[1965 GA-75 Amp Help]

Just saw your PM..sent you more pictures. Hope it helps.. Mine breaks up nicely...but at some high levels.. A beast ans a beauty of an amp...

 

Thank you for sending me the pics

 

How did you get the JBL speakers to fit in the cab because I have 2 Fender JBL D110F that won't fit due to output transformer size.

 

Did you replace the output transformer with a smaller one?

[1965 GA-75 Amp Help]

I am currently rebuilding a 1963 Gibson GA-75 and need some advice on the caps I replaced below.

 

I followed the schematic as best as I can but still confused if I connected the 20uf capacitor to the diode correctly. I am going to put a VVR3 in place of where the monitor jack is to get distortion at lower levels.

 

[Epiphone stratocaster...please discuss!!!]

Remember the Gibson Stratocaster Jimi Hendrix

 

[The Studio club]

I wish I can praise my studio but it's only the bastard child relative of my beautifully binded Standard/Historic Les Pauls.

[i.d. your Epiphone here -- serial # key, guitardater link + factory codes... a worldwide guide >part 3]

Nope. Its Korean.

 

 

 

Ah, you are correct. I looked at the catalogs from the 1990's and they are all listed as Alder/Mahogany. Oops. I must have gotten the info from more recent catalogs. I'll have to amend that info. Thanks!

 

Reality is you really don't know what came from Japan if your only resources are online. As you stated many colors and configurations have come from Japan including bolt on neck LP copies. I have seen another LP-100 exactly like the one I have with the same Fuji-Gen serial number on the neck plate but in white.

 

Is my LP-100 made in Korea? If you are basing your answers to an online catalog and taking an educated guess then I still won't believe you so to me it's a definitely a MAYBE.

 

Are my American Fender Strat's and MIJ Fender Tele's worth more than my LP-100? YES, FACT

[i.d. your Epiphone here -- serial # key, guitardater link + factory codes... a worldwide guide >part 3]

Absolutely, the distributor in Japan handled American Gibsons and Korean Epis in addition to MIJ Epis & Orvilles. I was only addressing the fact that it wasn't MIJ as the OP suggested.

 

FYI, the 1998 Epiphone on line catalog did list Alder / Mahagony:

 

LP-100 Studio

Features & Benefits

 

Scale Nut Length: 24.75"

Nut Wide: 1.68"

 

 

 

 

 

Specifications

 

• Pickups 2 Humbuckers Hardware Chrome Scale/Nut width 24.75" / 1.68" Neck Joint Bolt Neck Material Mahogany Fingerboard/Inlay RW / Dot Body Material Alder / MahoganyTop Alder / Maple

1998 Epi Catalog

 

Great information and is now embedded into my cranium.

 

This was advertised as a MIJ Fuji-Gen and now debating if I should get a refund or not.

 

Thanks for the help

 

Here are the pics:

 

 

I also have a EPI FT130SB with serial 07780040

 

Any info on the serial?

 

Thanks again

 

[i.d. your Epiphone here -- serial # key, guitardater link + factory codes... a worldwide guide >part 3]

No Epi LP-100 ever was made in Japan AFAIK

 

94 could be right,

 

Are you positive? Info from http://www.epiphonewiki.com/index.php?title=Les_Paul

 

Les Paul-100 Standard

 

Japan Domestic Market only

Epiphone humbucker pickups

Slim Mahogany/alder body

Chrome hardware

Bolt-on Mahogany neck

Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays

Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece

Gold speed knobs

2 Vol. 2 Tone controls

3-way selector switch

24.75" scale

1.68" nut width

 

Colors:

 

Ebony

Pearl White

Red

Vintage Sunburst

Antique Sunburst

Heritage Cherry Sunburst

 

See Also: Epiphone Japan

[i.d. your Epiphone here -- serial # key, guitardater link + factory codes... a worldwide guide >part 3]

I have a Epi LP-100 and told it was 1994 MIJ.

 

Can anyone decipher the serial number 9403042?

 

Thanks