Yeah, I have to say that an Epiphone Trini Lopez would be incredibly hard for me to resist, as long as they don't bungle the headstock the way they did on the new Epiphone Firebirds. It's too big, it's shaped wrong, and it's awkward and ugly enough to be the sole reason I don't want one.
Gibson headstock:
Epiphone headstock:
Notice how the Epiphone headstock is blown out to be cartoonishly big, with the high E tuner being so low on the headstock that it lands inside the "point", and also is so far off to the treble side that it actually pulls the high E string's path further out than the edge of the neck. Then, the rest of the tuners are spaced so far apart that the entire headstock is stretched out - the bass side "point" of the truss rod cover lands well below the matching point on the headstock instead of being lined up like the Gibson, and the strings splay out from each other in a fan as they leave the nut. It's also too fat toward the end, so you lose the slim, tapering feel of the original and it just looks a bit like a paddle, or a Firebird headstock suffering from some terrible bloating.
Now, the Gibson headstock is not perfect, it was a shitty follow up to the true king of Firebird headstocks:
Straight string pull, beautifully contrasting carved edges...that is probably the most perfect headstock to ever come out of the "OG design" era of the 50s and 60s.
But my point is that the Epiphone Firebird got nearly everything right except for the weird "Alibaba Firebird" headstock, so I'd hate to see a beautiful Trini Lopez plagued with the same issue.
If they put a nice headstock on it and I find one that plays well, I'll definitely try some out and buy one if it feels as good as it looks.
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