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Damn, that's sweet. Only 100 being made though? DUMP.
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These are made in the USA.

They're probably gonna cost a fortune.
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Post by Josh »

i kind of like that zv in a weird way
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Post by DanHeron »

aha, I was about to post about these! They look nice except for the pg which looks almost black :?
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Post by timhulio »

I think I prefer the six-in-line headstock ones. Aside from that they look gorgeous. $1000 pricetag?
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Post by BobArsecake »

timhulio wrote:I think I prefer the six-in-line headstock ones.
+1

It looks half arsed with that headstock, as if they've just lifted the neck from the Les Paul side of the factory.
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Post by DanHeron »

Are the ones with the 6-in-line headstocks still on sale? I saw them going for cheap on Musicians Friend , but i havnt seen them anywhere else. Especially not in the UK.
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Post by damienblair17 »

HOLY FUCKING BALLS in the same article they show active EQ thru-neck thunderbirds WANT.
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Post by robroe »

you can get a 70's one for like 300 that looks exactly like that.


OHH BUT WAIT THIS ONE HAS 700 DOLLARS WORTH OF GLUE IN IT. THE 70'S ONE IS A SHITTY BOLT ON.


FUCK YOU EPIPHONE FUCK YOU AND YOUR BOLT ON
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Post by william »

my 70s japanese bolt on epiphone was super unstable because the bolt on tenon was super super skinny. i felt like it was going to break off. it probably wasn't, but it felt super flexy, and the strings would go out of tune at the slightest roxorz.

it looked exactly like this:

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i sold it, but i probably wouldnt have were it set neck'd solidly.

all that said, a proper fender bolt on is super solid, perhaps even the most solid feeling method of construction. so there.

if custom colors and robroe pickup covers are important, then surely the method by which they attach the neck to the body is as well, right?



the new one looks nice.
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Post by robert(original) »

i agree, my j.s. and my 60 musicmaster neck feel like they don't even need a truss rod, and any ajustment is a half a turn at most.
i guess its just the neck shape and compound truss rod thing.
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Post by astro »

Here's what they used as the pickguard template for the new Wilshire:

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