Epiphone J-200 Aged - they look good, but how do they sound?
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- The J-200… "everyone should own one," as Paul often says. But not everyone can afford one! That's where the Epiphone J-200 shines. For a fraction of the price of an authentic Bozeman-made J-200, you can get the Epiphone aged version. They look the part with exquisite attention to detail. But looks aren't everything! How do you think these models sound compared to the real deal?? Let us know in the comments and thanks for watching!
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Scale Length: 25.55"
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Get over the fact that you are not buying a Gibson J200. If you want the real deal then go and buy one. If you want a guitar that looks pretty good then buy this one. Change out the saddle for a bone one, change the bridge pins to bone or brass, bin the strings and replace with some Elixirs, and boom you have a great sounding guitar that wont break the bank account.
Right !!!
There is nothing wrong with .these guitars these videos do not give these guitars justice the sound he gets is shit. But I've played one in my local store and it sounded a million times better than this. We need to stop judging from a video and go to a local store and try one .mine sounds brilliant very deep very bassy
For those in doubt, with a string change these are a great sounding guitar, to my ear at least. I've used mine on multiple home recordings and one studio recording, it performed exceptionally well considering it's price. I do also play with .11 guage strings, unlike most who would use .12's on this sort've guitar, so that's another factor. Don't get why the sound is being compared to a 4.5k guitar in this video lol.
Because it´s a copy of a 4.5k guitar. Of course it´s being compared
@@LubeyGTC A copy?
@@KyTaundry It‘s modeled after an SJ-200. If it‘s comparable sound- or buildquality-wise is debatable but I call it a copy because it‘s supposed to be exactly that
@@LubeyGTC I hear yah man, but it's literally called the Epiphone "inspired by" Gibson range lol. If it was a copy they'd have used the same woods etc, it's more like the wish version of the real thing lol. Mine still sounds great, used it at a little unplugged gig with my band last night actually, have had multiple sound engineers compliment how good it sounds now too! :).
@@KyTaundryYeah but even if you call it „Inspired by“ something instead of a „copy of“ something it‘s gotta get compared. You see a guitar that you really like but it costs 5k and then you see that a significantly cheaper one does exist that looks almost identical. Of course you would want to know how close it gets to the original one
Gibson fanboys. Rest assured folks in the comments. for example, I’ve sonically tested the inspired by Gibson hummingbird and the Gibson hummingbird and the differences were so little that it honestly didn’t even matter. People are always gonna talk up the Gibson variant regardless of what Epiphone puts out because of well to put it plainly, if people knew they could get basically the same thing for way less then they wouldn’t buy the more expensive one. But also at the same time, the idea of being able to own a 5,000 dollar supreme guitar really does drive the people to that purchase because let’s face it, humans like valuable nice and shiny things that they can feel good about themselves and brag about to others. Don’t get me wrong I like Gibsons too for sure but coming from a musician, with a logical stand point, if something works just as good as something else that would cost 3 or 4 times the price I mean if we use common sense then the confusion of it becomes pretty plain and simple. In other words, if there is too little of a difference to make a difference, then pumping one thing up over another just for the sake of selling the more expensive item is morally wrong and in a sense takes advantage of its customer base. There, I said it and I’m not taking it back!!! lol
Best comment ever with plenty of truth
Agreed 100% I owned a Gibson J200 from 2003/ 2019 and sold it because I didn't play it much due to it's size, but I missed it and after reading about the Epiphone 'Inspired By Gibson', I bought one. So far, I can't find £4000 difference in the playability, sound or appearance. It doesn't make sense to pay over the odds for something you can buy over five times less expensive with a different headstock. It's basically all down to snobbery, it's the player that matters, not the brand.
I think you're sorely mistaken. I've got no particular love for Gibson but after playing so many different guitars all these years I can OBJECTIVELY say with assurance there's no replacement for a Gibson. Nothing sounds as good. What professional artist chooses to play an Epiphone instead of a Gibson? We're now seeing other manufacturers pushing nitro finishes on their top end guitars, while Gibson has been making them all in nitro forever. Gibson pleck all their guitars too. Who else does this? Every Gibson is made in USA which is the golden standard of guitar quality. Regardless of what guitar you get, if it says Gibson on the headstock, you can be sure that it's a sick highest quality guitar. If you could get the same at 1/5th of a price then no one in their right mind would buy a Gibson, let alone the guitar players who are usually broke because of gear acquisition syndrome. Gibsons are built better than anything else, I only wish they had stainless steel frets.
