With their big reunion approaching this is a great opportunity to get a Japanese Matsumoku made Epiphone Riviera, the same model used by Bonehead of Oasis. This example is in superb condition and has all the hallmarks of a Matsumoku guitar such as the fret nibs, serial number style, Japan markings on hardware and its distinct shape. 

The body is of laminate Maple construction. It comes with the original three ply pickguard with the printed black ‘E’ logo. It also has the period correct rectangle tan label inside the body below the upper f-hole. The body has 16” body width and 1.75” body depth.

The neck is made of three piece Maple with volute. The rosewood set fingerboard joins at the 19th fret and has parallelogram inlays. There is a 3 screw single ply white truss rod cover with a black ‘E’ logo. The neck has 22 frets at 24.75 scale length.

The binding over the body and neck is 1-ply with the binding going over the fret ends. The pickups are Maxon MMK-61 humbuckers, with 2 volume & 2 tone witch hat style knobs. There is also a three way pick up selector switch.

The hardware is chrome with Epiphone Gotoh style Machine head tuners and a Tune-o-matic bridge. The bridge is a stop bar tailpiece style.

Included is the original Epiphone case but this does have a broken hinge on the underside so caution needs to be exercised when carrying it in its case.

A great guitar to play and an excellent example of 80s Japanese vintage. If you are looking for one of these then I doubt if you'll find a nicer one!