Epiphone Flamekat

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Tue May 08, 2007 11:18 am

Agree on: dice fret markers kinda cool ... dice knobs not so much.
Enjoy!

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:17 pm

So the knobs should go in the case and stay there, seems to be the general consensus.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:37 pm

Brian..lose the dice..replace with skulls...

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:56 pm

ROTFL. Which is worse?

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue May 08, 2007 2:23 pm

I'm thinkin the stove/oven knobs might be kinda cool. Like the ones jb used on one of his.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:16 pm

Do mods carefully; you do not want the following to happen:

FLaMeKaT=FLeaMarKeT

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:30 pm

Where'd that r come from? {:^)

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:30 pm

Har!!

Black speed knobs for me, Brian.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:56 pm

Very cool-looking guitar, Brian.... But I'm not real crazy about the dice knobs, either.... Silver or black would look great.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Tue May 08, 2007 5:23 pm

Do they make Bad Bettie knobs?

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue May 08, 2007 5:41 pm

"Do they make Bad Bettie knobs?"

HAR!

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Tue May 08, 2007 10:50 pm

I darned near bought one of those a few times. Knobs and all, it really speaks to my inner 50's guy. I hope you have a lot of fun with it.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed May 09, 2007 1:16 pm

Thanks for all the great comments. I am sure I will enjoy this great guitar a lot. If nothing else, it has it's own built in mojo and we all know how important mojo is to a musician. Right?

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:16 am

The Kat series is apparently one of the lines being made at Epi’s new factory in China.

Here is a slideshow tour of the factory near Qingdao:

http://www.epiphone.com/FactoryTour/qdtour.html

I know it seems a little surreal or futuristic to see so many guitars on a conveyer line (being dried) but the quality/price ratio of what Epiphone is producing there is amazing. (The pickups are made in the USA.)

I need another guitar like I need … another guitar but now that my 330DCM is finally intact I’m still undecided on how, when and if I’m ever going to take it out of the house. So I picked up a Dot Studio (also made at the new China plant). For two bills it is simply outstanding.

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed May 16, 2007 11:13 am

Thanks Mark. That was an interesting tour. Although, Flamekats have been discontinued, according to my local Epiphone dealer. It would appear on the surface at least, that the Chinese are taking great strides in production quality.