@@dpajc056 I’ve played many many guitars for years and years myself and I can tell you that right now I have a vintage Yamaha that will walk the dog on a j200 all day long and many have said the same thing when they have heard me play it. So no I don’t think I’m sorely mistaken lol
What a brilliant comment I totally agree with you mate
I think gibson is apsulutely fantastic but these epiphone inspired j200s are brilliant and I think a lot of the time people are paying thousands for a gibson simply because is a legendary world famous guitar name. How ever gibson is a brilliant brand of course it is
But these inspired epis are I'd say around 99% close to a gibson Deffinitly.
Listening on RUclips is wrong as well you have to try one out at your local music store
I can never get past the two different color halves, on any guitar.
Me either! That’s completely unacceptable for a new guitar.
Get past it. They’re great
That’s what I love about them, lol. It’s just like looking at a burst. They never looked perfect
Just remember these guys want you to buy a gibson lol... I have an epiphone hummingbird that I put a bone nut and saddle on and it sounds like 5k guitar. If you want a gibson get a gibson but these are amazing guitars.
Interesting, and hearing only the Epiphone provided a sense of how it sounds. But it would have been nice to hear it played back-to-back with the Gibson, like you sometimes do. The Gibson was hanging right there on the wall. Why not do that?
Big different i think.
These guitars were bad sounds i think.
I have one. Just got it. I put 12’s on it elixir. It sounds good. No it’s not boomy at all. It’s maple. It’s not gonna sound the same as a 5000.00 Gibson. But it’s as good as a Taylor 300 series. If you put heavy bronze strings on it. It will boom. Plus he’s using a pick. If you use a pick on an acoustic, you ain’t an acoustic guitar player.
I love mine, feels great, sounds good enough to me, I am not recording or performing for people so why does it have to sound absolutley perfect at 800 quid?? Sounds like most of the comments on here are actually expecting it to sound just like the Gibson. If that was the case then why would you buy the Gibson?? Or why would they even exist after the release of this, come on guys get some perspective and see it for what it is.
I had the Epi Masterbilt J200 Vintage su burst, took it back, sounded like it was underwater
I played one of these recently, and I thought they sounded incredible. Did they change the factory (dime store) strings?
I agree. I changed the strings and it sounded great.
They sell gibsons, they want you to buy the gibson these are very nice guitars
Whatever the pickup is it cannot amplify what isn’t there in the beginning…
I think lower priced 12 strings are the ticket. I'm the typical collector with over 40 and they are high end, but the 12 string is almost a novelty and higher maintenance. The sub-thousand range is perfect. EPI makes fantastic guitars. Let's be honest, i owned the black back lp custom and the hummingbird, and i have the gibson equivalents. Sorry, there is a major difference. People talk about changing the nuts, pegs, tuners, etc. Nope. You'll get closer, but it ain't gonna get there.
That being said, I'd buy all Epiphone if i didn't get great deals (ridiculous deals on some) on Gibson's. I readily admit id never pay full price for the 13 that i own. Example: my es335 is not $2000 better than the epi. I readily admit that, but I didn't pay anywhere near $3999, nor would I. Epi is great, hands down
They won’t play them back to back cause there’s no big difference
I don't know if this matters but when I changed out the strings the saddle fell out and when it hit the floor split in two. So, I took it to my local luthier to set it up with a new bone saddle. I had the set up go with the action as low as possible without any fret buzz. Anyway, when i got it back, the guitar sounded and felt completely different. The sound acoustically, night and day. The boom was more present with the low E and A strings. It doesn't sound as good as a Gibson J200, but it sounds much better after set up and a new saddle than it did when I got it out of the box. When I got it I had mixed feelings out of the box. After getting it set up with the new saddle I absolutely love this guitar and can't put it down. So I'd suggest if someone has bought one and is feeling mixed about it, get it set up and have a new saddle put in.
So your saying getting your guitar set up professionally will make it sound and play better then it did straight out of the box? Interesting.
@S revolutionary, isn't it?
