 | | 1966 Epiphone Granada |  | | The cutaway version of the Epiphone Granada, launched in 1965, was given the model designation E444TC |
| Model | Granada E444T | Granada E444TC |
| Available | 1962-1969 | 1965-1969 |
| Pickups | Single-coil fingerrest pickup (part PU-380) |
| Scale | 24 3/4" |
| Body | Maple top and back with a mahogany rims. 16 1/4" wide (lower bout), 20 1/4" long, 1 3/4" thick. Single-ply binding, front and back. | Identical to the E444T, with the addition of a single Florentine cutaway |
| Neck | Single-ply mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays. 20 frets, body meeting the body at the 14th fret. Unbound. |
| Hardware | 1 volume and 1 tone control. Rosewood compensated free floating bridge with trapeze tailpiece. Nickel plating throughout. |
| Finishes | Shaded |
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The Epiphone Granada was introduced in 1962, and like all 1960s Epiphones, was built at Gibsons guitar plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Most Epiphone models were based on a similar Gibson model, and this was no exception, being practically identical to the Gibson ES-120T. It was a thinline acoustic, with the same body size as the Gibson ES-125T or the Epiphone Sorrento.
The pickup was a single coil unit, mounted into the scratchplate. It was the same part as used in the Gibson Melody Maker guitars, part number PU-380.
In 1965 a single cutaway version was also introduced, however this is somewhat rarer than the non-cutaway version (See Epiphone Granada shipping figures.
The Granada was the least expensive hollow-body guitar in Epiphone's range, listed at just $149.50 at its launch in 1962; less than all Epiphone solid bodies too, with the exception of the single-pickup Epiphone Olympic and Olympic Special.
Both cutaway, and non-cutaway Granadas were removed from the line in 1969, when production of Epiphones switched from Kalamazoo to Japan. |
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