tpurgatoryt Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 yesterday when buying my new amp I came across a brand of guitars called Legacy. I noticed that they resembled epiphone guitars down to the smallest details, like the head stock for example. I asked one of the people who work there the comparison of epiphone and legacy, and he said to me that legacy guitars come straight out of the epiphone factorys, they're just rebranded for sale in australia as legacy. they are identical except for the head stock logo, and the stock humbuckers are EMG-HZ passives and a hardcase comes with the guitar. check them out for yourself. http://www.legacymusic.com.au/products/?id=3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKitten Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 It's common for Epi factories to churn out other brands as well (Samick have supplied Australia with Samick-badged models for a long time as well as making Epis), but that doesn't mean that they're the "same" guitar. I'm not sure if Legacy are made in an Epi factory or not but it wouldn't surprise me if that was true. However the guitars do have some differences besides the badging, which betray a different manufacturing process. Not just the logo but the headstock shape is different on the Legacy guitars, the position of the truss rod cover has changed, and other small details like the shape and screw positions of the scratch plates differ. Also, Legacy do a Fender Strat copy, Epi don't really do anything as close to the Fender Strat as the Legacy model picture in your link. I have students who play Legacy guitars, one girl I used to teach had one of those "Emerald" series Les Pauls, it was light as a feather! Sounded quite good actually, although the electronics were shifty, the thing would crackle a lot. Legacy do fully-binded and blinged out LPs for the same price as an Epi Special II so you know there's some corners being cut somewhere along the line... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpurgatoryt Posted June 28, 2010 Author Share Posted June 28, 2010 I wish legacy were doing fully binded and blinged out emeralds for the price of a special II. the special II is between 300 - 400 dollers. and the Emerald is about 650 dollers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKitten Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 Okay, maybe I was at guitar shop looking at Legacy guitars during a stocktake sale... but yeah. Not an Epi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReneBoedker Posted June 28, 2010 Share Posted June 28, 2010 They might be produced in the same factory as Epiphones, but they're not completely the same. For instance, the "Legacy Immortal" is made of basswood and maple, whereas the G400 is made of mahogany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berko Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Just picked up a Legacy tele clone on Amazon for $89 shipped and the QC tag is indeed the same as on my Epiphone Special I that I got at the last Guitar center sale. Beautiful quality finish and electronics but had to dress EVERY fret end. Added brass compensated saddles and a fake Bigsby. I highly recommend this for anyone who can use a file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Simmz Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 Does Epiphone have it's own legacy separate from Gibson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 On 7/5/2020 at 6:17 AM, DB Simmz said: Does Epiphone have it's own legacy separate from Gibson? this is an old thread that you are replying to If I get the point of your question.. you are asking if Epiphone as a builder has a history that precedes Gibson? if so, yes. Epiphone was it's "own" company when it began in the late 1800s. See this for more https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Samick builds Guitars for just about every Company.. If recall they were, and may still be, the biggest Manufacturer of Guitars in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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