sdgails Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 ok--how much shipping am i looking at to the usa???? i dont recall that guitar ever being released in the usa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdgails Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 nevermind, the price comes to 1105 BEfoRE shipping to the USA. OUCH!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianS Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Yes it's better to get a guitar in the USA and ship it to Europe. That's what I intent to do when I'm in the States this summer. Even a Gibby becomes affordable these days. Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydots Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I have a 1970 Riviera, just when the transition was being made from Kzoo to Japan. Mine must have been a leftover as it has a set neck (the Jap ones were bolt on's) it has two full sized Schaller made 3 point humbuckers and a standard tail like the tobacco burst shown. Where it gets weird is the toggle switch. It's located on the lower front horn instead of near the controls. The headstock also just says Epiphone, no crown, vine, nothing. Sounds very "Voxy"... like early Kinks (that ain't all bad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 I have a 1970 Riviera' date=' just when the transition was being made from Kzoo to Japan. Mine must have been a leftover as it has a set neck (the Jap ones were bolt on's) it has two full sized Schaller made 3 point humbuckers and a standard tail like the tobacco burst shown. Where it gets weird is the toggle switch. It's located on the lower front horn instead of near the controls. The headstock also just says Epiphone, no crown, vine, nothing. Sounds very "Voxy"... like early Kinks (that ain't all bad)[/quote'] Sounds like it's probably a Matsumoku-made instrument from a bit later than 1970. Full-sized humbuckers were never used on any American-made Epiphone. ...and Al's your uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 sdgails wants the red one, i guess that leaves the 12 string for me - great guitars ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 That's a nice one Ian... Riviera's are so sweet! I really do hope Epiphone will re-introduce it, as a mainstay in the line, again! Heck, I'd even like to see it as a regular production model, AND an "Elitist," as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BENT E Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 They should bring back the Sorrento as well!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Dobbs Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I WANT ONE BAD Several on E-bay, right now...2 red ones, too. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpiSheriMan Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 ..Doesn't Epiphone Japan still making an Elitist Riviera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMcClane5000 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 The Elitist Riviera is so beautiful! Best in Sunburst finish and with a fitted Bigsby B-7, just like the one Lou Reed used! =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiberna Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 NOO dont make them again, it makes mine rarer and more unique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 NOO dont make them again' date=' it makes mine rarer and more unique[/quote'] Really do something impressive, Epiphone...bring back these...the last run of Epiphones actually MADE in the USA prior to the recent Wilshires (Nashville/Bozeman-1993/1994)...only 250 Rivieras and I have two of 'em...they also came in cherry red and natural but those are uber-rare-I'd love to also have a cherry red one-...I have two sunburst versions. One is used everyday as a guitar and the other is sealed in its case and sitting in my mother's basement hoping that some day some sucker...ermmm some astute aficionado of vintage guitars offers me money so stupid that I can't resist selling it...I'm not real optimistic though...these really haven't taken off even considering their build quality (Gibson custom shop) and rarity (only 250 ever made)...maybe worth $2200-$2500 and in this economic climate more like about $1800... Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Nice one, Nelson! Beautiful!! It's interesting they used the 335 and/or "Dot" paint scheme, instead of the (original) Riviera's, though. Wonder why??? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I got mine during the MF blowout' date=' best deal I ever made! Then came the Bigsby, also a black truss rod cover. I have to change out the tuners, the Bigsby added to much weight, and it's unbalanced. A nice set of Grover Rotomatic's should take care of that. The Mini bucker's are some of the coolest pickups out there, twangy as hell too. They should have all their classic guitars available, like Gretsch does IMO...[/quote'] if someone's looking for twangy in a regular humbucker sized slot, btw, lace hemi humbuckers do a pretty good job. but i still want a riviera. or a sheraton 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Can't help with Epi' date=' but...does this help? [img']http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/garyelcrrt/mine2/APairofRivieras.jpg[/img] Show off!! LOL! (They're beautiful, Gary!) CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Nice one' date=' Nelson! Beautiful!! It's interesting they used the 335 and/or "Dot" paint scheme, instead of the (original) Riviera's, though. Wonder why??? CB[/quote'] Thank you...that is a good question. The other Riviera (also from 1993) and an ES-335 (from 1988) I have also have a similar"tear drop"/ "mouse ears" sunburst pattern..The Riviera I kept as a player doesn't have as much "flame" on the front as the one I saved but does have an incredible amount of birds eye in the veneer on the back and the figuring in the neck on the player is also incredible where the ES-335's and saved Riviera's necks are pretty plain...what gets me is that these "USA reissues" were about the same price as a standard ES-335 at the time (I think my first reissue Riviera was $1250 (the player) new when ES-335s were about the same price and the second one I bought in 1999 to sit on was $1475 second hand) so this is why I see ridiculously over-priced reissues as nonsense and exploitation. My very first Riviera (also a sunburst but the other pattern) which I traded for my '65 Casino in 2000 was $335 second hand in 1971. The reason I let it go was because the reissues were so close to the original it didn't make sense to have three of them and someone offered me a straight trade of a 1965 Casino for my 1965 Riviera and I took it...and it was sad because when you have the same guitar for almost thirty years and it's been with you all along you bond with it..it was funny because I didn't think I'd have those feelings and I really did want the Casino but afterward I did have some moments of regret....but I got over them lol Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Yeah, it's interesting (to me, anyway) too, that on the photo of Gary's Rivieras, you can see the difference in the ears of the two verions, as well as the waist taper, differences. The Korean (6-string) having the more rounded (Gibson like) ears, and a shorter "waist," and the "Elitist" 12-string, having the more tapered/pointed ears and somewhat longer waist, which is more (or exactly) like the "Kalamazoo" models...as is the "Sunburst" pattern. Another reason I miss the "Elitist" versions. But, they're both really nice guitars!! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Buffalo Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 About 6 or 7 years ago' date=' I got a new Riviera XII. (I'll post pictures of it when I figure out how to do it). You can't imagine how badly I wanted to own that guitar. I used to stop off at the music store on my way home from work 3 or 4 times a week, for weeks, til I'd saved up enough to buy it. (About 3 years ago, I also bought a 6 string version. I still have both.)[/quote']I finally figured it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I bought the Riviera limited edition w. Bigsby last summer (2007) in the Netherlands. They are still available at Feedback (a GC like shop) : http://www.feedback.nl/?b=EPLPRIVGBC&a= Ian. Nice one, Ian! I don't remember those here, in the US...but, I may have just missed them? CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkW Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Aside from the cosmetic differences (parallelogram inlays' date=' finish choices, TRC, etc.), you could make yourself a Riviera by changing the pickups on a Dot to mini-hums and putting a Frequensator tailpiece (or a Bigsby) on instead of the stop tailpiece. Otherwise the construction is essentially the same. You'd need some sort of mounting adapter to fit the mini-hums into the larger full-size humbucker routs, but otherwise it would be a simple enough conversion.[/quote'] I know I am late posting, but that won't work. First of all no inlays only dots and second the neck is much slimmer on the Riv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eor Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 looking at all the bridges, i assumed these were full hollows- otherwise, what's the difference between these and an elitist sheraton? a darkening wine red one with chrome hardware... oh me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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