NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
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NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
I got this nice item at work, an '02 Tenada japanese build Epiphone Elite Dot CH. (Yes, no need for glass, 2002 not 2012!)
This guitar's never had an owner before... it's NOS...
This guitar's never had an owner before... it's NOS...
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
Oh hells yes!!!!!!!!!!! Nice, dude!
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
Thanks, Jason - I am very happy with it. I can do without a Gibson ES-335 now, as this has the US PUs and electronics.
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
Congrats Werner -- it looks some purty!
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
Thanks, Matt - it really is a great guitar to play.
If I tell you what it cost me I get a mob with tar and feathers after me!
If I tell you what it cost me I get a mob with tar and feathers after me!
'67 Fender Coronado II CAB * '17 1963 ES-335 PB * currently rickless
Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
You will be very happy with it - I have a Korean one that I will never part with. Yours is probably even better. They aren't necessarily perfect, but minor issues are easily dealt with.
Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
Yep, the Elites are killer guiars.
Except for the poly vs, nitro finish, I think they out perform the Gibsons.
I sold a blonde one over a year ago and still regret it.
Except for the poly vs, nitro finish, I think they out perform the Gibsons.
I sold a blonde one over a year ago and still regret it.
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
I doubt the finish will bring an audible difference - I do hear a difference between the Dot and my Elite LPBuddyDog wrote:Except for the poly vs, nitro finish, I think they out perform the Gibsons.
An ES-335 was long on my wish list but it's been removed as this Dot will do.
Regarding audible - when Gibson started using different fingerboard material like baked maple or richlite they had all of them all tested for various sound properties. In the range of the human ear baked maple will sound the same as rosewood, richlite the same as ebony - rosewood and ebony do give off distinct and different audio profiles. If you're a dog or a bat you will hear the difference between richlite and ebony or rosewood and baked maple though!
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
***sold***
There's one for the "awesome, I'll never sell it" collection
There's one for the "awesome, I'll never sell it" collection
'67 Fender Coronado II CAB * '17 1963 ES-335 PB * currently rickless
Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
My son just got one. It's a nice guitar. The fit and finish are really more than I'd expect from a 'cheap import.' He really enjoys it.
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
the japanese built Epiphone Elite/Elitist series were not exactly cheap, still the current Epi Dot is really not bad at all. Still thinking about an Elite Casino though
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
My bad. He got the current Dot elite. Nice guitar.Electrostring wrote:the japanese built Epiphone Elite/Elitist series were not exactly cheap, still the current Epi Dot is really not bad at all. Still thinking about an Elite Casino though
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Re: NGD: '02 Epiphone Elite Dot CH
I sold this one, btw...
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