snowmonkeys Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Hey All Saw one of these for sale a while ago and missed the opportunity. Anyone seen a decent one for sale that's not in Malaysia? Failing that, anyone know if Gibson will produce an Epi version of the Dave Grohl 335 - or at least an Epi in Pelham Blue? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 The answers from me would be: No. No, Epi doesn't make ES-335s. No Oh, I almost forgot. Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWANG Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 epi makes plenty of 335s they call them dots. I think they even made a limited edition blue one... but I haven't seen one for ages. might even be wrong. epi has some new guitars out check their pages news items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrysrq Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 I have a Dot Deluxe blue flametop from 2000 (Korea.) Not a blueburst, but a dark blue (darker than Beale St. Blue from Gibson.) Epi did a small run of flametops in blue, dark green and lighter green early on, prior Deluxes had gold hardware on standard red, natural, and dark vintage sunburst "plain" wood. The blue and dark green sold out fairly quickly, the lighter green turned up from dealers on eBay for a few months. All later Deluxes I have seen were natural or current sunburst color flametops. Since Epi never seems to put Dot Deluxes on their web site, I may have missed others. That said, I thought I saw a picture of one of the hollowbodies in blueburst, haven't been able to track it down again. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrysrq Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Having just posted above, I tripped over the link in Google: http://www.gibson.com/press/epiphone/product/limited/index.asp Some tasty limited editions, like the Sheraton Deluxe, and the Dot Blueburst, but no indication of what year the list is from. Other than the photo links, all other press release and .pdf links on the page are dead. Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmonkeys Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 Thanks for all the replies, look like if I want a blue epi then I'll have to be patient (or else stump up for a Gibson!). Barrysrq, let me know if you want to sell yours, might take it off your hands if I haven't found something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Epi did a small run of flametops in blue' date=' dark green and lighter green early on, prior Deluxes had gold hardware on standard red, natural, and dark vintage sunburst "plain" wood. The blue and dark green sold out fairly quickly, the lighter green turned up from dealers on eBay for a few months. [/quote'] One would THINK that Gibson would realize the potential here?!? They put out an Epi product that sells out quickly, but NO FOLLOW-UP? And here is yet another potential customer looking to buy one, but alas, no product to spend their hard earned cash on. Hmmmm . . . I guess Gibson is not "one" of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrysrq Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 Almost sold the blue Dot, but just couldn't do it, I'm a sucker for a blue guitar. It matches my old Royal Blue PRS CU22, even to the gold hardware. (I love the PRS, picked it up back when it was merely a used guitar-- no chance I could ever afford one today!) But I still want the semi-hollow experience, and just wasn't getting the tone I wanted from the Dot. Rather than sell, I decided to upgrade. The body, neck and frets are perfect, I have replaced everything else, will post that story when I'm finished. Hint: the difference is amazing... Back to the current thread, deflepfan, you are right, every time Epi does a nice tasty custom color or limited run, it comes and goes before I ever see one in a store. They do a nice blue LP, why not a Dot? Gibson just did another limited run of Beale Street Blue 335s, also the re-introduced 330, there is a market out there. Snowmonkeys, I missed out on the 2000 limited edition, haunted eBay and got outbid on several over about two years, finally caught mine early 2003. Have seen only a couple go by since. Sometimes the fun is in the chase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbbysB4Epis Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Ibanez offers the AS93BLS. I have one and I like it better than my Sherry II. Now I know you all will want to know why that is. The AS93 neck is just a little wider (about the same as my LP) than my Sherry and the lower cut away does not restrict access above the seventeenth fret. Tone wise, they are different but one doesn't have anything over the other one. ____________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmonkeys Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Be careful what you wish for.... I've now located someone who has a blueburst epi dot for sale. Only seen one photo of it so far and it looks good and he's asking around £350-400. So, what roughly are these worth (I appreciate that is subjective), and how do I tell if its real? I've asked him to send me details of the serial number, the label, where he got it from plus some more pictures. Any guidance would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrasso Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 That might seem high. (does that include a case?) But if it is what you want, and the only one you can find . . . go for it. Is it worth spending a little more to get something that you want? But remember, normally you will not get what you put into it if you turn it over in a year or two. I would try to get it at the lower end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmonkeys Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Thanks mgrasso. It does come with a hard case so that helps. I know a new dot is around £300 therefore the combination of it being a limited edition blueburst and me being fickle for blue adds a bit of value, but not sure about £100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmonkeys Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Got some pictures now - looks pretty good: http://yfrog.com/1ximg0129hqj http://yfrog.com/0pimg0128irj http://yfrog.com/1ximg0127hj http://yfrog.com/0pimg0126mpj http://yfrog.com/1ximg0124bj Anyone got any opinion on it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I saw one of those on the Nashville craigslist not long ago. I'm assuming thy're fairly rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmonkeys Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Seem to be pretty rare. Limited edition of 1000? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Epi will NEVER make a blue Dot: http://forums.epiphone.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=11502 (But maybe a Dot Deluxe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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