@@miserableunoriginal more interesting than your comment, for sure.
@@backandfour Oh for sure. Im just pointing out that any guitar being professionally set up will sound tremendously better then it will out of the box. It’s not a very foreign concept to comprehend.
You were not pointing out anything. you were being sarcastically rude to a comment made by someone who said that changing the strings, the saddle and adjusting the action lower made him see the guitar differently. To me that is a very valid suggestion to anyone interested in this guitar.
I think that these Epiphones J200's will be close to the Gibsons in some years when the wood's dried out. I have a Masterbilt EF 500 RA made in 2010. Back then it didn't sound as good as it sounds now when the woods are dried out. Same thing will happen with all this solid wood Epiphones after some years. I think they value will definitely go up.
In the forties, fifties and later the guitar manufacturers used naturally dried wood and that's why the guitars were from start on great.
I have a laminated jumbo Yamaha from 1969, it's a vintage looking guitar, but it's laminated. The wood can't "work" so the sound is probably as bad as it was in 1969. It doesn't have any depth. It is loud, but that's all ..
Let's try the Masterbilt Excellente and say it's worse than a Gibson. I own lots of guitars and the Excellente is as good if not better than any Gibson I've tried or own (including an SJ200)
Worst guitar I ever bought. The ej200 laminated back and sides cutaway sounds better . I'm trading this asap.
Specs in the description say it's solid wood back in sides
@@pawlowski6132 yes . I'm talking about the ej200 cutaway. Ej200ce . Own both guitars and the laminated sounds better than this one
@@erinpatricia4 I did own the Epiphone J200 CE and now own the IBG version,I can't say it sounds worse than the CE version.
I agree, its lacking the low-end boom and it sounds more like an archtop.. But cool to see that it got solid figured maple back and sides.
Yeah, I’ve got my Epi J-200 made in 2010, it’s completely laminated. Guess it’s quite different instrument.
It doesn’t sound like an archtop at all. He’s using a pick and his nails
I disagree you need to try one in front of you rather than listen on RUclips. They are brilliant guitars this video is not giving the guitar any justice at all I thought after watching videos they lacked sound but I was wrong after trying one at my local store they are 98% close to the gibson plenty of bass there brilliant .this guy is wrong
All these high end Epiphone guitars have plastic bridge pins. It says ivory on the spec sheet but they are plastic.
So upgrade them to Tusq, bone or ebony.
Gibson's same models have Tusq pins.
You will see improved tone after the upgrade.
Even my Custom made Gibson SJ 200 has plastic bridge pins. Apparently it is part of the sound and people who have changed them went back to plastic. Sounds absurd, but I've never felt like my SJ 200 needs improvement. It's the nest sounding acoustic I've ever played, so I ain't messing with it!
I definitely like the new headstock from the old style....but yeah pretty nice.
Sigmas and eipiphones made in Indonesia are very well made and sound great.
I played one, with new strings on it and it sounded just great. And you are probably right when you say that the Gibsons sound better but hey... none of my friends or acquaintances can afford those Gibsons !!
I recommend you watch Driftwood Guitar’s video, sawing in have a Gibson G45. Look at the build quality.
The blonde EJ-200 bridge looks cheap and terrible particularly. It looks like the bridge was not even stained. Completely out of place.
I agree it lacks something. I played one vs a Gibson on the wall next to me and although it felt good sounded good but the Gibson had a boom and clarity the epi just didn't
Bollocks
You guys are funny. Quentin says he’s gonna do an honest review (not just a demo!), offers up a few negatives, and Paul (ever the diplomat) attempts to reposition everything as a positive.
That’s because Paul, while certainly diplomatic, owns these guitars, and needs to sell them… the good news is that they will be perfect for somebody! As an old friend in the car business said, “there’s an A$$ for every seat”… same with guitars.
@@jed1166 Just the same, you get my drift. These guys always try to smooth over any wrinkles or subtle disagreement. For once, in this video Quentin stakes out new territory by saying he wants to tell it like it is. And Paul makes every effort to cozy back up to the J-200 by spinning every single criticism into a positive attribute. It's a silly discourse. I know you know, you got it.
Since my comment has been censored, let me just say LOL!
