How many of you collect Epiphones and how many do you own?

[shimmilou]

Me too, just ordered mine (non signature, no case). The guitar is in stock, ready to ship, just waiting for the EPI case which is back-ordered. Will post pics when I get it, hopefully no more than a week to wait. This brings the total to 11 EPIs for me .....

Changed my order from the EPI Slash LP to a PRS SE Tremonti. I still like my EPIs, but the PRS is a whole other vibe. Great, now I’m collecting PRS too.

 

[BGood]

Changed my order from the EPI Slash LP to a PRS SE Tremonti. I still like my EPIs, but the PRS is a whole other vibe. Great, now I’m collecting PRS too.

Look up the SE Soapbar (used only). Real nice and you won't have to sell a kidney to get one.

Mine

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[Stuart]

OK, I’m gonna put it on the record... despite the fact that many of you will see my OCD driven approach as bat $#!T crazy...

I do consider myself an Epi mini collector... but from the early onset of my Epi GAS, shortly after the 2008 acquisition of my first Epi (a ‘95 Samick Non-Reverse Thunderbird) I recognised my capacity to blow a fortune chasing the very best of all of the beautiful guitars that were being displayed & praised in-store & across various forums...

So, seeing real quality & great value for money in them, I limited my purchase options largely around my initial purchase i.e 1990s MIK Epis... Unfortunately, hard times saw me having to very reluctantly sell a few of these, along with some other geets, some years back... Thankfully, those bad years have now passed & I am back on the collector’s trail...

Whilst my renewed obsession keeps me, somewhat frustratingly, away from owning some jaw-droppingly stunning newer Epis, e.g a Bonamasa Firebird Treasure, it has provided me with a really satisfying world wide hunt for alternatives that 1. fit the 90s MIK criteria, 2. fill year &/or factory of production &/OR tonal gaps in my small collection &, most importantly, 3. have me drowning in my own drool... Topping my long term ‘lust list’ is a Mid 90s Blondie Rivoli Bass, but I would happily swap out ‘Big Red’ (a ring in 2000 Indonesian PR100 that I literally saved from a skip bin) for a ‘94 or ‘95 Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter Florentine Cut acoustic (Mahogany or Natural please)

I really only have hook space for about eight guitars and basses, so it will never be a huge collection, and my self imposed criteria also means that Mrs Eggs is reluctant to oppose my excitement when I identify a likely candidate...

Yes, my Epis have provided me with immeasurable pleasure across the last decade, sometimes when not much else has been going that well, & my growing interest in these real ‘bang for your buck’ geets has also spawned a couple of real friendships along the way... so I will proudly put my hand up & declare “Hi, my name is Stuart, but you can call me ‘Eggs’, & I am an Epi-addict”

 

[shimmilou]

Look up the SE Soapbar (used only). Real nice and you won't have to sell a kidney to get one.

Mine

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I did! I got one just like yours, red, and a Soapbar II Maple, with a Flame Maple top, burst. They are real nice indeed!