>
> but a Gibson I'd not touch unless I had tried out the guitar in question.
Seems that it would be difficult to try it out it you won't touch it.
Adam Maas wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:51 PM, John Sessoms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>> Indeed it is a brand of Bass Guitars, Gibson's value brand in fact.
>>> Ironically the bass in question is something of a Fender clone. -Adam
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 3:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Nice rendering. But that is "Epiphone"? Is that the name of the
>>>>> brand of bass?
>>>>>
>> It was originally a brand in its own right, one of Gibson's competitors.
>> Evidently they couldn't quite make make it after WWII and Gibson bought
>> them out in the 50s.
>>
>> Lately, Epiphone is a cheap Gibson clone made under contract at whatever
>> far eastern factory will bid the lowest, although there are a few
>> Epiphone models with no Gibson counterpart.
>>
>>
>
> I wouldn't call Epiphone a 'cheap Gibson clone', their QC is generally
> better than Gibson's own, good mid-range guitars. I'd gladly buy an
> Epiphone off the shelf, but a Gibson I'd not touch unless I had tried
> out the guitar in question.
>
>
>
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