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GALLERY: Vintage Epiphones of the 1930s

In the early 20th century, Epiphone was known as one of New York''s premier archtop builders. See 14 exquisite examples of early works and learn how the company changed in the first three decades of the 20th Century.

1936 Navarre
"The Navarre flattop was introduced in 1931 as a Spanish/Hawaiian instrument. The 1936 model here features a solid, spruce top in an English Brown finish with ladder bracing, mahogany back and sides, and a 20-fret mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard. Though stock Navarre bridges had staggered, bridge-pin holes, this version has them straight across."