Marshall Paul Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I might be the onty one here that feels this way but buy American, they do have resale value Yup. Spot on. Buy Gibby, Epi, and Fender, can't go wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 In my opinion a chibson isn't worth the price of the lighter fluid I would use to burn it. Wait it's not worthy for a viking funeral. Sledgehammer and into the trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrian66 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Epiphone makes some really nice P90 equipped guitars. Over the years, I've had one of their SG Juniors, one of their double-cut Les Paul Juniors and I've still got an Epi Les Paul, but I replaced the P90s with a pair I built (not that there was anything wrong with the stock set - just personal preference & I wanted to see if I could do it)... At the time that pic was taken, I hadn't installed the pickguard or control cavity covers yet, but anyway,this is what you can expect from the stock Epiphone P90... And if you want a little "twist" on the stock sound, there's this (very easy) mod. Actually used this on the neck pickup of my Epi Les Paul... IMO, absolutely nothing to be ashamed of in the Epiphone or their P90. that first video sold me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazarusvt84 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Out of curiosity, I bought 3 Asian-made G-style guitars over the past 2 years (no Chinese-made counterfeits, but legit guitars) ...gorgeous, well built, and priced very nicely ($600-800)...but for some reason, even with pup's replaced they sounded very sterile and life-less. I was very disappointed and parted with them quickly. I learned my lesson. Nothing sounds as good as an "merican-made geetar"...it's just that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrian66 Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Just did some shopping online and Guitar Center has the Epiphone Special I with p90's on sale for $99.99. Gonna try to get out there this weekend. Thanks for all your help putting my mind at ease. I will put some pics up as soon as I get something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Yup. Spot on. Buy Gibby, Epi, and Fender, can't go wrong. That would be American, Korean, Chinese, Mexican, and Indonesian. All for the above. It seems every country makes guitars in one way or another, but I wonder why about Britian and Australia? Why don't they make guitars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 That would be American, Korean, Chinese, Mexican, and Indonesian. All for the above. It seems every country makes guitars in one way or another, but I wonder why about Britian and Australia? Why don't they make guitars? Maybe because there's no market left,Gibson & Fender has a majority of it covered.Both make cheaper models and it would take years to break in and make a profit. 4H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 My son Got an Epiphone Les Paul Special II for Christmas. Sounds awesome through my AFD100. Can't put it down! Can't fault it!! Sadly IMO Gibson has lost the plot with pricing!! This will only push people to buying copied or other brand guitars! Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 I dunno... Seriously, I think Gibson generally does a good job of pricing its various instruments. You can get a low-end LP, for example, for less on the street than a high-end Epi - and I think that's pretty much a good idea. Now, priced out of the market? I'd doubt it, although frankly with no Gibson dealer within a day's drive at this point, I'm not at all likely to buy one until either I take a long trip - roughly 3 days, two to drive to and from and one for guitar shopping and at least a nice dinner. I won't pay much more than $500 for a guitar I ain't played. So for me... it's a bit different from most here who are apparently closer to a place they might play several Gibsons. But on the other hand... in that $400-750 price range, there are some awfully nice Epis. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 My son Got an Epiphone Les Paul Special II for Christmas. Sounds awesome through my AFD100. Can't put it down! Can't fault it!! Sadly IMO Gibson has lost the plot with pricing!! This will only push people to buying copied or other brand guitars! Regards They have been saying that sinse the 70's when cheaper copies started to become available. Actually, mankind has said that about every product that can be made of lesser quality than another. I don't think Gibson's are too expensive, taking everything into consideration. They DO have lots you could get for just over 500 American, or your regular high-end stuff for about 4k, and LOTS of stuff in between. None of us want to work for free, and the reality is if you want something nice, you are gonna have to pay something. When it comes to what is available quality-wise for the money, Gibsons are perhaps the best value out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 My daughters Epiphone EJ200ce is a very fine acoustic guitar. I've played some Epi Les Pauls that were far better than the junk I learned on. I'd buy an Epiphone in a heartbeat, if I couldn't afford a Gibson and needed a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrian66 Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Ok, its been awhile since i started this thread. Here is the update. I saved some more money and did a lot of research and oredered an Agile guitar from Rondo Music on fri. It looks good and its kind of hard to find bad reviews on these things. I'll know sometime next week if it was smart or not, but for $330.00 it seemed like it was worth the chance! http://www.rondomusic.com/product7022.html I'll put pics up when I get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I had one of the Agile Valkyrie models (SG style). It was well built. I replaced the crappy pickups with some Duncan '59s and it was pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The China Gibson is garbage. It will never stay in tune or set up correctly. Just avoid them, that's my advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Sounds like great advice. I was shopping for an Epiphone, my 1st, had $400. To spend and bought the black Standard here next to my Gold top at left. Although I was impressed with the guitar and sound at the time, I wish I would have saved up more and bought the BB King Lucile Epiphone. For $600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 By the way, thanks for reopening this post. It was great reading Milod's as well as Marshal Paul's comments. I miss both. I know what happened to Milod, but does anyone miss Marshal Paul or know why he hasn't been on the board for awhile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 He has either been eaten by goannas or the moderators gave him a time out. Maybe both but not in that order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrian66 Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Ok, here it is. Nice guitar. Definitely not a Gibson, but it's not bad. I'm going to play it Sunday morning at church. We'll see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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