RobinTheHood
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Hmmm....I don't know. They lost in the EU and they would probably lose here too, just like fender did. It sounds like they are trying to scare companies into collaboration so they can build a case in court. If X amount of companies "collaborate" with them, it could sway the court to uphold their patents or whatever the deal is. It sounds like they couldn't kick down the front door, so they are trying to sneak in from the back. Same old same old.
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I would disagree that the prices of matsu guitars are artificially low. That would imply that the prices are being kept low on purpose to spur sales, which doesn't really work on the used market because there is no one entity deciding the value. Prices of 60s and 70s matsu guitars are generally low because much of the quality from that era of Japanese export guitars was low. But nowadays, those same guitars are creeping up in price, probably due to nostalgia. The 5102t had problematic necks and neck joints that were well known and the resale prices have generally reflected that until recently. The 5202t may have been a better guitar, I don't know for sure, but if the prices were oddly low, it was because of quality perception thanks to guitars like the 5102t and other low end Epiphones of the time. And I envoke Epiphone because those are the matsumoku that most if us in the states were exposed to until the online used market cane into existence. That and stuff like Teisco and other low end brands sold for export to the US. Thats my take on it.
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2017 was some type of anniversary for Epiphone. Yours probably wasn't made in 2017.
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Yes, made in 2011.
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Samick 1992 or 1999. Id say 1999 because the serial is stamped on the headstock rather than on a sticker like you would typically see in 1992. It's legit. The pickguard is from an archtop guitar. The tuners and control knobs have also been replaced.
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I don't know much about Rakuten Except that they are somehow affiliated with Ishibashi, who, IIRC, is or was the distributor for Epiphone Japan at some point. Ishibashi even had it's own special runs of Epiphone for the Japanese market. I'd say it's legit, but I don't know for sure these days.
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1 hour ago, Craigshug said:
Yeah totally get you man. Ive had 3 Chinese les Paul's in the last few years and played a few others but now I’ve limited it down to the 1 the 60s tribute and that sits in its case most the time cause like you said the korean necks just feel Alot more organic, they feel effortless to play compare to the Chinese ones.
I really hate to perpetuate the whole Korea vs. China debate because the Qingdao guitars are better in every other way. But the Korean guitars seem to excel when it comes to the feel of the neck and the fret work. And to me, the neck IS the guitar. It's the only place where your fingers make constant contact with the instrument and is the most important aspect when it comes to bonding with it imo.
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14 hours ago, Zippydog said:
Here are his pictures.
Nice EL-00.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=193HPTP2KsRO4StU00-E5a-17TMG5wqbA
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TUPQaCs8r5cwvdAZHupdaCiAOLZ3_Yks
Google docs requires your permission to let grant access to view them.
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2 hours ago, Craigshug said:
Yeah i see I’ve heard this from a few folk about the korean made epis I’ve had 4 or 5 in my time and the necks have always been a lot better than the Chinese epis and i suppose thats the main thing for me. Have a nice 60s tibute epi and my old korean neck blows it out the water.
Yes! The necks are far superior, imo. I have to give it up for the Indonesian necks too. They also are very good. There is just something about the feel of the older necks that the Chinese manufacturers can't replicate. I don't know what it is. It's almost as if the older necks feel more organic or something.
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2 minutes ago, pippy said:
Perhaps I'm fortunate in inhabiting a corner of the world where humidity / 'extremes' are unheard of but I'm never surprised that any of my guitars stay in tune. On the contrary I expect - nay! command!! - them to stay in tune. And they do. All of them; whether the 45-y-old Les Paul 'Lawsuit' copies; the Fenders, the assorted acoustic and jazz-box, the Custom Shop 'Burst reissues or whatever strays are lying about.
Perhaps I'm just really lucky?
Pip,
I don't know...I live Michigan with pretty extreme temp changes. I don't have any Gibson's currently, but I have a pile of Epiphones that rarely go out of tune. I have a 1986 Epiphone strat copy in a case that i rarely play. It has stayed in tune for the past 2 years in its case. Okay, okay, it has a floyd and a lock nut, but it still counts, dang it!
