NGD Epiphone Riviera

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:28 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Fran wrote:Samick factory?
That is good news, always liked Korean stuff.

Samick or Peerless (where mine was made) would be exellent news both made really good guitars.

I think my Dot is one of the Peerless ones, so the seller thought anyway.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:55 pm

Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote:
Fran wrote:Samick factory?
That is good news, always liked Korean stuff.

Samick or Peerless (where mine was made) would be exellent news both made really good guitars.
I think my Dot is one of the Peerless ones, so the seller thought anyway.

If the serial number starts with an R It's an early peerless model if it starts with a P It's a later one.

Epiphone KOREA: I= Saein, U=Unsung, S=Samick, P or R=Peerless

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:13 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote:
Samick or Peerless (where mine was made) would be exellent news both made really good guitars.
I think my Dot is one of the Peerless ones, so the seller thought anyway.
If the serial number starts with an R It's an early peerless model if it starts with a P It's a later one.

Epiphone KOREA: I= Saein, U=Unsung, S=Samick, P or R=Peerless

Aye it starts with R. Never thought to check, thanks for the info.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 6:44 pm

Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote:
Fran wrote:I think my Dot is one of the Peerless ones, so the seller thought anyway.
If the serial number starts with an R It's an early peerless model if it starts with a P It's a later one.

Epiphone KOREA: I= Saein, U=Unsung, S=Samick, P or R=Peerless
Aye it starts with R. Never thought to check, thanks for the info.

Have you done an demo of it?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:37 pm

dezb1 wrote:
Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote: If the serial number starts with an R It's an early peerless model if it starts with a P It's a later one.

Epiphone KOREA: I= Saein, U=Unsung, S=Samick, P or R=Peerless
Aye it starts with R. Never thought to check, thanks for the info.
Have you done an demo of it?

I haven't. Not been playing as much these last few months to be honest and hardly get a day off work to do demos.

Heres a pic..

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:23 pm

Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote:
Fran wrote:Aye it starts with R. Never thought to check, thanks for the info.
Have you done an demo of it?
I haven't. Not been playing as much these last few months to be honest and hardly get a day off work to do demos.

Heres a pic..

Gentlemen do like a blonde...

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:41 am

All the best sub-$500 Gibson/Gretsch style guitars I've ever played have been Korean. They've got that shit firmly in one sock.
My two Korean Epis were easily as good as my two CIJ Fenders.
I wonder if they'll make the G400 there again, perhaps out of mahogany (current China ones are top-veneered luan)