Supro 2020 Westbury - $369 Black Friday Sale @ Sam Ash

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:02 am

Well, if you've got a Sam Ash nearby, this is one of the more interesting Black Friday sales I've seen. It's definitely tempting me.

From what I understand, in-store only.

speedfish · Post by **speedfish** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 2:24 pm

Wow! That's a helluva deal.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:12 pm

fuuuuuuuuck

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:33 pm

I found the rest of the ad. Even with the 2015 Les Paul logo, the double cut is tempting as fuck.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 12:28 am

Ankhanu wrote:fuuuuuuuuck

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:13 am

It's on the website.

http://www.samash.com/2020-westbury-ele ... 2020awxx-p

http://www.samash.com/2020-westbury-fla ... 2020tsxx-p

3 finishes:

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:59 am

Are these things any good or are they funny shaped epipheet?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:37 am

They've been blowing those out for cheap in the UK for a while now - I was eyeing up the single-pickup version for a while.

Think Jcyphe (as ever) is making a very valid point though...

chemistforhire · Post by **chemistforhire** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:57 pm

I saw these yesterday when I went to Sam Ash, but they didn't interest me enough to try any of them.
On a side note, if you ask for discount on anything that is not on the list you will get one anyway but you have to ask. I got $100 of a new PRS Mark Holcomb SE

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:21 pm

Mother fucker. I'm hoping these are just like Eastwoods too, because the blue one looks right up my street.

George · Post by **George** » Thu Nov 23, 2017 7:48 pm

Wonder if those Gold Foils are as vintage correct as they say they are

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 3:31 pm

$20 LESS at Altomusic.com. Free shipping, 24 month financing.

http://www.altomusic.com/supro-island- ... e-metallic

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:12 pm

Does it have an "Electro Trem" ?

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:51 pm

It don't even has Res-o-Glass bodey, som lame ass mahogany body

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sat Nov 25, 2017 4:52 pm

Ooooh, yours didn't have as well Yours had an Res-o-Glass bodey

Didn't notice at first. I like yours better

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sun Nov 26, 2017 8:53 pm

mkt3000 wrote:It's on the website.

http://www.samash.com/2020-westbury-ele ... 2020awxx-p

http://www.samash.com/2020-westbury-fla ... 2020tsxx-p

3 finishes:

Good access to 22 frets. Notice how close the controls are to your pickin hand movement?...that'll drive ya crazy.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Mon Dec 04, 2017 6:33 am

jcyphe wrote:Are these things any good or are they funny shaped epipheet?

lolz, + obviously the latter at this price point and with these sorts of concessions over the original but I've come to expect that of pretty much all "retro" tribute models or whatever you want to call them.

It's unmistakable when you pick up a true oddball import from the '60s or '70s that is actually playable up and down the neck and stays in decent tune, you find they have features and feel not present on anything relatively recent in electric guitars (or vintage Gibsons/Fenders) and throw off a very different vibe to play. It'd probably actually be a gamble to populate that area of the market with something less playable just because it conforms to something that is mainly popular for it's looks and coolness factor but has become radically old-fashioned in feel and sound, and only cost effective if you had funny CAD shapes plugged into the Epiphonator. It's more of that pawnshop-chic bleeding through, but at least at a more honest price than Eastwood would sling it for.

The '90s Danelectro U2s are the only guitars I can think of that were truly affordable and accurate to the originals at the same time when they were reissued, but I didn't know much about or appreciate that at the time. I remember some kids at school having them and hating them, in the same way some of us viewed our Squiers like "I can do better than this"

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Tue Dec 05, 2017 7:29 am

paul_ wrote:
The '90s Danelectro U2s are the only guitars I can think of that were truly affordable and accurate to the originals at the same time when they were reissued, but I didn't know much about or appreciate that at the time. I remember some kids at school having them and hating them, in the same way some of us viewed our Squiers like "I can do better than this"

It's crazy how all the old guitars you used to see in pawnshops and guitar shops have disappeared. I don't think you can blame eBay and Craigslist because those things were popular 10 years ago and you still found stuff. I don't see much of anything old, weird, or cool these days. For a while I was seeing a lot of Ibanez 80's and 90's stuff but even that has dried up.

mkt3000 · Post by **mkt3000** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 1:37 am

Just got another email from Sam Ash

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:31 pm

It's pretty neat that they are doing composite top models. Italia has been doing that for a while too.

I like this one.

Supro 2020 Westbury - $369 Black Friday Sale @ Sam Ash

Supro 2020 Westbury - $369 Black Friday Sale @ Sam Ash

Beautiful axe, great deal, pass on playability