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  1. As I'd recounted in another thread, the majority of my experience was with the Korean Epiphones (Saein in particular). Was extremely partial to them because of the nearly flawless construction & consistency. This past spring, I bought a new "Iced Tea" burst Epi Les Paul Standard online. Was interested in trying the Probuckers & the Coil-split options. The asking price was impossible to turn away from, so I pulled the trigger. The seller stated that it was from the Indonesian factory. I tried not to have any expectations one way or the other & figured I'd return it if I didn't care for it, or felt it was not up to the quality of the Saeins I'd had in the past. Truthfully, it's one of the nicest Les Pauls I've ever played, never mind owned. Fit & finish are Class A, the Probuckers may not be Gibson, but they're damned nice in a band-mix (single-coil & humbucking both). The electronics are noiseless, no crackles, pops or scratchiness. Still haven't opened it up to see whether they're alpha of full-sizes because it really doesn't matter to me. For the first time, I bought an Epiphone that I have not customized, modded or tampered with in anyway. Doesn't need it. Likewise, outside of threads such as this one, I don't really give a thought to where it was made. Again, doesn't matter to me. Did I just get lucky or is this the current trend for Epiphone production? I have no way of knowing, but I'm still mightily impressed & pleased with this instrument. Of course, YMMV, but there it is...
  2. Just for perspective...how many of us eat hot dogs, bologna or salami...or even better...scrapple? Do you like them? Can you really say you know what the hell's in them? But you eat them anyway, right? One certainly has the option of buying the "premium" bologna for $7.00 a lb and the butcher will even tell you the name of the dachshund he ran through the slicer to get those delectible slices of meaty goodness, but most of us (especially those of us on budgets) buy the $2.99 "God-Only-Knows-What's-In-There" brand. Slap a little mustard on there and you & your "modded" sammich are good to go. Same goes for your guitars...if you're on a budget and "good" will have to do instead of "best," you buy an Epi. You may not know what it's made of, but it'll sound pretty good. You want it to sound a little better? Drop some new pickups in there. If you want to be sure exactly what's in your guitar, and/or you just can't live with anything less than the best, buy the "premium" Gibson. But you know you'll be paying a "premium" price for it. We've debated/questioned/*****ed about what Epi builds their guitars out of at least as long as I've been around this forum and Epi's still not tellin' or changing the practice. Don't expect them to anytime soon either.
  3. I just added my 10th Epi to the collection ('07 Honeyburst Standard + Top) which is EE. The other 9 are all not only Korean, they're also all Saein guitars. They're all pretty outstanding instruments, especially at the prices I paid. I was pretty discouraged by the Chinese Epis I played until I found the newest LP which, as I said was an EE. The others I'd played up to that point were all DaeWon and they were universally garbage. In fairness, I think it was Coop on the old forum who mentioned that he had a few DWs and thought they were pretty nice, so I guess Chinese QC just hasn't hit it's stride yet.
  4. No, they are definitely not weight relieved, nor are they chambered (excepting the Ultra). If the guitar is on the light side (for an LP), it's because whatever wood they're using is far less dense than real mahogany.
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