mooseguy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Would sure like to find just one owner of a true Excellente and/or a reissue who would like to compare notes. The Maytag man was never this lonesome. Neither was the Lone Ranger Moose P.S. I am still in the market for either vintage and/or reissue Excellentes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwalin Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 What's an Excellente? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 hahaha poor moose! someday! someone on tdpri was talking about playing their buddy's original frontier- are they similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 EXCELLENTE FT120. First one on the left with the eagle on the pick guard: http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/epiphone64p6.php It's a full size dread with ALL the bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el capitan Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Moose, "Are you lonesome tonight?"( E.Presley) We are already corresponding by eMail,so what do you want to compare notes about? Bring your cheapest re-issue over to England this summer.You'll never sing "Oh Lonesome me" again! Cheers, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 Moose, "Are you lonesome tonight?"( E.Presley) We are already corresponding by eMail,so what do you want to compare notes about? Bring your cheapest re-issue over to England this summer.You'll never sing "Oh Lonesome me" again! Cheers, Mike. If I was not like a skinny woman-flat busted-I would gladly be over to the UK to hum & strum with you-This may yet come to pass if the Queen Mary still has rentable life boat suites. By the way, I still have not played the sunburst through any amp-do you happen to have a spare cable? LOL P.S. I never did ask you if you ever have done anything to your sb to "juice" the tone ,sustain or anything else? P.P.S. If you think Elvis was ever lonesome for one moment with his stable of women -dream on teen age queen LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 What's an Excellente? Hi JWA Thanks for your interest An Excellente was a great top of the line flat top made by Epiphone between 1973-1970 -Only 141 were ever produced but reissues were made in a very limited number (23) in the early 90's by the Gibson Bozeman shop and again in the late 90's by a Korean guitar company. To see one, look on the link in the Tommy K posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 hahaha poor moose! someday! someone on tdpri was talking about playing their buddy's original frontier- are they similar? Thanks for the question - never having played or actually seen an original or later Frontier, I cannot make a comparison-in their rarity however, it is my opinion that an Excellente is much more so. Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 EXCELLENTE FT120. First one on the left with the eagle on the pick guard: http://www.vintageguitars.org.uk/epiphone64p6.php It's a full size dread with ALL the bling. Tommy K Until I saw it was a 1964 catalog page I was ready to jump on it That is what I am really looking for-a 1963-64 Excellente. Thanks for the heart burn any way. Regards, Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el capitan Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Moose(Elvis-had he lived! LOL!) I had a pickup /saddle installed & the luthier loved the guitar-the lowest action without buzzing I've ever encountered.I put bluegrass gauge strings on it AND jOHN pEARSE bridge pins>Superb tone & excellent volume for a Korean guitar> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el capitan Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 both have large engraved pickguards<but frontier was maple excellente rosewood> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 28, 2011 Share Posted January 28, 2011 Tommy K Until I saw it was a 1964 catalog page I was ready to jump on it That is what I am really looking for-a 1963-64 Excellente. Thanks for the heart burn any way. Regards, Moose Sorry to create heartburn in you Moose. That is a cool site. You get to see the evolution of the Epiphones in the mid to late sixties, the heyday of folk music. One Epiphone catalog has 4 or 5 nylon strung guitars alone.... Oh to be a guit tar salesman back then. Think of the commission checks! But it didn't last... If you squint real hard and blow the screen up you can read the text and model numbers. Questions on these come up once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Ya ain't lonesome - there are plenty of folks out there lusting in vain right aslong with you. Rumor is though, a friend of mine back home in Mississippi recently scored one as part of a lot of instruments he bought at an estate auction or something. Have not talked with him so unfortunately I can't confirm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Ya ain't lonesome - there are plenty of folks out there lusting in vain right aslong with you. Rumor is though, a friend of mine back home in Mississippi recently scored one as part of a lot of instruments he bought at an estate auction or something. Have not talked with him so unfortunately I can't confirm. Hi Zomby: Very interesting-please try to contact your friend to see if this really happened. I was offered 3 67's last Fall.Two had damage & all 3 needed missing pick guards. The repaired ones, which didn't interest me, went to GBase dealers who apparently got unrepaired prices for them shortly after they both appeared for sale. The undamaged one(except for the pickguard replacemnt)apparently went to a friend of the original dealer who acquired them. Regards, Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Ya ain't lonesome - there are plenty of folks out there lusting in vain right aslong with you. Rumor is though, a friend of mine back home in Mississippi recently scored one as part of a lot of instruments he bought at an estate auction or something. Have not talked with him so unfortunately I can't confirm. Zomby: Please contact me directly-I have something to discuss that may be of interest to you, Regards, Moose EMail d.dogs@verizon.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 hey moose came across this photo the other day, never seen him playing one before, but maybe it'll sway you in the frontier direction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 hey moose came across this photo the other day, never seen him playing one before, but maybe it'll sway you in the frontier direction! Cunningham: I don't see your posted image but don't get me wrong-I love those rope & cactus pick guard Frontiers -that will be my next one barring another Excellente showing up. Regards, Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 hmm strange it didnt show up. i can see it now, can you? you may not be interested in the ugly guy playing it, but it's a beaut of a guitar. Definitely on my wish list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooseguy Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Cunningham Thanks for trying but still can't see the photo-nevertheless- Those Frontiers are great Regards, Moose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el capitan Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Bet it's Noel Gallagher out of Oasis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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