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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/23/2008 Posts: 99 Location: San Jose
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Hello Guys, Saw this in a new guitar mag. I don't think I am into it, but wondered if anybody here was. http://epiphone.com/defa...323&CollectionID=19
Doth
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/2/2009 Posts: 1,446 Location: Beautiful South of Germany
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Not me! I'm gassing more for this  Peter ___________________________________________________________________________________________I don't have any reason to lie to you - I just do it for fun >>> www.blackhearttalk.com <<< Epi - B.B.King Lucille | DR200CE || BH - Handsome  Combo || VOX - ToneLab-LE | DA5
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 1/23/2008 Posts: 99 Location: San Jose
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Hey Peter,
What model is that?
Doth
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 1/2/2009 Posts: 1,446 Location: Beautiful South of Germany
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Doth wrote:Hey Peter,
What model is that?
Doth This is a Zakk Wylde Z-1 Acoustic not yet revealed. Some retailer do show this item but it's not sure if it ever will be released http://www.dv247.de/invt/63048/
GAS GAS GAS Peter ___________________________________________________________________________________________I don't have any reason to lie to you - I just do it for fun >>> www.blackhearttalk.com <<< Epi - B.B.King Lucille | DR200CE || BH - Handsome Combo || VOX - ToneLab-LE | DA5
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 11/4/2008 Posts: 311 Location: Near Vancouver BC, Canada
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I wonder if it can be used as a shovel to dig that there grave...  2004 MIK (Saein) Epi '56 Goldtop Les Paul (2 DiMarzio "Virtual P-90's"), with Bigsby B5 vibrato;
Gretsch Electromatic G5120 125th Anniversary Edition;
Simon & Patrick Woodland Cedar 6 acoustic with Dean Markley ProMag Grand soundhole acoustic pickup;
Epi Valve Standard tube amp (15 watt);
Vox AD50VT 2-12 Valvetronix amp (50 watts) with 2 Celestion G-12 Hot-100 speakers;
Boss ME-50 multiple FX unit, Dunlop Crybaby wah, MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay,
Boss GE-7 equalizer, Boss DR-5 Dr. Rhythm Section
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 8/4/2008 Posts: 103
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Not for me. Three Chords and the Truth
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 6/12/2008 Posts: 1,053 Location: Alabama the Beautiful !
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3 Chord Hippie wrote:Not for me.
Me either...............I think they're aiming this one at the 9-19 yr. old crowd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You won't hurt its feelings boy, play it like you stole it !
Proud supporter of the A.S.P.C.A. "Guardian Angel" program. We are their voice !
Speaking up for those that can't speak for themselves.
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Joined: 2/18/2009
Posts: 27
Location: Sweden
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Bender 4 Life wrote:Me either...............I think they're aiming this one at the 9-19 yr. old crowd.
OOOOhhhhhh Scary!!! It's one of those "I just hit puberty and this guitar will be such a help in my messing with my parents' head with my dead obsession thing and make me the coolest zombie-wannabe at my middle school at the same time...where's my black nail varnish?..." Epiphone. Get a clue. Stop pandering to adolescents with this nonsense, to fan boys with endless endorsed guitars, and to vintage guitar owner wannabes with "inspired by" crap that possess just enough minutiae to sell at ridiculously inflated prices what are otherwise stock Chinese models (the "upgrades" you tout should be there in the first place) and bring to market some straight forward guitars (preferably made somewhere besides China because they're really only good at making things that appear as if they possess quality) from quality components. You can even continue making the traditional Epiphone models and Gibson knock-offs but make them with something tangible and inherent within them and not the smoke and mirrors that draw people in with an apparent vintage vibe only to have that facade dissolve with any close scrutiny. No amount of marketing/sales spiel visits from Epi1 is going to change what Epiphone owners all eventually discover...they look a lot better from the outside than they actually are on the inside. You made some great guitars in Korea...China? Not so much. Sorry to rant but I see this crap from Epiphone as they bumble along looking for somewhere to get market share while holding their margin and the stuff they come up with makes me cringe. Larens
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/23/2008 Posts: 767 Location: N. California
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Larens wrote:OOOOhhhhhh Scary!!! It's one of those "I just hit puberty and this guitar will be such a help in my messing with my parents' head with my dead obsession thing and make me the coolest zombie-wannabe at my middle school at the same time...where's my black nail varnish?..."
Epiphone. Get a clue. Stop pandering to adolescents with this nonsense, to fan boys with endless endorsed guitars, and to vintage guitar owner wannabes with "inspired by" crap that possess just enough minutiae to sell at ridiculously inflated prices what are otherwise stock Chinese models (the "upgrades" you tout should be there in the first place) and bring to market some straight forward guitars (preferably made somewhere besides China because they're really only good at making things that appear as if they possess quality) from quality components. You can even continue making the traditional Epiphone models and Gibson knock-offs but make them with something tangible and inherent within them and not the smoke and mirrors that draw people in with an apparent vintage vibe only to have that facade dissolve with any close scrutiny. No amount of marketing/sales spiel visits from Epi1 is going to change what Epiphone owners all eventually discover...they look a lot better from the outside than they actually are on the inside. You made some great guitars in Korea...China? Not so much. Sorry to rant but I see this crap from Epiphone as they bumble along looking for somewhere to get market share while holding their margin and the stuff they come up with makes me cringe.
