Progrockabuse wrote:i think with the epiphone stuff, it's very hit or miss. when i got my black les paul custom, i'd played quite a few until i randomly found one that was really amazing. the goldtop was complete luck that it played really well.
+1
I have a late 80's Epi standard that I've had since new and it's awesome.
Some Epis are awesome, its just a shame they let some rubbish through the net because it is a fairly large percentage.
I was thinking about the current market with this stuff, it seems Korea is the new Japan and China is the new Korea. Whilst Japan is now in some cases as good as the US stuff.
Looking at the Tokai range, in this country there seems to be a lot of Chinese made Tokai but we are reassured it is overlooked by Japanese quality control.