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    Riviera 12 string. E-360TDC-12

    in Epiphone Electrics

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    If everybody had an ocean...then everybody'd be surfin'!!

    If you can't feel that vintage wind then you're just numb.

    I Learned real quick how to tune it up, it sings!

    It's just an incredible guitar. I've been waiting , now she's here.

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    Alnico Classic Magnets! Not Ceramic as was stated on a website.

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    Saein factory korea

    in Epiphone Electrics

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    Some from there are very good. Others are good. Still others are OK. And the rest are not very good.

    Yeah' date=' I'm being a smart ***.

    But I'm also trying to make a point. Which is.....NOT ALL THE GUITARS FROM THAT FACTORY ARE THE SAME!

    I wish people would wake up to that fact. I know you asked for a general opinion, and perhaps one can make some general opinions on certain specific factories. But the problem I see with that is that so many folks hear that the (insert name of factory here) plant makes crappy guitars or the so-and-so plant makes great LPs. And people believe this.

    I have played a great guitar built from the plant you mention. I have also played really, really, poor ones as well.

    I don't think it does any service to anyone to make a general, blanket statement about any of the factories.

    But you, of course, have the perfect right to do so.

    That's just my opinion. I'm sure many will not agree.

    I have a 2006 G-400 Custom from Saein (I) Korea.

    It is a beautiful guitar.

    Nonetheles, mine came with Pros' and Cons

    Cons:

    crappy bridge & tuners

    Poorly Cut Nut: Was binding and causing a fuss. I used it but had the slots widened out and graphite added. It is OK to this day.

    The old B-2 bridge was very problematic because the saddles would not hold still, constantly vibrating and losing intonation.

    A $25 Gotoh replacement cured that.

    The Gold Grover tuners that were on this guitar could not have been worse. They would not stay-tight to hold tuning and

    were unlike the Grovers that are on my newer Epiphones that have never slipped once and are amazingly tight....

    I ordered some Sperzel Locking Tuners and had them installed

    Problem cured

    Of course another set-up and I added a TP-6 for my own tuning satisfaction

     

    Pros:

    Good Neck: The frets and the feel of the neck are outstanding. I have been told by a couple of players that the neck feels as good as an actual '61 Custom

    and that the frets needed no work.

    Good Pickups: The '57 replica's that came with it were smoking hot and the switching was unique and friendly in it's delivery of combinations.

    regardless they were swapped out for Duncan Distortions in the need for an even hotter sound, I added push-pull pots to it as well.

    Durable body and paint: This guitar had a run in with a ceiling fan shortly after the Sperzels were put on. What happened?

    I lifted it over my head in the playroom while jamming with my son. Whack! I was scared to look...

    Needless to say the iron cast body and neck of this guitar rang through unscathed. There was a tiny little dent on the edge of one of the Sperzels that took the knock. The guitar never showed a sign of damage. To this day I wonder how the hell I got away with that. Must be fate. She belongs to me forever.

     

     

    My best Epiphones are the LP and the SG Vintage, both made at Qingdao China between 2007 and 2009....they only needed set-ups.

    (The LP of course got new pickups by my choice)

    Ever heard of brownsville guitars?

    in Epiphone Electrics

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    Find any Sam Ash catalog from 2005 and it's loaded with them. They sold them alongside the Carlo Robelli brand as their 'house brand' for a few years. I actually thought Micheal Kelly guitars were the replacement for the Carlo Robelli name ( one came in as the other shuffled out..) but it wasn't to be. Most of the Brownsville guitars were made at Daewon China's Rally factory that produces dozens of OEM names, including Epiphone. I got a Brownsville Mini travel guitar at Sam Ash free back in 2006 with my purchase of over $250 (they used to give ya free stuff, remember that?) Turns out it was the same thing Hofner sells as the 'Shorty'.

    Damn good little guitar that had a hot pickup and never went out of tune.

    After I got more guitars, I actually gave it to a buddy of mine that loved the radio and jammin to it, but had nothing more than an old Kay Bee Toy plastic acoustic guitar with 4 strings. I felt so sorry for him. He worked so hard and had literally nothing. I gave him the Shorty and a tiny handheld Marshall amp for Christmas in 2007. Enough to get him started. That was a gift worth giving.

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