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It was a 2012 redesign. Here is more info
http://epiphonewiki.org/index/Prophecy_Series.php#Prophecy_Les_Paul
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He's donating the money to a climate change charity??? Of all the worthwhile charities out there, he picks this? WTH? He might as well pick a random politician out of a hat and hand him a wad of cash. I'm not a denier, as it's easy to see that the climate is changing, the reason being debatable, but all of the money circulating around this issue is little more than wealth redistribution. Damn it, Gilmour. I thought that someone in such an anti-establishment band like Pink Floyd would be aware of this.
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1 hour ago, dofres said:
The Les Paul decal on the headstock looks to be off center as well.
It's an early Korean. Everything is off. Thats part of its charm.
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Ok, so let's chalk this one up as a faux pas. How long before he attempts to smash a Maestro on stage and fails spectacularly?
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7 minutes ago, pippy said:
I think what Gibson should to to end this despicable, heinous practice of being seen to be playing a Gibson guitar is for Gibson to stop putting their logo on the peghead of their guitars in the first place. I mean, For Goodness' Sakes!!! Don't they realise that anyone can see their name if they put it in such a stupidly obvious place???
Pip.
HA! 😆😆
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7 minutes ago, rct said:
Desperate times call for desperate measures, that's the only way I can see this. By his reasoning, everybody would be out covering the logos on their cars in order to avoid "copyright infringement". Cover the bank logo at the top of the professional sports stadium to avoid "copyright infringement"? lolz
So, what do you think he meant by that comment? Honestly, , like most people, always thought thaybhe taping over logos was done for copyright infringement purposes...probably because that issue has been at the forefront since the internet took off in the late 1990s. It's a reasonable conclusion for the layman, even if incorrect. This comment from Agnesi, not being a layman, seems really weird, and even weirder after your explaination.
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27 minutes ago, rct said:
Why do people consistently, constantly, continually get this wrong? Logos and brand marks are covered because of the marketing departments of all entertainment production companies making every appearance a product placement. It has simply winnowed it's way into live television. They want Gibson, Fender, Martin, ANYBODY to pay them for showing their brand marks, not the other way around. Everyone, everywhere, in every way is relentlessly trying to advertise at you, because they make money doing it. Gibson can pay for product placement or not. If they don't the company that is producing whatever the form of entertainment is will have the brand marks covered. This monetization of every single brand mark will probably eventually find it's way into live music venues as they are consumed more and more by large corporate interests.
Coca Cola did the very first paid product placement. Remember when everything in a movie/television show was some generic thing, like a red and white can with the word BEER on it? Coke paid for that placement, they didn't get paid. It has become the standard.
rct
That does make more sense, but the way he phrased that comment implies that the taping over the logos is to avoid copyright infringement, rather than getting free product placement on tv. I mean, that is actually what he said. From Agnesi's mouth to my ears, it's no wonder schlubs like me get that wrong.
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19 hours ago, FZ Fan said:
I love that guy he is such a Greasy D-ouche. Stop taping over the name and give us money and you can use our guitars on TV.
Thats the part that caught my attention. Sure, go after the counterfeiters, but the guys taping over the logos are usually playing their personal guitars. What's next? Paying royalties to Gibson to perform live with a Les Paul? You know they would if they could. Shameful.
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The reputation points have been around for years in various states of functionality due to abuse.
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That serial number is from MIRC. The guitar is a factory 2nd. Thats the only thing that serial will tell you as its not original to the guitar. Also, serial only tell year, date, factory and batch. Nothing else.
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It looks like a bad counterfeit. Definitely not an Epiphone.
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Yes, its real. Some of the 1990s Epiphones had a serial number on a sticker that fell off over time.
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I answered the other thread.
I need help with my bass
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1993 Accu Bass. Made in Samick, Korea. Probably worth $150 USD or somewhere around that amount.