brad1 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 What do you guys think of this? They have a couple of them for sale on the link below. I just want to know where Alaska and Hawaii are? http://item.express.ebay.com/Musical-Instruments_Guitars_Guitars_EPIPHONE-USA-MAP-GUITAR-LIMITED-EDITION-NIB-WITH-TAGS_W0QQitemZ280172915222QQihZ018QQptdnZGuitarsQQddnZMusicalQ20InstrumentsQQadnZGuitarsQQptdiZ59QQddiZ1300QQadiZ1299QQcmdZExpressItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Ummmmmmm .... "interesting" ......to say the least. I just want to know where Alaska and Hawaii are? Perhaps they come as a pedal and a stompbox ?? Hawaii could be a wah pedal - the HaWAH-ii pedal, or something .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yosoybay Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Really funny! It's be great if Alaska and Hawaii were inlaid on the headstock or pickguard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hawaii could be a wah pedal - the HaWAH-ii pedal' date=' or something .... [/quote'] Dude, that's so bad, it's GOOD! (if you know what I mean?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukinator Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 That was one of the guitar of the month guitars from a couple of years ago. Sorta stands out a little from the others. lol http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=215 I also like the Air Screamer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willr Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I just want to know where Alaska and Hawaii are? Its the pre 59 version, Alaska and Hawaii weren't states yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Interesting, but did you read about the "Louisiana digs into your thigh" sitting down part. Definitely a show stopper for an outdoor concert. Perhaps JerryMac should add it to his collection of ?? Epiphones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amino Moore Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Here's the China Custom Shop version which does not dig into your thigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 What do you guys think of this? They have a couple of them for sale on the link below. I just want to know where Alaska and Hawaii are? http://item.express.ebay.com/Musical-Instruments_Guitars_Guitars_EPIPHONE-USA-MAP-GUITAR-LIMITED-EDITION-NIB-WITH-TAGS_W0QQitemZ280172915222QQihZ018QQptdnZGuitarsQQddnZMusicalQ20InstrumentsQQadnZGuitarsQQptdiZ59QQddiZ1300QQadiZ1299QQcmdZExpressItem I think the same about them now as I did twenty five years ago when they first came out and very few people paid attention even then-that they look (to borrow a term from our kippers for breakfast eating friends) naff. The ones from '83 (Both Gibson and Epiphone had a version) were made in Nashville and that didn't even save them. Alaska and Hawaii were hiding because they were too embarrassed to be seen with such a goofy looking guitar. ...and Al's your uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Thanks for the info Iconoclast. The ad says they made 500 of them in 2005. And there are 3 left. In 3 years they have only sold 497 of them. I wonder who they are? Anybody on here willing to admit? And I always thought Alaska and Hawaii were smarter than the rest of the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitmore Willy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Hey Tukinator, That looks like my old house. Sadly, since the recession I have had to downsize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amino Moore Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 ...The ones from '83 (Both Gibson and Epiphone had a version) were made in Nashville and that didn't even save them... ...and Al's your uncle. So true, Uncle Al. I remember seeing the spare bodies for these so called "map" guitars just laying around on shelves in the storage area at Gibson. That was 1990 and it did appear that they had 7 years of dust on them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkwire Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I remember when the Gibson version came out in the 80s. A local guitar store had one. Everybody would look at it and go, "Huh...interesting." I don't recall seeing anyone ever take it off the wall. Luther Allison had one...he is the only famous player...hell, the ONLY player PERIOD I ever saw hang one off his neck. It looks really heavy and uncomfortable. Yes, I am saying this as an Epi double-neck owner... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I don't see how you could cut a piece of wood in that shape and not have the Florida, Maine, Louisiana and Texas peninsulas break off. Or is it...dare I say it?...the dreaded PLYWOOD body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I don't see how you could cut a piece of wood in that shape and not have the Florida' date=' Maine, Louisiana and Texas peninsulas break off. Or is it...dare I say it?...the dreaded PLYWOOD body?[/quote'] I'm waiting for the official "Civil War" replica. The top part would be blue and the bottom part (below the neck..Mason-Dixon) line would be gray. It would have a "Old Glory" on the top part and the "Battle Standard"? (Stars and Bars?) on the bottom. Of course, this one would have North-South Humbuckers, blue-grey, never mind those zebras...and both coils would fight each other, so the sounds of the two coils conflict would be loud and spectacular! 'Course, I'm a wood carver, so if you guys want to commission me, I'd be honoured to build one for you...at $100,000. US..maybe Canuck dollars..well whichever ones are worth more these days. Forgot to add..April Fool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluefoxicy Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I don't see how you could cut a piece of wood in that shape and not have the Florida' date=' Maine, Louisiana and Texas peninsulas break off. Or is it...dare I say it?...the dreaded PLYWOOD body?[/quote'] Texas is pretty solid, Maine too, Florida. Where the hell is Louisiana? I'm not familiar with this place, isn't that in the middle of the US or what? (looking for another unstable-looking peninsula...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 [quote=Amino Moore Here's the China Custom Shop version which does not dig into your thigh. It's still got that little appendage at the bottom right where your thigh would go. Now that would be uncomfortable as the tip of Lou-e-zee-ana Why not just drill a hole in the middle and install a battery clock in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Texas is pretty solid' date=' Maine too, Florida. Where the hell is Louisiana? I'm not familiar with this place, isn't that in the middle of the US or what? (looking for another unstable-looking peninsula...)[/quote'] It's the piece sticking out between texas and florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corcoran Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 There's one by Gibson at my local guitarcenter =D They wouldn't me play or touch it = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 There's one by Gibson at my local guitarcenter =D They wouldn't me play or touch it = 'Course not! Everybody knows only the President has the power to hold the US of A in his own two hands and try to make harmony. OK, no politics. I'll stop right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epinder Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I remember seeing these a few years back and thinking: for once I'm happy to be LEFT HANDED!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 'Course not! Everybody knows only the President has the power to hold the US of A in his own two hands and try to make harmony. Good one Gary! You got me thinking....... maybe that terrorist Osama and his bunch will start a band and, secretly of course, stage a concert where several members destroy their American map guitars at the beginning of the show (rather than at the end). And maybe one sets his on fire. ........and than one of those American drone flying gizmos spots them, and takes 'em all out! Kamikaze!!!! .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyelcrrt1281733995 Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 I think "The Dub" was planning to fund the war with the profits from his band's free concerts. Now that he's found out there are no profits, he's commissioning a special investigator to determine who took them. If it turns out that the band's manager (the usual suspect) absconded with the funds, he plans to have harsh words with his Daddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 There's one by Gibson at my local guitarcenter =D They wouldn't me play or touch it = I can understand that..that guitar is probably worth seven or eight hundred bucks...maybe even a grand..can't have just anyone molesting it. ...and Al's your uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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