midiman56 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Hey! This pic I just found is circa 1971 or so ... making me about 15. It is of me and one of my very first electric guitars ... an Epiphone of some sort. I have no idea of what it was, but I do remember not liking it all that much. LOL In those days, if your weren't playing a Fender Strat, you just weren't playing. Even Gibby's would have been a distant second choice among my particular peer group. Anyway, any idea what this thing was? MIDI
Memphs1978 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 killer hair do... MIDI... oh nice guitar prolly wish you still had it ?
mbrooks0711 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I am calling it a 1971 Epiphone ET-270. That's just my best guess from the year you provided. Here's the link to a thread from Harmony Central where a guy was selling one. http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1355862 This guy sold that one for less than 200 (shipped). Im making this ID on the color and on those black pups with the white around them. Hope that helps!
animalfarm Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I agree with mbrooks0711. You sir, are playing an EPI "ET-270"
midiman56 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Wow! Was that fast ... thanks, guys! You know, I was never one to cry too much about the one's that got away. I just think it's cool that some 35 years or so later I can be here (with a much more attractive hair-do) talking with a bunch of guys that know what its all about. Very cool, indeed! Was Epiphone still Epiphone then, or had they already become a Gibson company? MIDI
mbrooks0711 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957. If memory serves me right, that one that you had (along with the other 1971's) were the first ones that were manufactured overseas (Japan). Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. The only reason I know this is because I almost bought a Et-275 from ebay a few days ago and got to researching those 71-75 models that are no longer around.
mbrooks0711 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Oh and btw from that home-made height chart in the background, you were a 7 ft tall 15 year old. LOL just thought it was funny.
sexygibson Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Very cool looking guitar ! Not a bad hair style either !
Parabar Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Yep --- Matsumoku all the way. I recognize those pickup covers from the Aria thinline hollowbody one of the guitarists had in my first band in junior high school (I was the drummer *S*)
midiman56 Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Oh and btw from that home-made height chart in the background' date=' you were a 7 ft tall 15 year old. LOL just thought it was funny.[/quote'] Well ... I guess I must have been standing somewhere between the camera and the height chart. I'm only a paltry 6'5"!. Really, guys ... thanks for all this info! MIDI
Macquarrie Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 MidiMan, I would kill to have hair like that or any kind of hair for that matter. Awesome pic though!!
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