Members Slats Posted November 14, 2004 Members Share Posted November 14, 2004 Can someone explain the difference in materiel's/quality in these models over the years. Are some more preferable than others? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted November 14, 2004 Members Share Posted November 14, 2004 All I can say is that the old ones the Beatles used had plywood spruce tops. The new ones have solid spruce tops. Makes for an interesting problem. Solid spruce sounds better acoustically, but plywood is the original vintage design made popular by the Beatles. Which is more desirable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted November 14, 2004 Members Share Posted November 14, 2004 To a collector, the plywood, original models....to a player, the modern, solid-topped models. The Epiphone knock-offs are actually great instruments, in their own right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred Fartboski Posted March 3, 2006 Members Share Posted March 3, 2006 The new ones are built much better than the vintage ones. Sound better too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 3, 2006 Members Share Posted March 3, 2006 As it turns out, the first year of their production, the tops were solid, and afterwards were plywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fred Fartboski Posted March 5, 2006 Members Share Posted March 5, 2006 What year were they introduced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 7, 2006 Members Share Posted March 7, 2006 Originally posted by Fred Fartboski What year were they introduced? 1954, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzy4dice Posted March 9, 2006 Members Share Posted March 9, 2006 I've got the Epiphone EJ-160 ant it is great. It's a solid spruce top. It's very cannon-like and warm, but whenever I play a real Gibson 160 it's a little warmer. Not $1600 MORE warmer, but a little warmer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted March 9, 2006 Members Share Posted March 9, 2006 Originally posted by fuzzy4dice I've got the Epiphone EJ-160 ant it is great. It's a solid spruce top. It's very cannon-like and warm, but whenever I play a real Gibson 160 it's a little warmer. Not $1600 MORE warmer, but a little warmer! W/o a doubt, that is my favorite "modern" Epi...I've played several and they all sound great and have very comfortable necks! Most of the Gibson J-160Es don't even compare...in either regard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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