lower bout: 17 3/8" Scale length: 25 1/2". Nut width: 1 11/16"
Materials: Solid handcarved highly figured tiger flame maple back and sides; solid bookmatched handcarved Adirondack spruce top; solid cherry neck with 3-ply walnut/maple centerstripe; Brazilian rosewood fingerboard with mother of pearl inlay; ornate vine style mother-of-pearl peghead inlay and block fingerboard inlays, triple-bound body, bound fingerboard and headstock.
Hardware: All-original hardware includes gold-plated Frequensator tailpiece and Epiphone 16x1 epsilon logo tuners, compensated adjustable Brazilian rosewood bridge, bound firestripe tortoise pickguard, adjustable truss rod. 2 Pickgurand endpin jack.
Notes: Introduced in 1931, the Epiphone Broadway was a perennially popular model, and has remained in production, in various versions, on and off to this day. Built with the same body size and scale length as the Deluxe, the Broadway sports the same gold hardware, powerful voice and playable neck of its costlier cousin. Many feel the Broadway peghead vine is among the most graceful inlays ever designed, and this example is no exception. Upsized to 17 3/8" inches in 1935, the Broadway was first offered in a natural blonde finish (for a premium price) for the first time 1n 1939.
This fine example is in outstanding condition, with a particularly handsome tiger flame maple back, and a handcarved, quartersawn Adirondack spruce top. The guitar is fitted with all original gold hardware, including original Epi 16x1 tuners, the original "Patent Pending" Frequensator tailpiece, an adjustable truss rod, and the original adjustable compensated bridge with maple base, used only on natural finish instruments.

[Hammertone]

This strikes me as a fine deal, indeed. Wonderful guitars! Yes, Mr. Soulero had the foresight to order a Campellone with pretty much all of the specifications I would have chosen had I ordered it myself. It came well-packed and accurately described. Hooray for Soulero! Hooray for Mark Campellone! Hooray for me!

[Soulero]

This strikes me as a fine deal, indeed. Wonderful guitars! Yes, Mr. Soulero had the foresight to order a Campellone with pretty much all of the specifications I would have chosen had I ordered it myself. It came well-packed and accurately described. Hooray for Soulero! Hooray for Mark Campellone! Hooray for me!

Thanks Hammertone! I already regret selling that guitar.

[Soulero]

Still available. Taking offers.