SteveFord

I wonder if they get bonus points every time they use the word "iconic"? Good for Epiphone for finally coming back home.

I'm pretty sure that tx-ogre is correct. I remember my old Faded Cherry Flying V had stupidly hot pick ups in it. It also had a screw rattling around inside the control cavity somewhere right from the factory...

Oddly enough, I like the witch hat knobs on it the best, they really make the guitar. It brings back the era when the brown 335s with the trapeze tail pieces were out on the sales floor.

And some more:

At the very least Eno did synth and sound loops, I'm not so sure about songwriting credits. Here's some late Roxy for you:

This was one I could have done without, they were just hilarious.

Listen to them in order. The only one that I never cared for was Manifesto, it seemed like a throw away album while they were absorbed in solo projects but there are other people who really like that one.

A Firebird VII with improved pick ups would have been a welcome addition. Only the neck pick sounds any good on that model which is bizarre. Why bother having 3 pick ups?

I am happy to say I hated that band from the get go.

The details are hazy but I recall they had to dig through a bunch of them to find a Standard that wasn't screwed up for badbluesplayer.

I regret selling an awful lot of guitars and amps over the years for whatever stupid reason and I regret stopping playing for 25 years while work got in the way.

I wish they had spent a few more seconds with the Flying V with the strings going through the body like it's supposed to have. I agree about the hollow bodies, that's such an important part of the company even if they may be low volume sellers.

Bayonne.

Lucille due to the VariTone.

I looked in the mirror and I'm aged enough, no sense to make the guitar look the same way.

What would Alvin Lee do? Marshall stack.

You have good taste, that's a really handsome Les Paul.

What you really need is one of those Martin Backpackers.

Mutha, What part of the US are you planning on visiting?

Bang is right - what a great deal on a Studio!

Trade the Epi for the SG Special, sell the other Epi and add some cash for a Firebird V. The neck-through design is what makes the Firebird what it is.

Maybe hit Disney World on the way home from bike week?

Many years ago I used to walk past NYC's oldest hat store on a daily basis and eventually got suckered in and came out with a beautiful Stetson bowler. Pleased as punch with my purchase I went into a deli, picked up a bottle of Guiness Stout, a hard boiled egg and a copy of the NY Times and went down to Washington Square Park to read the paper and have lunch. I open my beer and start to see what craziness is going on in the world at large and I feel a TAP! on top of my hat. Looking up, what do I see but a pigeon's *** right above me. Where is a shotgun when you need it? My hat collection got destroyed in a flood many years ago and due to a recent heart attack I've been put on blood thinners and can now feel the cold like everyone else. Time to buy a hat (or 15). Here's one I picked up on CraigsList which was owned by a Scottish gentleman who would only take it out on special occasions like when he wore his kilt. It's a Lock & Co. Town Coke hat in perfect shape with the box. For anyone who cares, Lock & Co. is the one who created the bowler and it's built like a tank. Is there anyone else here who's into hats?

That is a beauty, congratulations!

I can't imagine going through that but good thing you're still alive and kicking.