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  1. The thing I don't get is if he hates Epiphone's so much, why does he spend so much time posting in this forum? It's not even a rational argument he has for his dislike of Epiphone. Most good guitarists could find a (Chinese) Epiphone that they like. I'd love to hear him play guitar...I bet he sucks big time [laugh]

    It's nothing to do with Epiphone, he just a troll getting off on the attention. Mommy didn't love him enough or Daddy used to beat him or he was bullied at school or he just feels inadequate because he has no friends. Just ignore him like everybody else in his sad little life does.

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  2. I haven't been following the currency market, but jeez, what happened to the euro? It has really dropped with respect to the dollar in the last year or so....

    It's even worse against the pound, I have family in the UK and visiting them is very expensive. We can thank the Greeks for that.

     

    Yeah, it is different and interesting, but I think overpriced for a 30+ year old Norlin era laminate Epiphone. You can get a pretty nice brand new Epiphone in that price range (Hummingbird Artist?

    You're right, I'd pretty much decided to give it a miss.

    This all started with the hype over the new Masterbilt, which is no longer even an option, seeing as how not one single dealer in this country seems to be carrying it and Thomann have pulled it from their line. Apparently I haven't won one either.

    I have been looking at Dove Pros, Hummingbird Pros and Texans but I'm not sure what any of them will give that my DR500MCE doesn't.

  3. It's not in epiwiki, but there is a PR-500 and 550 run in the 80s. The maple back and sides probably look nice, but I'm betting they're laminate. The spruce top might also be. Most of the PR's are all laminate, with a few exceptions with a solid spruce top. And the neck does look bolt-on, which is weird, but it's hard to see on the one photo of this model on the internet. Epiwiki says the 500 and 550 are set necks. The MPL is apparently fairly rare, but still not worth a lot, IMO. What few there were, apparently went to Europe, with some left in Japan. What's the serial no.?

    The serial number is 07780467 and you can see the guitar here:

    http://www.marktplaats.nl/a/muziek-en-instrumenten/snaarinstrumenten-gitaren-akoestisch/m923767394-epiphone-by-gibson.html?c=be2da871b0d84f75c3056cc6db858f31&previousPage=lr#

     

    I'm not desperate to buy it, just had a mild case of GAS and this piqued my interest because it's something a bit different.

  4. I was just browsing around a Dutch auction site and came across an Epiphone PR-545MPL. From the photos it looks to be in reasonable condition and the guy is not expecting silly money for it so I'm half tempted to put in a bid. Thing is, I can't find any information on this model at all, it's a dreadnought and was made in Japan (the pics show the label in the sound hole). Could anybody here perhaps shed a little more light?

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