Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

[KeeperOS]

Have any of you tried one? Was it any good?

I saw this while browsing the Music Store (German on-line store).
They sell these for 177€ VAT + 25€ shipping.
In short one could have one of these at his door for a net 200€ (actually 202€).

I'm tempted to try one out although I don't really have a use for one of them right now...

BTW, you can check it out here:

 

[St_Genesius]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

Looks a bit like the old...oh, what was it called...Olympic? Olympus? Something like that...

I'd buy it.

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

I have a 65 Epi Olympic, which is pretty much the same thing.

The neck feels awesome- I love the look... It's a good guitar.

The biggest con to the instrument as a general thing- the body is VERY light. Just because I'm used to playing 8 pound guitars- this thing probably is a touch under 6.

Again, mine is a 65.

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

Another issue is string ring behind the nut- because of the distance from the nut to the tuners and it's straight pull. I have a velco cable tie to kill the vibrations. It can be really annoying in some instances... Open D chord, open G chord...

 

[The Golden Boy]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

Looks a bit like the old...oh, what was it called...Olympic? Olympus? Something like that...

I'd buy it.

The Crestwood, Wilshire, Coronet and Olympic are all variations on the same body style/theme.

All I know is the Crestwood is the top of the line model, the Olympic the bottom of the line.

 

[Rich_S]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

The things that attract me to the originals were the P90's and the enormous baseball-bat mahogany neck. Looks like they've left both of those off the modern version.

 

[lex666]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

I think it looks cool and refreshingly different from everything else... Never played one tho...

...the control layout looks like it would take some getting used to...

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

Looks wise it's really beautiful, especially in white, I didn't care for it as much in cherry red.

However I don't want to just buy a guitar for its' looks, I want it to actually be playable and sound good so, I would be really interested in what someone that has played these current reissues has to say...

...the control layout looks like it would take some getting used to...

I agree, but where did I EVER leave the electronics in their stock form

 

[KeeperOS]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

Erm, so, guys, anyone actually tried it?

 

[Rich_T]

Re: Epiphone Wilshire? Anyone tried them?

Awesome! About time they re-issued those!