Epiphone inspired by...?

[tommyh]

Epiphone Les Paul Special Double Cut Figured, Bourbon Burst – Gibson

Double cut, bound mahogany body, flame maple veneer, two humbuckers....looks like...?

I think there may have been a recent Custom Shop model, or the Spirit series in the '80s but..

[django49]

So, if it comes up under the "Stupid Deal of the Day" plan at $399(??)

[duncans]

Mahogany neck with 60s SlimTaper profile.  No thank you.

[bruce919]

When I saw that on the Andertons video last week, I thought that is an Epiphone Spirit model. I think they were made in the Kalamazoo factory in the early 80's. 

 

Epiphone USA Spirit Figured Maple Top Sunburst 1982 w/OHSC | Reverb

[Hbom]

The blue one probably sounds better. Especially if they would get rid of that silly pickguard.

 

 

[ZR]

Yes, not liking the pickguard. Otherwise it looks a lot like a Sunburst, especially the one Bruce posted above (which I like the finish of).

But, it also looks somewhat like a 70 - 80s Washburn series they had named after birds; Falcon etc. if I remember correctly. 

I had one of those briefly until I traded it in towards a Peavey Classic VT series 2*12. When I traded it in the shop said it's not worth much because of a twisted neck. They said if you've only had it less than a year inside your bedroom then whoever sold you this thing sold it to you that way and you got ripped! I said, you guys sold it to me!!!! 

Uh, well, er, you must have left it in your car overnight, no? Well, er, stammer, stammer...

Anyway, slightly off track but that's how I roll (hey, squirrel!!) I sold that amp to another guitarist in a band I was in when I upgraded? to the VTX series of the same amp. Last year we met up again and I played through that original amp after over 40 years!! It actually sounded pretty good and it still had its original power tubes!! They made some tough stuff!

[Saul Goodman]

Strap button is in the wrong place.