Larens I have 4 Epis. An SG Jr. from Indonesia, an LP from Korea, and an SG G400 and a Dot from China (QingDao). The two from China are much better built guitars. So I don't think you are correct at all in making your claim about China. The Qing Dao factory is putting out some of the nicest looking, and best built guitars that Epiphone has ever made outside this country.
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Joined: 2/18/2009
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brad wrote:I have 4 Epis. An SG Jr. from Indonesia, an LP from Korea, and an SG G400 and a Dot from China (QingDao).
The two from China are much better built guitars.
So I don't think you are correct at all in making your claim about China. The Qing Dao factory is putting out some of the nicest looking, and best built guitars that Epiphone has ever made outside this country. Well, then I am pleased for you and your satisfaction with those products but we all have differing perceptions of quality and thresholds of satisfaction and I have yet to see anything from China I'd even let follow me home and there seems to be more than a few people on this forum who don't happen to share your complete contentment. But...as long as you personally are pleased, that's all that matters. Larens
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 8/12/2008 Posts: 1,000 Location: Las Vegas
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Larens ... nobody likes a gear snob! If you don't like 'em ... don't buy 'em. Voting with your wallet is the most effective way of letting any company know when they are straying off the path ... Same goes for all of this whacky Zakk Wylde crap. Epiphone can build whatever they want. I've never seen any of this stuff in person at a music store, so I have a feeling they are just testing the waters with a very limited production run for sale by the on-line dealers. They are making plenty of the classic stuff too: '59 LP's, 60's Tribute LP's, JL Inspired Casinos, Emperor Swingsters, etc, etc, etc ... In fact, besides Fender (just about everything they build is based on a 50+ year old design!), no one is building more "classics" that Gibson/Epiphone. Everyone wants more quality, more this and more that ... and then pisses and moans about the price! Jim
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 11/4/2008 Posts: 311 Location: Near Vancouver BC, Canada
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Bender 4 Life wrote: Me either...............I think they're aiming this one at the 9-19 yr. old crowd. Larens wrote:OOOOhhhhhh Scary!!! It's one of those "I just hit puberty and this guitar will be such a help in my messing with my parents' head with my dead obsession thing and make me the coolest zombie-wannabe at my middle school at the same time...where's my black nail varnish?..."
Epiphone. Get a clue. Stop pandering to adolescents with this nonsense, to fan boys with endless endorsed guitars...Larens I think that maybe Epiphone has to bend over backward to please some of these primadonna endorsers, or else they might jump ship and go elsewhere. Here is a good example:   2004 MIK (Saein) Epi '56 Goldtop Les Paul (2 DiMarzio "Virtual P-90's"), with Bigsby B5 vibrato;
Gretsch Electromatic G5120 125th Anniversary Edition;
Simon & Patrick Woodland Cedar 6 acoustic with Dean Markley ProMag Grand soundhole acoustic pickup;
Epi Valve Standard tube amp (15 watt);
Vox AD50VT 2-12 Valvetronix amp (50 watts) with 2 Celestion G-12 Hot-100 speakers;
Boss ME-50 multiple FX unit, Dunlop Crybaby wah, MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay,
Boss GE-7 equalizer, Boss DR-5 Dr. Rhythm Section
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/26/2009 Posts: 451 Location: South Texas
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I hope that's a fake pic of slash. as for the graveyard desciple.... the SG-V thing was hideous enough... now they build him a coffin shaped guitar? He's a grown-ass man playing ridiculous guitars. I guess some just dont grow up... I'm really surprised zakk doesn't play those trailer-home shaped guitars epiphone made a while back... ya might be a redneck if...... if he wasn't a great guitar player this would all be a bit tooooo ridiculous. I guess coffins are pretty 'metal. I wonder if he puts his in a coffin case! So many Les Pauls to play, so very little time to play them...
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 3/16/2008 Posts: 778 Location: Fabulous Ferndale, Michigan
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I think that Z-1 Acoustic is pretty sweet. I just dont know why they had to attach Zakk's name to it and ruin it with that ridiculous buzzsaw graphic. I would think that guitar could speak for itself.
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 5/16/2008 Posts: 373 Location: Leicester, England.
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 Hideous. And yet...similar shapes have appeared less revolting in their execution: 
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/23/2008 Posts: 2,362 Location: West of civilisation
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It's a rip off of a Schecter Custom shop model.  -- Rich [Official Hatposer for the EpiWiki] Insert impressive gear list here
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 3/16/2008 Posts: 778 Location: Fabulous Ferndale, Michigan
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Ricochet wrote:It's a rip off of a Schecter Custom shop model.
So....all of Zakk's "designs" are just rip-offs from Dean and Schecter? I wonder who he steals his riffage from... ziiiiiing!
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 2/7/2008 Posts: 2,594 Location: east TN
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Larens wrote: No amount of marketing/sales spiel visits from Epi1 is going to change what Epiphone owners all eventually discover...they look a lot better from the outside than they actually are on the inside. Kinda like US autos, eh ???  _____________________________
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Rank: Advanced Member Joined: 1/23/2008 Posts: 99 Location: San Jose
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I have a Schecter C1 Classic that is an incredible guitar. Set up very well, with SD P'up, Jazz up front, JB in back, and the ability to coil tap. I had it set up and the frets dressed, and it is the best guitar I have ever played hands down. I don't necessarily think the country of origin is always an indication of the quality of instrument.
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Ricochet wrote:It's a rip off of a Schecter Custom shop model. I like how the finish is listed as "Dug Out From Dirt"!
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