What did you say
@@mattharris4000 Been 10 months, Matt, so I kinda forget. But rest assured, I can be a little snarky ;-)
You ask us how we think the Epi sounds compared to the Gibson but only played the Epi. Based on that I would have to say the Gibson is a lot quieter.
I’m saving up for the Eastman AC630 instead. Still half of the cost of a Gibson J-200
I've tried both. The Eastman 630 is a better guitar than the Gibson J200, no kidding, it's outstanding.
@@maxwellfan55 I can confirm your statement, I had a real Gibson J200, took it back almost right away, since I was underwhelmed by it's volume and projection. Got a Martin D35 instead,wich was great but needed a neck reset under warranty, so I got the Eastman AC630 Jumbo and it's my best acoustic guitar and a beast, it blows a Gibson J200 right out of the water. I also bought the Epiphone J200 inspired by Gibson, wich wasn't much lesser than the real mcCoy, and only a fraction of the price tag of a Gibson. I think the Epiphone is fine sounding in sync with the price.
@@freddysnip6257 Hi, and thanks...
Much is made of the J200. I think it's a great guitar but what's not understood is these guitars were originally built way back as a stage/tv guitars, more for their fabulous looks than their tone, although I'm not saying they don't sound good. The one I owned was a blonde, a very good example but not good enough to make me want to keep it. You are right about the J200's limited volume and projection, much due to the maple b&sides and possibly the big scratchplate.
I don't own an AC630 but spent some time playing one and know it's quite simply a better guitar than the 200, looks good too.
I also had an HD 35. Wonderful dread, but too boomy over the trebles. I sold it.
The jumbo I keep now is a spruce/rosewood Faith which for me is actually better than all three, volume with full rich sustain, great for big open chords, picking and cowboy songs. The price and headstock badge to me is irrelevant, I simply go on the tone and acceptable playability.
@@maxwellfan55 Hi Maxwell, Thnx for replying and confirming the lack of volume and projection. I was just baffled that they always claim they are loud boomy guitars with projection, but it's the opposite indeed! And in hindsight the Martin D 35, it is boomy over the trebles indeed, and glad it needed a neck reset. I had to do without that guitar for up to 9 months to a year, with a reset under warranty. I told them no way! And they let me have the Eastman AC 630 for it instead with some adjustments I needed, like a K & K pick-up, and a see through scratchplate, so I still can see the full sunburst body. I was just doing some browsing in the shop I bought it from( The Martin) ) And was drawn to this Eastman AC 630. I tried it, and tried it, and tried it! Couldn't believe my ears, how good as the guitar did sound, it has everything the Gibson J-200 is supposedly famous for, but lacking) I lost a little money on the Martin, but I did have it for 3,5 years and had minor wear and some minor dings, but I didn't have to pay a dime for the Eastman. You won't regret it when you finally have saved enough money to buy it. And then the Epiphone J-200 IBG came on the market in 2020/2021. It looked so dam'n good, for a 7th of the price of the Gibson '57 model counterpart, almost excact identical for at least 90%. I just have to had it, and it is a good guitar for the pricetag, at least I can justify the sound for the price tag, wich I can't say for the Gibson. The sound between the Eastman and Epiphone IBG is a difference of night and day of course. The Eastman blows the Epi out of the water. But it's not a bad guitar to have on the side. And I know a lot of people will disagree with me on the subject, but I think it sounds almost excactly like a Gibson J-200. A lot of people will say it is lacking the boominess of a Gibson( but what boominess? :) IMHO a lot of people know it that their Gibson is not the beast of a guitar wich they claim, it is difficult to say I think, that they payed $ 4500- $8000 for a guitar that is dissapointing in sound.
@@freddysnip6257 Hi Freddy. That Eastman jumbo will cover all your needs for playing inside the house and for live acoustic sessions. The one I played just needed a little setting up and off you go, a damn fine, top notch guitar with a sweet, powerful tone. The Epi will take care of your needs for sound and taking knocks when playing in riskier places like pubs etc. So a perfect combination to own both.
That said, I'm still a big fan of Gibson acoustics (looks, sound, great playability) but what I've learned over the years is they vary very much from guitar to guitar. You can get a good one next to an absolute dog I wouldn't touch in hell.
