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Epiphone Is Proud To Announce The 1962 Wilshire Reissue In White


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YAWN!!

 

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In cooperation with the Gibson Custom Shop, Epiphone is proud to announce the second in the series of “Epiphone Custom Historic USA” guitars – the 1962 Wilshire Reissue in White. Made in Nashville, Tennessee and limited to only 100 instruments worldwide, it combines impeccable attention to detail and historic accuracy.

 

Click for more info >>> Epiphone Wilshire 1962 Reissue in White

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There was a debate on another forum recently about how rickenbackers should be more affordable. I don't actually agree with that but I do think in this ecenomic climate, epiphone releasing new models at their most expensive price range is little bit of backwards logic. If they had released something like this but affordable then people would be questioning whether they need a new guitar. I'm personally cutting back on my guitar collection but if Epiphone brought out something unique and affordable I'd reconsider my financial priorities to get my hands on a chines wilshire or coronet etc.

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Erm...

 

Option A:

 

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$2899 (yes, you read that correctly) See: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Historic-Custom-USA-Wilshire-1962-Reissue-Electric-Guitar-531045-i1452615.gc

 

 

or

 

 

Option B:

 

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$299 See: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Limited-Edition-Wilshire-Electric-Guitar-518527-i1391552.gc

 

 

Well, yes, Option A is handcrafted here in the USA, whereas Option B is chiefly made by a robot in China; and Option A is made from "Peruvian Mahogany" [Prolife, are you watching? - here's a guitar you might like...], whereas Option B is made from "mahogony." And if I want P90s in Option B then I'm going to have to stick a set of P94s in there - so that's a couple of hundred bucks...

 

But ultimately, these are two curiosities. Differing versions of a relatively obscure, budget Epiphone model from the '60s...one of which costs more than a Custom figured top ES-335.

 

I'm still interested in Option B as a slide guitar.

 

I'm not particularly interested in Option A...

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But then again, Epi have a habit of releasing high end versions of guitars before a wider affordable reissue.

 

John Lennon 1965 Casino

McCartney Texan USA

Nick Valensi Riviera

 

I don't think it will be long before we see some more chinese 60s reissues. The problem Epi have at the moment is that they can't take advantage of the mid-range elitist prices because not many people will pay elitist prices for chinese guitars at the moment.

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I quite like the white, myself!

 

I must confess that I am not very knowledgeable about Epiphone's own solid-bodies prior to their Asian-built versions of Gibsons. Stylistically, however, I like what I see. They seem to be quirky and interesting in a retro way (in the same way that Burns provided a twist on Fenders, so Epiphone seemed to provide a twist on Gibsons).

 

Researching this matter, it appears that models are not "clear-cut" (in the same way that an SG is distinct from a Les Paul)...Looking at vintage specs and photographs, it seems that models tended to merge into one another, and huge spec changes took place in very short periods of time.

 

Hence, a 1962 Wilshire looked like this:

 

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And a 1964 Wilshire looks like this...

 

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Imagine moving the controls and shortening the lower horn on an SG...

 

As a point of interest, I wonder why Epi made an expensive reissue of the '62 and not the '64 or '65? From what I have read, these slightly later models seem to have more kudos among collectors...

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Epiphone (or anyone else) doesn't release a high-priced, limited edition just to sell 100 guitars. They do it because it generates lots of free buzz among the guitar buying public, and becuase it makes standard models look far more affordable by comparison.

 

Red 333

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Epiphone (or anyone else) doesn't release a high-priced' date=' limited edition just to sell 100 guitars. They do it because it generates lots of free buzz among the guitar buying public, and becuase it makes standard models look far more affordable by comparison.

 

Red 333[/quote']

 

^^^knows

Guest icantbuyafender
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Id take the 299 budget banger and use GFS parts as a means of improving it.

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Yes, for an american built guitar that is for all intents and purposes a Gibson it is what can be expected. But for an Epiphone, I'm glad this is more the exception than the rule. I think what I personally wanted to express in this thread was merely that I'm disappointed that as of yet Epiphone still hasn't offered any 2009 models to get excited about.

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Neither one of them do a thing for me. There are scores of SG's out there that would come home with me before

this one did ...

 

Jim

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Neither one of them do a thing for me. There are scores of SG's out there that would come home with me before

this one did ...

 

Jim

 

New avatar! What became of Colonel Sanders?

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Have to agree with Midi man there,,my guy has a VOS gibson Sg that i could jet for $2,300 ( If i had it) Im looking at the Epi faded SG,,i could get it for $299.With A gig bag.and yes midi man ,,the new avatar is cool ,,,how do like mine???

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