RobinTheHood

Do you really think they are going to give you $50 cables with a guitar?...or even $30 cables? They could rightly give you nothing but a guitar and a warranty card and still charge the same price. They are just "practice" cables. And that is exactly what I do with cheap cords...practice with them until they brake...then toss 'em. I save the Planet Waves for rehearsals and gigs. I think the bigger point here is that some of these stores steal the extras and keep them for the employees. Cheap or not, if you buy a guitar that comes with swag, you are entitled to the swag.

Right on. Just making sure. Every week I see someone on Craigslist or Ebay trying to sell a "rare" 310 for $300+. I gotta put the word out there.

The average price for a T-310 on the used market is about $150 USD. $180 USD for new/old stock is decent, but not fantastic. A new/old stock T-310 should top out at about $200. No more, with maybe the exception of a T-310 Custom (ash body). The guy selling one on Ebay for $325 is living a pipe-dream. For some reason, people think these guitars are rare. They are not. The rare ones are the T-310 & S-310 Custom models. But they still do not command a high resale price. The T-310 is about the equivalent to a Squier Affinity model...except that the old Epi Teles (minus the customs) had ply bodies - as where Squier uses Alder wood.

I did. It came in two peices. And it looks like it was cut that way at the factory. Very strange.

I had a crack that looked exactly like that on my Kingston acoustic with a mahogany neck. Couldnt tell if it was just the laquer or a bonafide crack. So I scraped the laquer off an found out it was indeed a crack in the neck. So I broke the hadstock off and glued it up. It repaird just fine. Too bad the rest of the guitar is a piece of junk. It looks a little too high to be a scarf joint crack. I thought scarf joints were a tad lower on the neck...not right at the base of the headstock. Hard to tell from the pics.

LOL! (pause) LOOOOOOOOLLLLL! Nickvz' date=' nice guitar! It looks to be in great shape. I see an amp, keyboard, guitar, a couple gigbags...whatever this mess is that you are talking about, I dont see it

Hmmm...I do believe this is the first time I've ever seen anyone ask about a T-310. Welcome to the forum and lets see those pics!

Some had 21 frets, some had 22 frets and some had 24 frets (probably on the higher end models). I'm not sure how they determined which ones got how many frets, but I've seen later models with 21 frets. The wiki's info isnt really conflicting. It is just incomplete/innacurate. If you look at the pic on the wiki, the guitar clearly has 21 frets, although the wiki states 22 and ONLY 22. They also claim that the S-500 was basswood, but it wasnt. It was laminate just like the rest of them. Not sure where they got that info...

Your guitar is an S-310. The maple neck versions were called "customs", I believe. Not custom shop, though. As for the bridge, I hear of a lot of people wanting to block the trems. I'm not really sure why though. I have two strat guitars; one with a vintage trem and one with a two point fulcrum like yours. I dont use the tremolos ever, and I never have problems with them going out of tune or any other issues that may be trem related. I really dont understand the logic behind this desire. If its floating, just screw the bridge screws down to restrict the movement. Its not 100% on a two point fulcrum, but really, they arent a problem like Floyds can be. This actually works really well with a vintage tremolo.

Ah. I see now. I didnt notice the differences in the first post. Thanks...and wow! That lam job is terrible. Thanks for the heads-up on that. I had no idea... Well, why didnt you say so? I'd have kept my fool mouth shut.

I'm not sure what you mean. Perhaps you could explain the differences. I'm not so sure that an inexperienced person such as myself would discern between the two without knowing the difference in method and results.

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.

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.

<---And like this. I am well aware of the difference.

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.

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.

So the op's guitar is Korean and the other in American made. Well, that would explain some of the differences.

Do you have the catalog link?