Hiberna Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 i touched upon it last week however, i looked at it again and this is what stumped me. the serial number was fairly normal, it was made in korea, peerless plant, 1997. But the model was "Riviera VT SF". what the hell does it stand for? its not in the epi colour catalog. the guitar is very diffrent too, it has an epiphone bigsby like vibrato bridge and the finish is a metallic gold, compared to my riviera which was the same line which has a frequenzintor and is cherry. please help me finding out something about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Wild guess here....the SF usually means "Silver Flake" on the finish...but since your's is gold??? VT is probably Vibrato Tailpiece. Can't seem to find any references to the model "Riviera" you're alluding to, other than that of a "Silver Flake" version. Could the finish have "yellowed" and so it now appears to be more "gold?" Without photos, too...it's hard to tell. Is it a "sparkle" finish, or more like a "Gold Top" LP? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 More information from: www.guitar-museum.com/guitar-276-Epiphone-Riviera-VT-gold-GFS-bigsby-surf-rock-a-billy Hope that helps! Cheers, CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 wow good job charlie, that the exact one could be the same one, its exactly the same i saw here in a 2nd hand shop in england. its interesting that such a guitar traveled such a distance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 wow good job charlie' date=' that the exact one could be the same one, its exactly the same i saw here in a 2nd hand shop in england. its interesting that such a guitar traveled such a distance[/quote'] While not exceedingly common, those flake-job (they came in silver and it seems like some colors like red as well if memory serves) Rivieras also aren't that rare so I doubt it's the same guitar... Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Well, it could be...but it's probably just one of several that were made? Anyway, they're not "common," that's for sure! If they're not asking a fortune for it, might be worth picking up, if you've a mind to...? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 thing is they are, because they think someone customised it and stuff or that its one of a kind i tryed it out and its got a great tone, the only problem is that the electronics are shot in it. however they still want to ask £500 for it! (For you americans its $737.25) i'll take the evidence ive gathered and try to take them down to £300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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