RobinTheHood
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What the....?
I go on the road for a few weeks ' date=' take a quick check in from a remote computer, and find the place a wreck!!!
Anybody else wish that Gibson/Epi would just bite the bullet already and switch to a php...?
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Thats the ticket! PHP is the way to go.
Back to your normal broadcasting...
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Our guitarist used to play a Brownsville just like the one for auction until it developed a very serious crack in the neck. It was before I was in the band so I dont know a lot about the guitar. He said it was a cheapie but he really liked the guitar alot. For $90 I think it is worth it.
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Haha' date=' no offense intended.....
I was reallly clarifying more for myself.
So is it possible that there are not only the Pro and Pro II, but offshore, US, standard, deluxe, etc... type variations? It's such a weird model to begin with, and it seems odd to me that Epiphone would go to such lengths for those variations, only for 2 years of production.
So. Strange.[/quote']
Possibly. We know now that there were USA & Korean versions that are very different.
I would like to say that it doesnt seem likely that they would vary it that much for only a 2-year run,
but look at the S-series. There was the 210-900. But 400-900 only ran for 4 years.
With Epiphone anything is possible. They do alot of weird, small runs and for some reason I have
the feeling that THEY cant even keep track of them.
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<---And like this. I am well aware of the difference.
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Yes, it is the Pro series. I was just using the S-series as an example of price tiers.
I should have had this in parenthasese (Like the S-5000, 600, 700 and so on for the S-series.)
Sorry for the confusion.
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Thanks! Yeah, $10 a month to look at old catalogs is crazy unless you are a dealer.
Maybe I'll get fed up and take the dive someday. Save them all to my HD and cancel the subscription. Hehe.
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Note that the American-made guitar has a two-screw TRC. The Korean one has the usual three-screw TRC.
So the op's guitar is Korean and the other in American made.
Well, that would explain some of the differences.
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Do you have the catalog link?
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Well' date=' you do searches on discontinued models... and some places say Epiphone Pro, some places also say Pro II. I'm just a bit confused... especially when you put my black guy against the white guy originally started in the thread. They're the same body, head, bridge style... but there are so many other huge differences: set painted neck vs lacquerd bolt on, stamped serial vs sticker, decal 'Epiphone' vs inlayed. Schaller vs Gibson on the bridge. Pickup covers vs in the nude... it's all so interesting on a guitar that hardly anyone's seen before.
Just curious, mostly. [/quote']
Oh man! I've been searching for many of these answers for all of the 80's Epi strats for the past couple of years.
Well, As far as the things you mentioned, I would have to say the difference is price tiers. Like the S-5000, 600, 700 and so on for the S-series...or maybe even different model years...although from what people say, there were only two years of production.
As for as the Gibson Floyd, you got me on that one. Maybe thats what they were using. It's not likely that Epi would put a Gibson stamped bridge on their asian guitars, but for the USA models, maybe. But, thats just a stab in the dark.
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How much more ID do you need? I think you have it pretty much covered.
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3. Laminated Body.
This is not necessarily true.
The G-1275 double necks have laminated bodies (as well as the older Korean Epiphone strats and other low end models not worth mentioning).
6. Real Epiphones made in Korea have 8 digit serial numbers.
Not in the 80's.
They had 6 or 7 digits with no OEM initial at the beginning.