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Allrighty , Hello all you Epi owners,

I am new here . I have been reading this forum for 10 or more days now. Ever since I found out about the 50th anniversary ’62 Sherry. Read posts for 2 days then I ordered one.

Got it Monday 2-25-13. What a beaut!

Signed up to show you all some pix., but 1st a little history. I got my 1st epi, a 12er back in early- mid 70’s. Was not great but I banged on it for 10 yrs or so. Bridge bellied off and I gave it away. Flash forward to 2008 I liked Epi's, so I got a “56" gold top P-90 LP ,,sweet, then a red stained all mahogany gold hardware LP, then a EJ-200CE (played for 2 -3 yrs and gave it to my brother) , then a Hummingbird Artist, and a EJ-200 Artist($150, I couldn’t resist) .

So now I have the 62 Sherry, nice nice axe. Natural ,,,, 286 of series.

Finish- a+

 

Setup? Not bad at all little too much relief- fixed

 

strings are 10’s, seem like 11’s or 12’s would be better but I will fool around with these for a while.

 

Intonation was pretty good , had to sharpen the A string.

 

My Obsevation; the frequesator has a LOT of string before the bridge,

Bending strings like I do is problematic but I think nut sauce or graphite on bridge and nut will remedy that toot suite!.

 

Here are some pix.

 

 

sherry62.jpg

 

 

EpiCert.jpg

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Allrighty , Hello all you Epi owners,

I am new here . I have been reading this forum for 10 or more days now. Ever since I found out about the 50th anniversary ’62 Sherry. Read posts for 2 days then I ordered one.

Got it Monday 2-25-13. What a beaut!

Signed up to show you all some pix., but 1st a little history. I got my 1st epi, a 12er back in early- mid 70’s. Was not great but I banged on it for 10 yrs or so. Bridge bellied off and I gave it away. Flash forward to 2008 I liked Epi's, so I got a “56" gold top P-90 LP ,,sweet, then a red stained all mahogany gold hardware LP, then a EJ-200CE (played for 2 -3 yrs and gave it to my brother) , then a Hummingbird Artist, and a EJ-200 Artist($150, I couldn’t resist) .

So now I have the 62 Sherry, nice nice axe. Natural ,,,, 286 of series.

Finish- a+

 

Setup? Not bad at all little too much relief- fixed

 

strings are 10’s, seem like 11’s or 12’s would be better but I will fool around with these for a while.

 

Intonation was pretty good , had to sharpen the A string.

 

My Obsevation; the frequesator has a LOT of string before the bridge,

Bending strings like I do is problematic but I think nut sauce or graphite on bridge and nut will remedy that toot suite!.

 

Here are some pix.

 

 

sherry62.jpg

 

 

EpiCert.jpg

That is a beautiful guitar. One of those, in that finish, has been on my wish list now for a while. Showing up with your pictures is a great way to come into the forum, so welcome. Here's your forum warmimg present. +1

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thats Beautiful Jammaroo !!!

 

Welcome to the forum!

 

don't these " '62/50s" sing ?

how's your FB woodgrain? mines just crazy nice.

 

a surprisingly good guitar for the $ !

 

got mine 2-21

 

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B4L, as I've said before, red guitars are usually not my favorites (reminds me too much of my first, and huge POS, guitar), but yours is stunning and a definite exception. Enjoy.

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B4L, as I've said before, red guitars are usually not my favorites (reminds me too much of my first, and huge POS, guitar), but yours is stunning and a definite exception. Enjoy.

 

I'm not a red guitar man myself but this is what I'm going for. I've checked out the finishes of all 3 in person and the cherry stood out most for me. This really is a beautiful guitar

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1962 in total.

 

I own a blonde model (like the OP) I hand-picked in the shop among 4 others (2 natural + 2 sunburst). Zero cosmetic flaw. All I had to do was lower the action a bit and adjust the pup height to my liking. Otherwise it's a fine, fine guitar. Very versatile and lighter than I thought (7lbs13oz / 3,54kg)

 

QC and factory set-up issues notwithstanding, it's every bit as good as the Elite/Elitist at a fraction of the price.

 

It's the best Epiphone MIC has to offer nowadays. [thumbup]

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1962 in total.

 

I own a blonde model (like the OP) I hand-picked in the shop among 4 others (2 natural + 2 sunburst). Zero cosmetic flaw. All I had to do was lower the action a bit and adjust the pup height to my liking. Otherwise it's a fine, fine guitar. Very versatile and lighter than I thought (7lbs13oz / 3,54kg)

 

QC and factory set-up issues notwithstanding, it's every bit as good as the Elite/Elitist at a fraction of the price.

 

It's the best Epiphone MIC has to offer nowadays. [thumbup]

 

Thanks Q-bop.

 

Best regards,

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