NGD: You'll Never Guess

[ImmortalSix]

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When they dont make QC standards and are sent off for refurb they are marked used and given a different serial # by the refurbishers- this way they are not eligible for normal warranty. So you do not have the original serial # and thus why you cannot find it on the online serial # tool.

Actual Epiphones serial #s will have a letter prefix to denote the factory it was built in (whether Korea, or China). And they are not stamped into the wood- they are done in white/black paint.

Good to know! That is almost exactly what the shop told me, so I am starting to believe it. I guess it got banged up at the factory and couldn't be sold as new. I can find a few things wrong with it, but my guess is that the big ding on the front is the thing that sent it to the minor leagues.

[ImmortalSix]

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Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd now for the SOUND CLIP!

http://soundcloud.com/hunterjsmith/l...stom-tone-test

[Agileguy_101]

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Wow - sounds pretty damn good. Not too keen on the mudbucker that's in the neck, but the bridge and middle positions are much more than passable. If I could only get a new neck pickup, I'd be fine with that.

Congtazi!

[guitarkid4143]

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I can't see the headstock, but I seriously doubt that you found a fake Epi in a brick and mortar guitar store.

Not exactly, I found a fake Ibanez in GC once...





AND I BOUGHT IT!!!

-gk

[youngthrasher9]

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That is easily the best sounding epi I have ever heard.

[JeffB]

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Heh, like your little Duncan pickup riff/licks you threw in the demo

I've had a few Epis that were tone monsters even with the stock waxbuckers, but I've never found one that sounded great AND was built worth a damn...at least for MIK/MIC versions. The best sounding one I ever had would rival any production standard I've owned since 1989 or so, but the danged thing had a truss rod that wouldn't work

[ImmortalSix]

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That is easily the best sounding epi's I have ever heard.

Thanks --- I just strung it up with 10s and its feeling a lot more like home (had 9s at the store) now.

[BloodRose]

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When they dont make QC standards and are sent off for refurb they are marked used and given a different serial # by the refurbishers- this way they are not eligible for normal warranty. So you do not have the original serial # and thus why you cannot find it on the online serial # tool.

Actual Epiphones serial #s will have a letter prefix to denote the factory it was built in (whether Korea, or China). And they are not stamped into the wood- they are done in white/black paint.

this is it.. Ive had Deans like this and even an EPI Elite and a Jackson DK2. They do that so they dont qualify for reg warranty , but more importantly, so dealers wont sell them at full rate. Ebay is full of pretty good deals (and some NOT so good) on (used) stamped guitars. My Jackson was perfect. The prob was that it was supposed to have the sustainer neck pup.. The sustainer didnt work, so they wired in a duncan neck pup. The only diff was that the guitar had a coil tap switch whereas most DK2s dont.
Dont sweat it. The guitar plays great, just enjoy it..
Guitar center had a knock off Gibson LP Custom for awhile.. It played and felt amazing. I thought long and hard about it cuz it was so good and was cheap, but I let it go cuz I dont want to support that. ($%#@$ morals.)

[BloodRose]

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Heh, like your little Duncan pickup riff/licks you threw in the demo

I've had a few Epis that were tone monsters even with the stock waxbuckers, but I've never found one that sounded great AND was built worth a damn...at least for MIK/MIC versions. The best sounding one I ever had would rival any production standard I've owned since 1989 or so, but the danged thing had a truss rod that wouldn't work

I have an Epi trans black (limited run) that is a great les paul.. Even the stock pickups suprised me. But I put some custom pups in it and its amazing.

[MetalManiac]

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Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd now for the SOUND CLIP!

http://soundcloud.com/hunterjsmith/l...stom-tone-test

A 1959 Les Paul Custom sounds better.

[misterwhizzy]

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A 1959 Les Paul Custom sounds better.

In other news, a Ferrari will outrun a Corvette.

[ImmortalSix]

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A 1959 Les Paul Custom sounds better.

a big reason I ended up with a Les Paul at all is listening to Glen Kuykendall play his '59 through his Trainwreck.

Not exactly the same as a HRD and an Epiphone, but hey

[MetalManiac]

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In other news, a Ferrari will outrun a Corvette.

Just jokeing, and no Ferarri on earth could touch a Top Fuel Vette.:22

[ImmortalSix]

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I am picking up what you're putting down, MM - party on!

[ImmortalSix]

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What gauge strings do most of you run on Les Pauls?

I just put 10s on, and it actually feels stiffer to me than a Strat / Tele with 10s.

I always / only use D'Addario EXL110s, I have a 50 pack of them or something ridiculous, but I am thinking of going to 9.5s on this guitar --- anybody who plays both Fenders and Gibsons care to chime in?