In 1954 the model had parallelogram fingerboard inlays and a vertical oval peghead inlay. The 1942 model had rectangular block fingerboard inlays and the original stick-pin Epiphone logo. After the takeover by Gibson, the FT-79 type designation was retained, but the body shape changed to one that resembled the slope-shouldered Gibson J-45 (but that guitar has a shorter 24.75" scale length, compared to the 25.5" of the Texan). Its body was a smaller jumbo model and is comparable to the later Guild F-47 (the Guild Guitar Company was started by ex-Epiphone employees after the company left New York). It was originally a walnut bodied guitar. The original, New York made Epiphone FT-79 is quite a different guitar. There have been numerous reissues of the Texan since their primary production period in the 1960s. ![]() After Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957, the Texan was produced in Kalamazoo, Michigan until 1970. The FT-79 was produced by the Epiphone company starting in 1942. ![]() Recent models have an integrated light-weight internal electric pickup fitted the original model was acoustic only. The Epiphone Texan is an acoustic flattop guitar of the (advanced) Jumbo type.
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