The Indian laurel board is a real downer on those 'high-end' Epiphones. No one can tell a difference to rosewood soundwise, I'm sure but they look and feel cheap (rough and grainy and light in color) on most Epiphones I played and quickly put away because of that. The electronic components are actually not worth mentioning if you put them in perspective of wholesale prices...
Love how people like to dump on Indian Laurel fret boards but can't give one reason why. Why? It's because they're just repeating what they've heard every other person who dump on them but can't come up with anything negative to say about them.
The only way I would pay that kind of money for one of these. Is to put and 3 humbucker. Pick ups, copy it after the original. And a Bixby bring it back to the wood color dark wood. Other other than that, it's just another $400 guitar. They play okay. But they could do a lot more for the money. Especially for the ones like the Joe Bonamassa special Les Paul Epiphone Guitar was not impressed especially for the money you are spending did this feels like another $400 guitar I like my grandfather always said you can put a beautiful paint job on a car don't make it run any better
Would be a Firebird VII and not a V if it had 3 pickups and block inlays. With the hardware and specs I think this is worth the 1700. Good luck finding a Gibson Firebird close to that price that's not a studio. I have a couple of Laurel fret board guitars and they're fine(as well as rosewood and ebony).
Alnico 5 pickups not even the last 10 years of gibson uses those custom pickups , that's $250 , $100 if lucky for the banjo tunners , $150 for the engraved lyre long vibrola , $50 usa electronics and $150 custom hardshell case still a bit high the price but to get this guitar specs on a gibson today is 7k I went to the store and Chek them out , yes the feel and play great, even a bit better in the feel that my gibsons but ....... yes the fretboard is a down down down nothing against Indian laurel but everytime I pick up a guitar with Indian laurel feels dry and grainy besides for the prices you expect ebony or rosewood other than that guitar is killer
Got one.
Ember red and don't drop nothing but blue.
So very pleased and had it PLEKed.
Epi site excl finishes has me wanting a cherry I.
The Indian laurel board is a real downer on those 'high-end' Epiphones. No one can tell a difference to rosewood soundwise, I'm sure but they look and feel cheap (rough and grainy and light in color) on most Epiphones I played and quickly put away because of that. The electronic components are actually not worth mentioning if you put them in perspective of wholesale prices...
Love how people like to dump on Indian Laurel fret boards but can't give one reason why. Why? It's because they're just repeating what they've heard every other person who dump on them but can't come up with anything negative to say about them.
The only way I would pay that kind of money for one of these.
Is to put and 3 humbucker. Pick ups, copy it after the original. And a Bixby bring it back to the wood color dark wood. Other other than that, it's just another $400 guitar. They play okay. But they could do a lot more for the money.
Especially for the ones like the Joe Bonamassa special Les Paul Epiphone Guitar was not impressed especially for the money you are spending did this feels like another $400 guitar I like my grandfather always said you can put a beautiful paint job on a car don't make it run any better
Would be a Firebird VII and not a V if it had 3 pickups and block inlays. With the hardware and specs I think this is worth the 1700. Good luck finding a Gibson Firebird close to that price that's not a studio. I have a couple of Laurel fret board guitars and they're fine(as well as rosewood and ebony).
Beautiful guitar I'll take it like it is 🎸🎶
Damn ain’t got nothing to say, huh?
Just too high priced for an Gibson, inspired, Epiphone.....And why can't they put a player that knows what to do with a trem bar...
Alnico 5 pickups not even the last 10 years of gibson uses those custom pickups , that's $250 , $100 if lucky for the banjo tunners , $150 for the engraved lyre long vibrola , $50 usa electronics and $150 custom hardshell case still a bit high the price but to get this guitar specs on a gibson today is 7k I went to the store and Chek them out , yes the feel and play great, even a bit better in the feel that my gibsons but ....... yes the fretboard is a down down down nothing against Indian laurel but everytime I pick up a guitar with Indian laurel feels dry and grainy besides for the prices you expect ebony or rosewood other than that guitar is killer