Anyone have a Nice 335 or Les copy?

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I've got a "Palmer" 335 copy that ism a wild guess somewhere b/t 20-30 years old. Made in Japan. The name cracks me up. Its like they went for the most whitey name they could think of. Anywayz I picked it up for 250 and its awesome. I play it on stage in favor of an Am Std. strat.

much better than the current batch of crap they have at sam ash and musicians friend. some of those archtops are awful.
 
I have a Silvertone SLA330 which plays and sounds as good as any 335 I've ever played. A couple of friends of mine have Les Paul copies which imo are as good as the ones made by Gibson, one is made by Vantage (early 80s) and the other is a Source 10 (got no idea who made it or when). Aria made some nice copies of both in the 70s and 80s, I've played several of the Pro 2 models which rivaled Gibson for both tone and feel.
 
I have a 70's Univox Les Paul copy. It has a sunburst finish that reminds me of ketchup and mustard. It plays and sounds pretty good but it doesn't stay in tune. It is probably my most recorded guitar ever.
 
I bought a tokai (MIK) copy of a 335, a year and 1/2 ago. It has been the only guitar I have touched since. It is bone stock, and we put up against a new 335, and a late 90's studio model, and all agreed the tokai played as well and sounded better. I just ordered a MIK tokai 52 fender tele.

Just for reference- I own a 1963 jazzmaster, which was lonnie mack's, who gave it to SRV, who in turn passed it on to me. It is sweet, but can't stand up next to the tokai. I own a 1940 national steel, and a few other vintage guitars of this caliber.

With this said, the tokai is top dog in my house. Walter

Here is the tele You can buy them here. A good dealer.
http://www.jsdguitarshack.com/index.html

and hear mine here
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pageartist.cfm?bandID=157137
 
I played in a band in the mid 90's and the other guitar player had a really nice looking sunburst les Paul with a maple top...or so I thought. The logo on the headstock had copied Gibson's script very well, but it was a "Bunny".
Felt and played very well though, he had bought it from a japanese student who attended the college in our town, I had to say it was a sweet paul copy!
 
EdWonbass said:
I have a 70's Univox Les Paul copy. It has a sunburst finish that reminds me of ketchup and mustard. It plays and sounds pretty good but it doesn't stay in tune. It is probably my most recorded guitar ever.
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Oh, man, I loved those!
 
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