RobinTheHood

In my area, metro Detroit, prices can vary wildly for any LP standard. Anywhere from $250 - $400 depending on the seller. That's the best I can do for value. Trans green may or may not fetch than the average price in your area. It really depends on the market.

Undertow and Opiate. Opiate sounds nothing like any of the other albums. It's so raw and heavy. Undertow was great because it was so different than anything else at the time. Everything after that sounded like undertow but not as good creatively. More technical and less feeling. I'm kind of jaded, so I have no interest in the new album.

Epiphone, along with most other brands, moved the scarf joint from the neck to the bottom of the headstock.

Japan used their own serial number system. It's just a coincidence. However, there were duplicate serials during the earlier USA runs of Epiphone guitars as well, so it's not unique to the Japanese guitars. The USA runs were more difficult to figure out, but the Japanese duplicates are easy because of the different labels and construction differences. Back in the day, Epiphone wasn't good at keeping records of their serial and with Japan having a the same amount of digits as much earlier Epiphones, overlap was inevitable.

It's a terada. No orange labels on the American made or matsumoku Epiphones. I've never heard of spaces between numbers on the serial indicating anything and honestly, I'm not sure that's even a thing. I've been studying Epiphone serials for ten years and have never heard of that. Either way, it's definitely not American made and is certainly Japanese as indicated by the amount of serial digits and the three screws on the truss cover. Though, many Japanese Epiphones had only two screws, that didn't apply to archtops.

I've seen one of these show up years ago. Not exactly sure what it is. It's obviously some version of the 335/Dot, but it predates the dot release in 1997. I can tell it's older than 1997 by the angle of the logo on the headstock. It's probably from 1996, as that was the last year that the logo went straight across the headstock instead of on an angle like you see on all Epiphones from 1997 until the current day. As well, neither the production model dot, nor 335 came with the clipped ear headstock. In 2000 Epiphone changed headstocks from the clipped ear style to the elongated style, but that was mainly on acoustic guitars and this guitar predates those. The binding on the neck is curious too. My only guess is that this is either a prototype or a pre-production test market run. The lack of a label is odd as well, and thats where the serial number should be. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Sometimes these oddballs show up and there's just no explanation for them that we have access to.

Unsung, 1996. Les Paul standard. Limited edition trans green.

1996

The pickups are called Tech II. They were a short lived brand that Epiphone made for a few years. I don't know much more about them than that. Probably medium to high output. Here's more info on the guitar. http://epiphonewiki.org/index/S-Series.php#S-800

I've already answered whether or not it's authentic. Yes, It is. In good condition these seem to fetch around $300 give or take. The problem is finding someone locally who knows what it is and likes them...unless you want to ship. Also, that's not a KB trem. That's a Bennder trem and thank your lucky stars because the KB was prone to breaking and hard to replace because of the routing and it's obsolescence. The Bennder was a bit better, but the blocks like to crumble after they age. Fortunately you can replace it with a Floyd Rose with only a little modifications to the body if you have to.

FT570SB is actually the model of the guitar. Not sure of its value, but here is some info on it. http://epiphonewiki.org/index/FT-Series.php#FT-570BL.2FSB_Sheraton The other serial couldbe anything. We would need to see pics of it to determine what model it is.

Well this is a bit tricky, but here is what I can tell you. The Epiphone by Gibson branding, as seen on the label, didn't start until 1986. It's possible that it began a little earlier, possibly 84 or 85, as this was a transition period for Epiphone and yours has an early logo. But the branding started en masse in 86 for sure. By 86, most of the guitars that received this branding were made in Samick Korea. 1982-87 was a combo of matsumoku and Samick produced guitars (Terada as well, but this guitar is definitely not a Terada, as they were all higher end creme de la creme for the time). As well, Gibson/Epiphone were also branding with the Nashville plant even though none of the Epiphones were produced there, minus some small, high end limited runs. This is seen on many neck plates during the 80s and 90s. And finally, according to my research, which admittedly can be lacking a tad, the c-30 was made from 1984-1990. I'm usually accurate within a year or so, so that puts this guitar squarely in the 1980s. Matsumoku made guitars for Epiphone until 1987.

Yes, it's authentic. It was made in 1987 at Samick, Korea. This is the acoustic guitar sub-forum, BTW.

It's a 1994. You can tell because the logo on the headstock is straight instead of on an angle.

3 Muse, China 2002. I suspect that if you flip the truss rod cover over it says Gibson on it.

It's either a 1994 or 1999. There's no way to tell what model it is withoit seeing the guitar. I would also be able to confirm the year by seeing the front of the headstock as well.

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The FT-150 was made from 1972-1979. So if the serial is any indication, yours would have been made in 1979.

There are no pre Gibson Sheratons, only pre import sheratons. Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957, and the Sheraton began production in 1958. It may have been produced in Kalamazoo though, but we would need to see the guitar and serial.

It has a vintage style trem, so it's an EM1. Epiphone also made a bass version called the EBM. It came in 4 and 5 string versions. There was also a 6 string version called the Expert. It was constructed a bit differently though, as it was a neck-thru with two jazz pickups and different electronics. It also had two truss rods to accommodate the wider neck. Unfortunately, Gibson never made a bass version of the EBM.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about. The new saddle screws might not be metric. Try threading one of the old saddles on to a new screw or vice versa. I'd bet they give you the same issue.

1997 unsung. Quality should be good in theory. But there is a lot to look out for on an older guitar. In good player condition, I would imagine the price should be around the $250-350 range.

It sounds like you are cross threading them. Metric vs. Imperial. Double check your order. You may have bought saddles for a USA guitar.

And yes, the 311 serial is from MIRC.

The original serial suggests that the guitar was made in 2014 in Qingdao China. 14 year 10 month 15 factory 8XXX batch number Post a pic if you want it positively identified. It should be easy to figure out if it's 25 or 5 years old.