Brought a Epiphone....

[Adams4England]

Hi guys,

 

I bought a epiphone les paul of ebay, well ive got it as a xmas present from my sis and i wanted to see when it was made but cant find a serial number?

 

the guy said it was made in the 80's and that the serial numbers was not around then?

 

i just wanted to know from the experts is this true?

 

 

 

 

 

this is the pics of the guitar

 

thanks guys :-D

[lpplayer]

Wow....interesting.

 

I know there was a Epi LP model very early on, that had a bolt on neck and bound body....I think it was called a Les Paul 300.

 

But that body shape looks a bit off for a Les Paul. I am wondering about the possibility the Epi neck was placed on a different body (?)

[mydeadblues]

how much did you get it for?

[mgrasso]

That neck looks like a made in Japan Matsumoku neck from an EA-250.

How does the neck attach to the body?

I cannot tell from the photo, but is something hinkey right above the neck pickup?

 

Mark

[brianh]

That neck sure looks like a 70's Matsumoku, but there's nothing I can find in the Epi catalogs that remotely resembles a Les Paul until 1989, except the Genesis and Scroll in '79 & '80.

 

There's a big gap between 1983 and 1992 - apparently only two catalogs issued in Carter's History of Epiphone - one in 1986 and one in 1989.

 

The '89 catalog shows a Les Paul Custom and a Standard, but says nothing about either having a bolt-on neck. I think those were the first years of the Epi set-neck LPs.

 

 

[Adams4England]

how much did you get it for?

 

 

My mum got it for £134 pound, so we think we have a bargain if it is a real epiphone

 

and thanks for your help guys its really cool that people are so helpful here!

[denthevetteman78]

How does it play? Does it sound good? that all it matter if the quality is there and you have a nice sound. who cares who build it. I would be dissapointed if insted of a real Gibson a got a copy for the price of a real gibson but in the price range of an use epiphone if it's a copy and it sound good enjoy it.

 

Dennis

[JayBeee]

It's clearly a replacement neck. The body is cut for a 22 fret neck, but currently has a 21 fret Epiphone neck.

 

The cutaway shape and the binding reminds me of a Bradley LP copy.

 

I have no idea what you've got there, but it's certainly interesting.

 

 

Another clue is that the binding on the neck does not match the body binding.