AJ Richetti
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Les paul Worked on his solid body guitar AKA the Log in the Epiphone factory in new York
Epiphone History
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Jonathan Hands
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Very interesting. I had a blue label Riviera in 1972. I bought it used, it had the mini humbucker pickups and was simply a great guitar. I don't recall where it was made, it didn't have a bolt on neck, and had the mop fret markers and the unusual tailpiece. I played in a blues band with some high school friends, and ran it through my pride and joy Twin Reverb. The only pedal I had then was a beat up Cry Baby my older brother gave me. That guitar had the best tone of anything I have ever played, well with the possible exception of my 2020 epiphone LP Special with p90s. Those are a whole new thing for me. Thanks for posting this one.
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Harmony made an archtop Monterey model. It came in acoustic only, and with a pickup.
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That was really cool. Thanks! Way better than talking news heads on a Sunday!
guitarlover
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Hi everyone, new here, been a guitar player and lover of all types of guitars for over 30 years, especially Epiphone.
Great thread!
Great thread!
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Awesome info...thanks
AJ Richetti
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The Gibson fanboys don't want to except reality and the reality is No Les Paul and Epiphone No Gibson Les Paul today thats a straight up fact.. also since 2019 when JC Curliegh Restored Epiphone back to where they should have always been epiphone is once again smacking Gibson around just like they did in the good o'l days.. epiphone was never ever meant to be a budget brand in the first place it was Norlin who ruined epiphone when they took over Gibson and it was deliberately done..that ends in 2019 with JC Curliegh he restored epiphone
AJ Richetti
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The full articles on line..no Les Paul and Epiphone no Gibson Les Paul today
AJ Richetti
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Gibson is not Epiphones big brother it's epiphone who's the big brother 
AJ Richetti
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Full articles on line ..
Rusty Chops
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LOVE these history posts!
The House of Stathopoulo is a great book. I enjoyed it immensely.
At one time I had a 1939 Spartan. What a canon!
Also a Kalamazoo made Casino, as well as several imported versions, and a Joe Pass.
It’s been heartening to read the comments by those now producing Epiphones. Very encouraging
In fact it made me want a current production model (c 2023/4).
Yup. It’s everything I expected it to be, and now my number one!
On the right. The left is 2001 MIK. Also fine!
The House of Stathopoulo is a great book. I enjoyed it immensely.
At one time I had a 1939 Spartan. What a canon!
Also a Kalamazoo made Casino, as well as several imported versions, and a Joe Pass.
It’s been heartening to read the comments by those now producing Epiphones. Very encouraging
In fact it made me want a current production model (c 2023/4).
Yup. It’s everything I expected it to be, and now my number one!
On the right. The left is 2001 MIK. Also fine!
Paruwi
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I'm glad I did a copy&paste back then, when the articles were online.
the links are dead for years
Rusty Chops
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Me too!
Tks!
