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[12 Nov 2009 | Comments Off on Epiphone Roy Orbison 12-String | 4,834 views]
Epiphone Roy Orbison 12-String

Announced ages ago as a ‘coming soon’ teaser, the Epiphone Roy Orbison 12-String has now been released.
This is a reproduction of the ’62 Epiphone Bard guitar on which he wrote and performed a crap-load of famous songs, including one about a prostitute with a heart of gold who falls in love with Richard Gere.
This has a solid spruce top and solid mahogany back.  No mention of the sides, so I’m guessing they’re laminated (certainly not the end of the world).  Oh, and it has twelve tuners.  That’s six better than …

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