From: Daniel Watkins, centuryhouse@yahoo.com
Subject: guitar types and stuff (NC)
Date: 2/9/2002 5:14:26 PM
To: Seance List, seance@lists.no-fi.com


Thanks to everybody for the feedback on the gee-tar.
My experience in owning several Epis is that they tend
to be great quality for the money. My last Epi Les
Paul standard was far better in durability and sound
than my mint 69 Gibson ES335 or my '79 Gibson Les
Paul. The pickups on both of those were crap, the
tuners were sorry - but the reason I bought them was
for the excellent resale, huge profits.

The Epis (the more expensive ones, not the 'dot' type)
actually use the exact same tuners and accesory parts
as the Gibsons. The only thing you have to be careful
about on the Epi's are the pickups - they can be
really great or total crap (just like the Gibsons),
but the good Epis are even double wax dipped to get
rid of microphonic squeal. 

The only difference in the pickups of a Gibson and the
pickups of an EPI is the country the coils are wrapped
in. The cheaper labor overseas is sometimes reflected
in the quality of the winding. That said, my $300
American made Gibson '57 humbuckers that I recently
purchased squeal horribly due to loose winding and a
poor job of wax-dipping the pickups to get rid of the
air pockets. In contrast, my Epi LP never squealed
once, even running loud amps and high distortion
during live shows. It's a toss up, I think the Gibsons
are usually better workmanship, but a brand name never
guarantees much except a higher price... 

The Epi Korina SG is $300-$500. The Gibson is $2400.
No contest for someone on my budget!!
dw







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