burchster Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Yes I think Epiphone left us high and dry in the electric department. I haven't even been able to fund pictures of their booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiekiduk Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 video of a guy in the booth explaining what's new: It's good to hear him acknowledging quality has been lacking and have tried to improve it in past 2 years. Not sure about that new acoustic, not really a fan of the matte wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Ive been on the lookout for some coverage on the 2016 epi line- looks like another year of not reinventing the wheel. Youd think if theyre going to release an official namm video, teyd get a guy that knows what he's talking about at all- he calls the gcjr casino a semi hollow with block inlays, calls the sheraton a casino, and the joe pasSes and broadways semi hollow. Then hes on te back foot talking about improved quality? Cmon guys get it together! Also, get me a mccartney/ george harrison casino with bigsby and a non-reverse firebird with p90s please 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt4356 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Nothing at all for me, so much scope for epiphone to produce, we all seem to want the same type of things but maybe someting for us in the summer! I read somewhere about an elitist corronet i think, a sig of some jap bloke so prob just for the jap market AGAIN! Gretsch will get my money again though with the green streamline, thats two in a row away from epi through lack of new choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellerman Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I,d like to see a paul weller signature casino.he has been playing one since early 80,s so its about time he had his own model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkuss Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I,d like to see a paul weller signature casino.he has been playing one since early 80,s so its about time he had his own model Then you're in luck: http://www.thomann.de/gb/epiphone_paul_weller_1964_casino.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleeko Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I kind of wonder why they have yet to reissue the Emperor Regent, disco'd in 2010, that was really nice/affordable jazz box right there. My thoughts exactly. In the mean time it's one of these for me and gladly so . . . Apparently these were built quite well . . . Oliver Dunskus to Friends of the Archtop Guitar 8 hrs · .. Turning an Epiphone Emperor Regent (A poor man's Johnny Smith, from the Korean Peerless Factory) into a Gibson Wes Montgomery clone. I loved the playability and appearance of the instrument, but the floating pick-up and laminated top made the electric sound very thin, although it was a kent armstrong (now for sale). The top turned out to be 9 (!) layers of laminated maple, altogether 8mm thick (!) with a thin layer of wood at the surface. (an ES-175 has three layers and about 5mm). the guitar sounds better acoustically WITH the hole inside... although everyone always says the opposite and you usually cannot compare. First we did a neck reset, rounding the fret edges, correcting the bridge setup and the little gaps in the bridge. The pick-up hole took us about one and a half hours, precision measuring, drilling, hand-sawing, allowing enough distance between pickup and the edges. fortunately there was enough space between the bracing, but the polyester varnish was rigid and a mess as it came off in cracks at the edges of the hole. in came a classic Gibson 57 PAF Humbucker, the real thing. the pickguard still needs to be replaced, and i need to think about the tailpiece too. i never use the tone control so that was not added, just a volume knob. then the big moment to plug and play - stunning! it plays and sounds like my Gibson L-5, i simply cannot believe it. How much did i pay? 640€ in total: 400€ for the guitar, 80€ for the pickup, 10€ for frame, screws etc, and 150€ for the service, that was provided by Ali Claudi, a german jazz guitar legend and passionate guitar repairman. his knowledge about archtops is incredible, after 55 years on stage and owning 150 guitars over the years. i am so happy. will post soundfiles later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sofaplayer Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I am very curious how the Century Archtop and the Johnny A Signature will turn out. Any information out there yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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