Another Winner from Nashville

[dcburn mk.ii]

I don't get it either. When I first saw it I was thinking it would be priced around $1k, but I guess they must have to pay some sort of environment fee of $500-1k ($10k for CS Signatures, of course) per guitar for using nitrocellulose or something. It's strange the necks seem to be like the 2015 Gibsons that everyone pretty much disliked, so I can see why they went with it.

I must be stuck in time!
I cant think of an Epiphone Id pay $1k for...

What about that Gibson they just released that looks like a fucking tulip?

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

The stop tailpiece as a bridge is always retarded.

My Jr rips!
Pull that fucker off the wall and its always in tune.
Plays like a dream too.

Out of all the guitars I have owned, that cheapy Jr has stuck around.
Even if it is pee yellow...

 

[SpiderWars]

@skoora is right the early 60s Epis are killer guitars but yeah they do have a look. And those early Epis are expensive, as much or more than a same era Gibson Jr or Special.

And a stop bar can and should intonate perfectly with typical gage guitar strings. There’s a reason those Music City Bridges and similar work. Because with typical gage guitar strings, your saddles should ALWAYS line up with that typical double-ramp pattern you see. Always. If not, your nut isn’t cut right or something else is off but it ain’t the stop bar.

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

I must be stuck in time!
I cant think of an Epiphone Id pay $1k for...

That makes two of us.
It's the scarf-less joint tax.
Like rsm pointed out; USA.

 

[SpiderWars]

If you’re interested in a quick vintage Epiphone lesson.

 

[rsm]

Real Epiphones were known for their big archtop jazz boxes, like this '48 Emperor - earlier guitars were seen as equals to Gibson L-5

 

[Bardagh]

My Jr rips!
Pull that fucker off the wall and its always in tune.
Plays like a dream too.

Out of all the guitars I have owned, that cheapy Jr has stuck around.
Even if it is pee yellow...

I’ll believe it when I play it. I like Jr’s in theory and I like the TV Yellow even but I’ve never picked one up that had good enough intonation for me.

 

[Greazygeo]

My old Epi is pretty awesome. Too bad it was routed for a bridge humbucker and bridge / stop tailpiece before I got it. Nice neck and sounds really good.

I like that body style. Even Paul Gilbert used to play one.

Original ones go for big money.

 

[JerEvil]

The OG Epi’s are rippin’ Junior style guitars. Don’t remember them with that headstock though. The appeal to them though was they were always cheap for a vintage guitar, but sounded good. No point to them if it costs as much as a Gibson Junior.

Yeah they had that weird inline headstock, no?

I mean, they were always “unique” aesthetically

 

[Panhead5]

My Jr rips!
Pull that fucker off the wall and its always in tune.
Plays like a dream too.

Out of all the guitars I have owned, that cheapy Jr has stuck around.
Even if it is pee yellow...

Thanks-- You must be older .We need more insight like this ! They weigh 2 lbs. , wrap around tailpieces , Broken headstocks and most of them rip !!

 

[TotallyRadGuitars]

I'm all for bringing in more USA made guitars and the price is not totally unreasonable with that in mind except...

The body contours, pickguard, jack, headstock are all wrong (and maybe more). So it's not a reissue or reproduction of an old 60s one... that's fine, not every guitar has to be a copy of something that came before it. But in that case I just don't see the appeal, if it's not an authentic reissue for that kind of crowd, what modern player is into a guitar like this?

I hope it sells well for the sake of USA made guitars but at the same time I think this is going to be yet another thing discontinued after 2-3 years and they'll say "no one wants USA made guitars anymore"

 

[Panhead5]

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My old Epi is pretty awesome. Too bad it was routed for a bridge humbucker and bridge / stop tailpiece before I got it. Nice neck and sounds really good.

I like that body style. Even Paul Gilbert used to play one.

Original ones go for big money.

I was wondering when you were going to show up and save the thread!

 

[Matt300ZXT]

Well, even though I don't care for it, every guitar has its place in this world. And that guitar's place is in the trash.

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

I’ll believe it when I play it. I like Jr’s in theory and I like the TV Yellow even but I’ve never picked one up that had good enough intonation for me.

I get it, I have heard that plenty.
Mine I dont even consider TV yellow, and its almost a sticky/tacky, lol.
Its a Gibson Tribute model, Chicago Music Excahnge color.
I do enjoy the maple neck.
A few have played it, said I am lucky if that says anything...

Something about the simplicity of the wrap tail bridge and single pup.
I dig it.

 

[TheGreatGreen]

I'm all for bringing in more USA made guitars and the price is not totally unreasonable with that in mind except...

The body contours, pickguard, jack, headstock are all wrong (and maybe more). So it's not a reissue or reproduction of an old 60s one... that's fine, not every guitar has to be a copy of something that came before it. But in that case I just don't see the appeal, if it's not an authentic reissue for that kind of crowd, what modern player is into a guitar like this?

I hope it sells well for the sake of USA made guitars but at the same time I think this is going to be yet another thing discontinued after 2-3 years and they'll say "no one wants USA made guitars anymore"

Yep. I looked at a few pics of the original guitars and it's kind of unbelievable how much the beveling / rounding of the edges adds to the shape. It looks way better with them, strangely enough. The new guitar looks like a shop class student just remembered they had a project due in the morning and clumsily hacked something out of a wood blank.

And I'm also afraid that when this doesn't sell well, the company execs will do what most company execs do and learn exactly the wrong lesson from the failure. "People hate USA-made guitars. Let's take this exact same hideous thing nobody wants, with all the wrong parts and the wrong shape, and start making them overseas. Surely that will be a success. If not, well then obviously that will mean nobody likes guitar anymore."

 

[Bardagh]

I get it, I have heard that plenty.
Mine I dont even consider TV yellow, and its almost a sticky/tacky, lol.
Its a Gibson Tribute model, Chicago Music Excahnge color.
I do enjoy the maple neck.
A few have played it, said I am lucky if that says anything...

Something about the simplicity of the wrap tail bridge and single pup.
I dig it.

Dude yours looks like it has the real wraparound bridge with the actual compensated “saddle” cut-ins, so of course yours is going to be better. I’m talking about the ones that just have a slanted, smooth stop tail bar as a bridge like most Jr’s and this epiphone.

 

[SFW]

It's a reissue. They have a market...

 

[dcburn mk.ii]

Dude yours looks like it has the real wraparound bridge with the actual compensated “saddle” cut-ins, so of course yours is going to be better. I’m talking about the ones that just have a slanted, smooth stop tail bar as a bridge like most Jr’s and this epiphone.

Totally missed that!
My apologies.

 

[Greazygeo]

I was wondering when you were going to show up and save the thread!

Yeah God forbid anyone have or like something that isn’t a strat, LP or EVH related…I don’t like the pickguard, but the rest is cool.

 

[Greazygeo]

I’ll believe it when I play it. I like Jr’s in theory and I like the TV Yellow even but I’ve never picked one up that had good enough intonation for me.

My ‘55 LP Special with the factory wrap around intonated pretty well. I went ahead and grabbed the Music City bridge for it. It intonates about perfect now. Recorded alot of stuff for my new cd with it. Lots of more complex chords and voicings. No issues at all.