Tejasblues Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I will post a pic later, but I am having trouble finding a pic or model name of a blonde Strat-style Epiphone with a maple fret-board Explorer type neck. Weighs way more than an average strat body. 1994 Saien factory serial # I4040760 Limited Edition Would love to find out what I purchased for $30! I will check out the electronics first chance. Not one single scratch or dent on the body!(What I actually wanted it for) The neck, with banana type headstock,had been repaired. Repair is on the back, nut-to-5th fret. Re-glued where the two-piece neck was matched. Any info would be sweet. Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPS1976 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 I will post a pic later, but I am having trouble finding a pic or model name of a blonde Strat-style Epiphone with a maple fret-board Explorer type neck. Weighs way more than an average strat body. 1994 Saien factory serial # I4040760 Limited Edition Would love to find out what I purchased for $30! I will check out the electronics first chance. Not one single scratch or dent on the body!(What I actually wanted it for) The neck, with banana type headstock,had been repaired. Repair is on the back, nut-to-5th fret. Re-glued where the two-piece neck was matched. Any info would be sweet. Thanks all! maybe an S310? http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/123949-the-oxymoron-of-guitars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tejasblues Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 maybe an S310? http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/123949-the-oxymoron-of-guitars/ Thanks for the info, LPS1976. Helped send me in the right direction; two pics I found said S-300, one an S-310. Either way, now I know more than I did. I grab as many "decent" import guitars as I can from local pawnshops that sell for less than $100, then add USA electronics, cloth wire, Orange drops and such...sell on-line as fast I can finish one. Occasionally, I find a gem I didn't know about before. You never know until you actually are holding it, exam the finer points. This is one of them, way glad it wound up with me. I noticed the whole routing job is identical to a MIK Strat-Style Samick we have for studio use. Like the same exact machine did the routing! Funny thing, the 1996 Samick is a glued plywood body and has one of the best tonal characteristics ever, compareable to the USA Strats we use in very critical recording sessions. We all got a lesson in mocking the import. I was gonna throw it in a trash pile! Same thing with this Epi; it has a real tonal identity. No more snobbery for Epiphone guitars in our crew, lesson learned. All hail Epiphone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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