Re: Rare Gibsons and Vintage Epiphones

fonzie · Post by **fonzie** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:05 pm

the trem looks interesting...

soundhack · Post by **soundhack** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:35 pm

"Tremotone vibrato adds pulsating effects"

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:33 am

I love the look of those Crestwood Customs......

So cool!!!.........

$4000 & its yours....... http://cgi.ebay.com/1962-Epiphone-Crest ... dZViewItem

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:36 am

That guitar is oh-so Canadian,

sumlin · Post by **sumlin** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:33 am

TONS of images for you, all from here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sumlin/set ... 212512352/

Some mine, some friends:

My friend Jo's Trini Lopez: (after and before it's 4th headstock break)

She also has a one pickup Epiphone Casino from the early 60s.

My friend Neil's Sonex (briefly mine) that suffered the same fate as the Trini:

Ouch.

My bandmate Phil's matching Epiphone ET270s:

My girlfriend's Epiphone ET278 (Crestwood) and her ET276 (same but without neck binding and trem)

My ES135 with older Gibson P90s fitted:

My 'lawsuit' era SG (Ibanez factory) with John Birch neck pickup that's ex-Tony Iommi (allegedly)

My bandmate Phil's 'lawsuit' SG Custom/Deluxe with 3 humbuckers and neat homemade competition stripe:

My mate Ivan's 68 SG with trem:

My friend Chris' 80s SG that might be custom ordered as it has several weird inconsistencies:

and finally a couple of real beauties from Austin Vintage Guitars earlier this year, a 3 pickup Epi Crestwood and a one pickup Firebird:

djetz · Post by **djetz** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:20 am

FireAarro wrote: I don't know if many of these are sold in China, which has notorious guitar piracy going on. An Australian only run might happen if some Australian dealers or Epiphone's importer here commissioned a run of red Wilshires, but as you said, that's not likely at all.

I was assuming they're made in China, but I might be wrong about that.

Anyway, with any guitar (apart from the absolute top-end expensive stuff like Gibson or PRS or the boutique luthiers) editions are limited to how many they think they can sell. If they're popular, the makers will keep making them. A limited edition Epi? I doubt it.

5L1V3R · Post by **5L1V3R** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:09 pm

how much do crestwoods and wilshires go for these days?

Yannic · Post by **Yannic** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:42 am

PorkyPrimeCut wrote:
Yannic wrote: Does a 70ties Epi Genesis count??
Sorry, I keep seeing this & it makes me giggle. I don't normally correct peoples English but in this case I will.......

Man, I love that bottom picture!!!

point taken!

Post by **mynameisjonas** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:12 am

5L1V3R wrote: how much do crestwoods and wilshires go for these days?

apparently more than six times what i sold mine for...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1964-Epiphone-Crest ... dZViewItem

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:32 am

sumlin wrote:

...I'm going out on a limb and guessing this photo might have something do with all the breaks...well that and the fact that there is like a half inch of wood at the end of a Gibson...

northern_dirt · Post by **northern_dirt** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:35 am

My 92 LP studio broke, on a stand.. the stand fell over and there went the neck

(I should also say.. i had left the guitar plugged in and tripped over the chord.. )

glimmertwin · Post by **glimmertwin** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:44 am

That Sonnex is sweet! By the way, I'm pretty sure that 3 pickup Crestwood is still at Austin Vintage Guitars...

øøøøøøø · Post by **øøøøøøø** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:00 am

glimmertwin wrote: ...I'm going out on a limb and guessing this photo might have something do with all the breaks...well that and the fact that there is like a half inch of wood at the end of a Gibson...

I'd agree. Guitar stands are cheap and useful. Way cheaper than a headstock repair. Maybe they're not rocknroll enough?

sumlin · Post by **sumlin** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:21 am

glimmertwin wrote:
sumlin wrote:
...I'm going out on a limb and guessing this photo might have something do with all the breaks...well that and the fact that there is like a half inch of wood at the end of a Gibson...

Furry Hartke cab...no chance of these fellas going anywhere.

sumlin · Post by **sumlin** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:22 am

glimmertwin wrote: That Sonnex is sweet! By the way, I'm pretty sure that 3 pickup Crestwood is still at Austin Vintage Guitars...

I'm not surprised! It was about 20K I think.