Muskank Sally

AMS @ $699

If everybody had an ocean...then everybody'd be surfin'!! If you can't feel that vintage wind then you're just numb. I Learned real quick how to tune it up, it sings! It's just an incredible guitar. I've been waiting , now she's here. Alnico Classic Magnets! Not Ceramic as was stated on a website.

I sure like mine A good set-up and some Dimarzio's and have at it! Dimarzio Tone Zone-bridge/PAF Pro-neck Push/Pull pots - Gibson TP-6 tailpiece Unsung Korea '07 has a very woody smell

Pre-Bennett Samick. it looks so cool There is a place called Woodies in Rock Hill that has a couple of the more recent ones and though they are nice, they still feel completely 'Epiphone'.

I have a 2006 G-400 Custom from Saein (I) Korea. It is a beautiful guitar. Nonetheles, mine came with Pros' and Cons Cons: crappy bridge & tuners Poorly Cut Nut: Was binding and causing a fuss. I used it but had the slots widened out and graphite added. It is OK to this day. The old B-2 bridge was very problematic because the saddles would not hold still, constantly vibrating and losing intonation. A $25 Gotoh replacement cured that. The Gold Grover tuners that were on this guitar could not have been worse. They would not stay-tight to hold tuning and were unlike the Grovers that are on my newer Epiphones that have never slipped once and are amazingly tight.... I ordered some Sperzel Locking Tuners and had them installed Problem cured Of course another set-up and I added a TP-6 for my own tuning satisfaction Pros: Good Neck: The frets and the feel of the neck are outstanding. I have been told by a couple of players that the neck feels as good as an actual '61 Custom and that the frets needed no work. Good Pickups: The '57 replica's that came with it were smoking hot and the switching was unique and friendly in it's delivery of combinations. regardless they were swapped out for Duncan Distortions in the need for an even hotter sound, I added push-pull pots to it as well. Durable body and paint: This guitar had a run in with a ceiling fan shortly after the Sperzels were put on. What happened? I lifted it over my head in the playroom while jamming with my son. Whack! I was scared to look... Needless to say the iron cast body and neck of this guitar rang through unscathed. There was a tiny little dent on the edge of one of the Sperzels that took the knock. The guitar never showed a sign of damage. To this day I wonder how the hell I got away with that. Must be fate. She belongs to me forever. My best Epiphones are the LP and the SG Vintage, both made at Qingdao China between 2007 and 2009....they only needed set-ups. (The LP of course got new pickups by my choice)

Find any Sam Ash catalog from 2005 and it's loaded with them. They sold them alongside the Carlo Robelli brand as their 'house brand' for a few years. I actually thought Micheal Kelly guitars were the replacement for the Carlo Robelli name ( one came in as the other shuffled out..) but it wasn't to be. Most of the Brownsville guitars were made at Daewon China's Rally factory that produces dozens of OEM names, including Epiphone. I got a Brownsville Mini travel guitar at Sam Ash free back in 2006 with my purchase of over $250 (they used to give ya free stuff, remember that?) Turns out it was the same thing Hofner sells as the 'Shorty'. Damn good little guitar that had a hot pickup and never went out of tune. After I got more guitars, I actually gave it to a buddy of mine that loved the radio and jammin to it, but had nothing more than an old Kay Bee Toy plastic acoustic guitar with 4 strings. I felt so sorry for him. He worked so hard and had literally nothing. I gave him the Shorty and a tiny handheld Marshall amp for Christmas in 2007. Enough to get him started. That was a gift worth giving.

Those are the stock tuners that came on it. Steinberger Direct Drive 40:1 The strange thing is they are around $100 if bought by themselves at Stewmac. Goldies are $149! http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/Guitar,_solid_peghead_tuners/Steinberger_Gearless_Tuners.html

Another Unsung hero!

LP Goth with a Floyd? OK. That's interesting... Can't say I've seen That one yet.

I only recently started to tout Quingdao the leader, (but Smoke had a Big Influence) Before that It Was Saien. Here is the beautiful 2007 EE LP Plus: