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EPIPHONE FT-150 BARD

12-STRING ACOUSTIC 1976

This came from a folkie in Maldon who'd not been able to play jigs and reels on it very well. I've found they sound quite good!

It's a beautiful even-tempered guitar, sounds great amplified and stays in tune for about a year at a time. It's also lasted very well for a 12-string and still has a great action - hence its virtues for fingerpicking.

I fitted a bone saddle and nut in the 80s, and it has an Armstrong transducer under the bridge.

These 70s Japanese Epiphones, with a confusing range of models and serial numbers, are much underrated, in my opinion.

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