Jaybuck Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Hello to all of you . I would like to buy an Epiphone acoustic guitar. The John Lenon EJ 160 would be fine. Now I heard about different "made in"s ...the former ones in Korea , the nowadays in China. A friend of mine told me not to buy the Epis from China ------ is he right ? thank you for your replies Jay from SouthernBavaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyders Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 I don't have any experience with Korean built Epiphones but I have heard pretty much universally that they are very high quality. I believe Epiphone also had the EJ 160 made by Samick in Indonesia and I suspect that they are very excellent guitars as well. I have an AJ 200s made in Indonesia by Samick and it is quite an excellent guitar. My experience, however with playing several Chinese made Epiphones has been extremely unsatisfactory. My advice would be not to buy an inexpensive guitar unless you play the actual guitar you are interested in first. Spyders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Cat Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 My advice would be not to buy an inexpensive guitar unless you play the actual guitar you are interested in first. Good advice. I have a Chinese Hummingbird which is great although it needed a good setup when I got it, but any guitar will benefit from changing to a bone nut and saddle and decent setup wherever it's made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMcClane5000 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Play the guitar you like... If you find a Korean made, take it, you won't regret it! I really don't like the slimmer Headstock and the ugly looking Trussrodcover on the new, chinese ones... I prefer the Korean, bigger, edgier headstock with the normal sized Trussrodcover but that's only for the looks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 When they first took Epis to China, the Chinese went through a learning curve with regards to quality control and pride in one's own workmanship. It's a cultural thing Western companies have to overcome when first doing business in China. The Chinese are used to the communal form of government. The collective owns everything and the collective is more important than the individual. Trouble is individuals seem to have a hard time taking responsibility or pride in what they do. I've heard of collective farms in communist countries operating today like they did during the Civil War era in the US. Mostly hand labor and draft animals. They have machinery, but none of it works because no one wants to take ownwership of maintaining them. It's as if they think, "Why should I care? It's not my tractor." Luckily, it seems, that is all behind them... at the Epi plant anyways. I've heard few bad things lately about Chinese Epis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Buffalo Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I've tried a couple of Chinese EJ160-E's in stores, & the quality doesn't seem quite as good as my MIK model, but I have tried some other Chinese made Epiphones that were as good as my MIK models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybuck Posted January 30, 2009 Author Share Posted January 30, 2009 ...thank you all , for your oppinions and the huge knowledge most of you guys have . and thanks alot for the advices.......I think , I´ll try this guitar i´m offered - but it´s pretty expensive - used , the man says like new , should cost 350 EUROs , what is about 450 USD ......thats pretty much......but anyway----- THANK YOU ALL !!! ....and good luck for the future....](*,)/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stone1281734000 Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 ...thank you all ' date=' for your oppinions and the huge knowledge most of you guys have . and thanks alot for the advices.......I think , I´ll try this guitar i´m offered - but it´s pretty expensive - used , the man says like new , should cost 350 EUROs , what is about 450 USD ......thats pretty much......but anyway----- [/size']THANK YOU ALL !!! ....and good luck for the future....:)/ Is the seller including a hard shell case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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