Epiphones are so awesome

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Bludave said:
Yes.... thats pretty much it. Epi had a production line where they had say seven or eight people working a particular function, much the way Martins were made. Epihone never really cranked out the numbers like Gibson and there quality was very good. They were always more avordable, but had excellent build quality. A real working musicians guitar.

I had a lengthy conversation with a guy in his 70's who made his living playing in big bands. His main Axe was an Epi for 30 years. He felt it sounded and played better than any of the other guitars of the day. His opinion and his guitar. I think we all like to feel that our guitr is the best. :)
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Awesome! That's like Hamer.

When I said mediocre guitars earlier I meant that I think Gibson didn't make them to as high of a standard. I've never played the Japanese epis from the 70s.

Luke
 
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butnut said:
How many of these guitars have you owned/played? There are really bad Gibsons out there too, I can't believe ALL the early Japanese Epi's were bad...
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I've owned one (kind of a Casino with humbuckers and a bolt on neck), and played a fair amount. Pretty much all the early Japanese Epis were "not good guitars." I'm sure you've played them too, or guitars that came out of those factories- the almost real wood necks, the nowhere near wood pressboard bodies, the lots of chrome and switches, the magical trussrod nut that does nothing, and the necks that were more suited to toss arrows than fret notes.
 
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Add me to the list of Epi fans (well, sorta), too. I've got an LP Standard, and for my money, I'd say it was a good enough deal. I've got it rigged with a Phat Cat in the neck and a Gibson 57 Classic+ in the bridge, and it sounds pretty damn good, if I do say so myself. The neck pup is noticeably hotter than the bridge, but it still sounds quite good, and I like my neck pickup a little hotter than the bridge.

Anyway, it's a good guitar, but replacement parts are practically non-existent, and the problem is only made worse by cheaply made pearloid machine head buttons. Otherwise, I've had no serious problems. I've always wanted to change the hardware to black/gold, and I can never find anything that fits, but having creme/nickel hardly equates to an emergency.

As for problems with tuning/itonation... well, I just don't have any, really.
 
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hehe, the only arrow tosser guitars I played were old Tiesco's and Slivertones...hey Dr, you can find parts for your Epi...they have to made for Epi as the Gibson stuff looks the same but is different sized and metric.
 
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Well all I have to say is that I have a 1988 Epiphone Spotlight CMT (Curly Maple Top) that they made for less than a year under threat of lawsuit from PRS....they made the Spotlight for several years but in 1988 decided to try and compete with PRS and made them with a highly figured curly maple top, neck through construction, three peice neck, wings on body and the top on this thing is freakin 1/2" thick at some points (if not thicker). I added the seymour duncans (don't know what came stock, didn't have the stock pickups when I got it..just some crappy cheap things and the coil tap was already disconnected) ..like I said, coil tap at one point, but not anymore. I also added the Graphtech Ferraglide tuners. Now it's a serious tone/playing machine. It's my sister's number 1 axe now...I gave it to her after all the upgrades...this pic does NOT do it justice

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