The J200 I owned WAS excellent, another in the shop was just awful even though it still sold for top money. It's my belief many people want a J200 mainly as an acquisition, they are sold on the looks and reputation even before they bought one, which is still ok IMO, because I'd also love to own all kinds of guitar if money and storage space would allow. I already have loads of carefully chosen guitars, and love to play them ALL! I'm currently playing a lot of classical, so would recommend one of those too.
I've own three top-end Gibson acoustics in the past. J180, SJ200, and Hummingbird TV, the Hummingbird being easily the best of the three. But I eventually sold all of them for other (better) instruments.
Regrets? Yes of course. But in my tenure mostly these fine guitars stayed mainly in their cases in favour of more "working" instruments.
The one I prob would keep is a J45 if I could find a good 'un.
Cheers mate, happy playing.
They sound ok, but I still prefer my J45.
Nice enough instrument; and I'd purchase one if I had to gig at a nice enough venue. I'd also explore all options at that price point to ensure I was getting what I needed.
Thank you! Finally someone being honest about these. That doesn’t take away from guitar at all. It’s just that it’s NOT a Gibson J200. The Epi still sounds great but it’s not the same!
Low end boominess on an acoustic feels cool but is worthless when recording and in live sound. Every sound engineer is slapping a high pass filter at 100hz over your low end.
Of course it’s gonna be underwhelming compared with a guitar that’s 5x the price. Would be more helpful to review it on its own merits and against similarly priced guitars.
I have the Inspired by gibson j200. Im guessing thats what that is? I love mine.
And you should sir! It's a great guitar on its own merits.
Saying it sounds like a laminate is disgusting talk!!!! They are all bloody solid wood!!!! Sales men in most music Shop Video's always talk and find faults in cheaper guitars or guitars they do not sell in pursuading you to buy a much more expensive one from them. Not many people can afford a Gibson J-200. JP Cormier is one of the greatest acoustic guitar players on the planet and he has bought the Epiphone J-200 the Hummingbird and the J-45 and says that they are absolutley brilliant in every way.
got one of these .they are great fun [never going to be a gibson .] because there epiphone .would you compare a rolls royce car with a milk float because they are the same shape or colour? cos you would not .but in the price range they hold there own .the reviewers play the best of the best in store daily so of course they can be picky .[and even if they did like a lower priced guitar ] would be bad management to tell you on here
I had one of these and, while it was a good guitar, it wasn't a great guitar. I cured some of the low end absence by running it down a while step.
That's interesting. Tuning down half a step can transform the sound in a very good way on some guitars. More people should try this.
I wonder if they used the stock Epiphone strings or put new ones on. I've noticed Epiphone strings are horrendous, that may bring these guitars to life.
I really disliked mine! Intonation was really messed up. I got rid of it as quickly as I could.
You two do a great job and I enjoy your videos. Really glad you did this review as it’s in my price range, but I can’t help feeling that you ought to have played the Gibson alongside the Epiphone as you ran it down so much, boo! I’m not a pro, so even if I could pay for a Gibson j200 I wouldn’t, they’re a guitar not a house so not about to take out a second mortgage. The Epiphone sounds nice and the price nicer.
Nice to see they changed that ugly bulbous headstock finally!
Sorry but I don't agree this time. Don't know if they are the plywood guitars that your demoing here but the "Inspired by Gibson" SJ200 sounds great. That guitar is all solid wood and looks as good as it sounds.
Guitar snobs.
Thank you for the honesty. Too often it is all praise but the reality is, a good guitar but not a J200.
Is it just me or
do both of these guitars sound awful?
Halfway through, it sounds pretty cheap to me. For someone spending $1000 on a guitar, I’m assuming you’re not a beginner….you can get a better guitar for $1k. If it’s gotta be a G style, save up more and get a used j45. If it’s gotta be an SJ200, save up a lot more and get the Gibson SJ200. If you don’t like those options, well…start a life of crime and get one for free….or, become wealthy and price won’t matter….ORRRR become famous AND wealthy (price won’t matter, and it’ll be free or deeply discounted.) Those are your options.
The great majority of Americans do not have the financial means that you guys were blessed with. Therefore, Epiphone is the poor musician’s, at least my own choice for my guitar brand. Gibson G series. Break them down and see for yourself the bad build quality. And still over one thousand dollars in price. Yes, they do have solid back and sides. However, the build is very sloppy.
