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  1. Simon Croft

    Honest question >> How do people afford very expensive guitars?

    Well, I hope you don't have to wait too long, because there are some lovely 335s out there. :) Something I'd like to throw in the mix: a high quality guitar can last you a lifetime, and end up worth a fortune compared to the money you originally paid. Here's a link to an epic trip of the...
  2. Simon Croft

    Honest question >> How do people afford very expensive guitars?

    I have a Gibson ES335 Rusty Anderson model that will probably set you back about £4,000 in the UK today. Here's how I funded it. My wife suggested that as I hadn't plugged in the two vintage tube/valve ex-BBC monitors for more than 25 years, and we were in the process of moving, they should go...
  3. Simon Croft

    Super rare Epi, can you identify?

    Book-matched flame top, nod-to-PRS cutaway bevel. I'd agree!
  4. Simon Croft

    Super rare Epi, can you identify?

    Thank you for the reply. I'm pretty certain Matthew would have mentioned if it was a bolt-on neck. 'Dark days' indeed! The Epiphone logo did not deserve to end up on those 1970s guitars. I'm 64-years-old and I played enough of those guitars back in the day. (Actually one would have been...
  5. Simon Croft

    Super rare Epi, can you identify?

    Thank you for the reply. It's a strange one, isn't it? I wondered if it might have been a one-off sample for a trade show, like NAMM. But, I agree, that headstock is not Api-like at all.
  6. Simon Croft

    Super rare Epi, can you identify?

    Hello, first post here, although I've been a member of TDPRI and Strat-Talk for years. I have a Joe Pass Epiphone Emperor, but it's someone else's Epi I'm hoping some of you experts can help me with. This guitar came into a repair shop in the US run by Matthew Desormeaux, and he posted it on...


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