freddairy

I've got two Epis in home right now. 2013 IBJL Casino and a 2013 Elitist. I will not use the term "bad" to describe the quality of the IBJL. Infact, in some ways the neck feels better for my bigger hands. But structurally the Elitist booms unplugged, the guitar sounds alive and the bass strings actually reverberate through the entire body(I can actually feel this while I hold it). The IBJL unplugged feels no different than my semi-hollow bodies. The neck IBJL looks like the headstock is it's own entirely separate piece. Where as the Elitist looks to be one piece. Is this a question of quality? I don't know. I would assume one is cheaper to do than the other. I'm sending the IBJL back, not because it's "bad" quality but the Elitist is "more" of a guitar. Does that make sense? The IBJL has the pickup upgrade and wiring that the stock Chinese models don't have. The stock Chinese electronics IMO bring the overall quality down. To put this in context I had 3 2013 USA Gibson models this past summer and each of them went back, or up to eBay. I'll probably get hung for saying this but the Elitist quality wise in terms of set up attention to detail surpasses even the USA models I had. With that said, "bad" quality guitars are made regardless of the maker's country origin.

Hey I noticed your bridge is set kinda low. Is that normal on SGs? My Les Paul's bridge sits really high off the body but my new SG Original's Bridge is kinda low. I'm worried it might be problematic in the future.