deflepfan Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmitron Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Batwing Epiphone Shaped Headstock. Holy Moly! (for les paul I have a preference for Gibson Brand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 That looks like a schecter??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxHart85231281734137 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 the one on the right kinda looks like a shecter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 That looks like a schecter??? With apologies. Found it on Google. Just went back to the source. The guy photo shopped the top of the headstock upside down. It's not real. Funny thing though. It's from the My Les Paul forum and the thread is New Epiphone headstock shape contest!! Anyways' date=' sorry I didn't check my source first. Lesson learned, spanking accepted. Sheila Here's another mistake, but not mine! [img']http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/9614/photo0004l.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Uh Oh! Gibson's gonna sue someone! AGAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peeper Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSDx Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 The "cut corners" look better to me than the "traditional" shape Same here .... a lil different from the same old same old same old without looking "odd" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brad1 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Don't forget the one on the Flying V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenrirlupus Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 that was a failure of a failblog reference, and +1 to the guys who like the epiphone headstock shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Well' date=' simple the mandolin headstock is not. But I find it beautiful. [img']http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/8117/ef50vsnhxlarge.jpg[/img] That would be their synthesized version of the Gibson scroll...if you're a mandolin player, it could be considered beautiful ... What's with the "L5" flaming torch motif? Couldn't they find something more appropriate or are they running out of ideas in that dept? Sheesh! Talk about knockoffs! Of course with that deep notch in the side, let's hope that their mandolins don't suffer from the same fate if bumped at strategic points on the headstock. :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 That would be their synthesized version of the Gibson scroll...if you're a mandolinplayer' date=' it could be considered beautiful ... What's with the "L5" flaming torch motif? Couldn't they find something more appropriate or are they running out of ideas in that dept? Sheesh! Talk about knockoffs! It's the MM50, Epiphones version of the Gibson F5-L Mandolin. Not a knock off, just an Epi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsmith3 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The left side of the mandolin head looks like a bottle opener. Coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 It's the MM50' date=' Epiphones version of the Gibson F5-L Mandolin. Not a knock off, just an Epi.[img']http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/893/gibsonf5lcustomtrc.jpg[/img] Thanks for the update. I would have thought they would have used the historic Epiphone mandolins .like the 1933 Windsor Masterbuilt mandolin with the asymmetrical part and MOP scrollwork emblem and re-issued it.. but I guess ya gotta make what sells in the mandolin world. When they bought the rights to Epiphone back in '58, they have the options to do just about anything they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverman Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The left side of the mandolin head looks like a bottle opener. Coincidence? No' date=' that's 'specially designed to hold your lit smoke, when yer playing. Sort of Keith Richard's style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deflepfan Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 And they want to create the world in their own image!! I had a chance to meet some mandolin players this past fall when they stayed at some of the cottages I cleaned. There was a big show they were doing one weekend here on Cape. It was interesting to see all the different shapes/styles. Some ornate, some not. Really liked the pompadore style of this headstock though. Just different, adn different can be good. Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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