Seriously? You say they saying like laminate guitars? Guitar snob much guys? Sounds like you may have a fan boy complex. You didn't even play thr Gibson hangin on the wall there. Did you change strings? Geez boys...
The guy demonstrating ALMOST got to make the most important point but, the other guy keep interrupting to say nothing at all. That is, that plugged in, the guitars will sound like Gibsons.
Bought two. A natural and a sunburst. Took out the terrible Fishman wheel type pickup and installed two Fishman prefix plus T preamps in the side of each guitar
Superb
You two live and breath Gibson acoustic. Living in Bozeman. How Gibson can you get. So , it is not fair to review Epiphone. There will always be a bias present.
China Lives on they did great
2 people struggling to like the guitar. I'm so tired of the "it's good enough for the money" crowd. If we keep going down that road all we will have left is junk good enough for the money.
so yeh. cough up 9 K for the Gibson.🙄
I bought a Gibson SJ 200 but end up returning it because I paid $1,500 in 1991 now they're 4 grands so this might be the all solid wood alternative
Fine for the money, but do not expect it to me near a Gibby J-200 by a long shot. These are overbuilt tone killers...
Thanks for the honesty. love watching your videos
I had one but just hated the flowery scratchpad and moustache bridge.
Why did you buy it then?
@@pawlowski6132 You're absolutely right Joe. It was the best guitar in the shop at the time and it certainly was a worthwhile purchase but the decorative features slowly but surely got too much for me.
That sounds like an apologetic review of a Dreadnaught body that doesn't have the "boom" that one of those needs to have?
Should it be more appropriate to look at the guitar as it's own since it was designed to be without that bottom end?
Not saying your take isn't appropriate. It is odd to hear it without much low end but if it was designed without it, on purpose, doesn't seem it should be a dig.
Change strings and pegs and it's great,it's own thing in a great way,these guys really sell it short just like this company did with lg2 western,the best buy I ever made.
Guys you talk too much
ya nailed it. an Epi is not gonna sound like a Gibson.
and proceeds to play hokey country lixx like a champ.
I have one of these. I can say it's a meh guitar. I love the J200 but really can't justify spending that kind of money on one so this is as close as I'll get probably but I kind of wish I'd have gone with the Sigma version.
woulda liked to hear it up against the expensive one you mentioned, back on the wall, just for reference. and is it like $$$$ expensive or $$$? or even $$? idk why but i just REALLY like the whole mustache bridge look. i think this is the only guitar that has it? anyway thank you so much for this review and the points covered. it was really helpful!
Thanks Quinton and Paul.
These have bone saddles the Gibson have tusq saddles
They are nice looking but sounded bad,hands down😉
The perfect example of Gibson making sure Epi guitars "inspired by G" are nothing like the originals of the Gibson brand: a J200 that sounds nothing like a J200, even it's all solid woods. Why would anyone care about a guitar that's knowingly crippled from the start? A waste of wood and work!
I still think there's a good place for these Epi jumbos. I'd have one.
@@maxwellfan55 For free? Me too! For 950? I would go for a Guild.
Maybe if you use a equalizer boost the bass that will help
You guys nailed the review. I bought one when they first came out. I packaged it back up and sent it back the next day. The boom of the J200 is what you expect but don’t get.
Dang I just bought a used one. Doesn't make sense to build a Jumbo that doesn't boom. Any affordable alternatives?
Is it an optical illusion or is the blonde sound hole smaller than the sunburst?
It’s probably an optical illusion. The white outer ring of the sound hole is more pronounced on the black of the sunburst making it look wider.
These were under $500 a few years ago.....$1000 now!
You must be mistaken. Sweetwater did have an exclusive IBG J-200, but it wasn't quite the same. Those were still laminate sides and back. These are solid wood all around. The EJ-200s were always priced around $400, but these have always been priced at $900 give or take
Is the action decent?
nice looking guitars ,
Sounds nice. I have a 2004 ej300 which is great.
Love em
They have their place... they make great firewood,or doorstops,
I appreciate the honesty. And yes, I'd pass on these. Wish I could afford the real deal, though...
Buzz buzz buzz
Mine doesn't buzz at all, and if it does, it can be solved by a luthier. A new Gibson J200 can also buzz.
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