dougg330 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Uh-oh. Stopped by my local Guitar Center and spied a used Epi Howard Roberts. Korean-made, cherry red, with oval soundhole and single minihumbucker. Sweet neck - looked like neck and headstock were one piece, not scarf jointed. Played great. Haven't heard it amplified yet. Seriously thinking about going back to buy it - $400 in very nice condition. Anyone out there have any experience with this guitar? What can you tell me? Thx for your help Dougg330 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I have to admit that I was completely unfamiliar with this model ... so I looked it up. It seems like a nice guitar with a lot of style. Never seen one in real life ... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsideMan Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 dougg, It's a steal at $400. I would snap it up, especially if you are drawn to the jazzy side. Like I said, 400 is a STEAL. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougg330 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 dougg' date=' It's a steal at $400. I would snap it up, especially if you are drawn to the jazzy side. Like I said, 400 is a STEAL. Cheers.[/quote'] Thanks - that's the kind of encouragement I was looking for. The strings on it were totally dead, so judging acoustic sound was difficult - but it felt and looked cool. And if it's a steal, my wife will understand. If I get it, I'll post pix. Douug330 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I played a Gibson Kalamazoo made one in '66/'67..beautiful jazz guitar. It's very close to an ES-175 sound, but with Howard Roberts own personal touches..the oval sound hole which gives it a bit of a flat top sound acoustically. At that price, I would say it's worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe2Grind123 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 And if it's a steal' date=' my wife will understand.Douug330[/quote'] Your wife and my wife should hang out, we're not that far from Boston . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ward Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 doug330: I have several of these...replaced the pups with Kent Armstrong handmade Johnny Smiths (retail $169.) and they cook...the factory flatwounds are great for jazz and I have one with nickel roundwound 11s for blues...great guitars as long as the frets are set right and you know how to adjust the bridge properly...$400. not bad price - seen them from 350 to 750. They're pretty much exact repros of the the 1970s Gibson copies of the original Epis. There were only 52 of the original Epi HR Custom's (like this but solid spruce top)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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