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what is this Epiphone?

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:22 am
by Aeon
I know I've seen them mentioned before, but a search on google hasn't really been helpful.

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My friend got it for free from a neighbor. Sounds/feels kinda like a poor man's Mustang or Jazzmaster/Jaguar with the bridge construction.

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:26 am
by Nick
I think Kurt played one?

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:26 am
by Reece
epiphone et 270.

it has teh kurdtz:

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Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:30 am
by Aeon
yeah that's it.

there seems to be some confusion about the switch and the pickups. Are they p90s or just weird single coils? is the switch a bass cut or a bass boost? (doubt it's a boost, since there's no active electronics. seems to be a bass cut like the jaguar has)

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:36 am
by Reece
i'd actually never seen it before.
i went on some very tenuous "hey an obscure epiphone that looks a bit like a mustang. kurt loved mustangs and played an obscure epiphone, maybe that's it".

i kinda like how it looks, save for the bridge.

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:35 am
by purplehaze19x
I had one years ago, i never took it apart, but im pretty sure the pickups were just singles coils which sounded pretty good.
That switch is a bass cut, kinda like whats on the Jaguars.

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:46 am
by dots
Reece wrote:i'd actually never seen it before.
i went on some very tenuous "hey an obscure epiphone that looks a bit like a mustang. kurt loved mustangs and played an obscure epiphone, maybe that's it".

i kinda like how it looks, save for the bridge.
i kinda like the bridge. it's different, but still a bit classy.

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:48 am
by Pacafeliz
i has the 3-pickup version w/ the fenderish headstock. same thing basically.

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cool guitar fer sure. no bull.
but i've always wanted a kurdtz epi 2-pup like that too...

Pat.