famous beagle
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Nice!This low priced guitar looks fantastic. It was $199 I think. Plays like a million bucks. Epiphone model from when Gibson owned them, as indicated by the truss cover. This one does not have the same set up as the others. No pleking or fretboard work, or nut alterations. You can tell. .. Seymour Duncan HB-4b and SH-1n wired with Jimmy Page wiring 20+ sounds. Orange drops. Alpha push/pulls. I wanted locking tuners, so i went with Hipshot open locking tuners. The open brass gearing is cool as hell. No drilling. Then I liked the Bixby's of that 335 era, but the holes in the Epiphone body would show (ugly) with a Bixby brand tail. So i found a trem that fits the mount hole spacing, a Duesenberg trem arm system. Installs clean. Same Bixby action, more or less. It swings up out of the way when not in use. What are you thinking?
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JP switching options.
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If the pick guard is stock, then I'd say it's a Sheraton, as that looks like a Sheraton pick guard. The Dot guards are simpler.
So, how many of those 20 different sounds options do you actually use?
Edit: Also, as far as I know, Gibson still owns Epiphone and always has since they purchased the company in 1957.