i went to yamaha in curve yesterday.
the guy there said he can sell MIC LP's for RM1700+.
the MIK's are more expensive.

Holy mother !! MIC LP STD ? for 1700++ ?? isnt tht like real good ? what about MIK LP STD ? do they sell in yamaha curve ?

all epiphones now are MIC rite...so the stock in sweelee are new MIC or old stock MIK

the MIC ones, dunno what to say.
very very light body, thin neck also.

its like sweelee sends them stock that cant sell.

so would you rather pay more for MIK or less for MIC

i would rather pay more for a real gibson.

yea like 10000 more

Or pay 20% of that and get a MIJ Epi =)

This post has been edited by ^Hobbes^: Mar 19 2007, 11:11 PM

i rather pay for a MIJ Orville by Gibson LP, rather than the Epi.
both are essentially the same, cept the Orville by Gibson has a nitro finish.

i already have a Orville by Gibson SG anyway.

But then the MIJ comes with lacquer finish, not sure if the Orville comes with lacquer or not tho

Btw how much did you pay for your Orville ?

This post has been edited by ^Hobbes^: Mar 19 2007, 11:20 PM

uhhh of cos lacquer la, but what lacquer? most are poly finishes.
the orville by gibsons are nitro, ie. same as US gibsons, so they age gracefully.
also easier to fix, refinish, touchup etc etc.

orvilles are cheaper, those have poly finishes.

mine i paid RM2.5k.


This post has been edited by Everdying: Mar 19 2007, 11:33 PM

Too bad i cant read nor understand jap, i bought it through ishibashi with the translated thing, all i know its lacquer whether its poly or nitro i have no idea =(

I paid RM1.9k for my MIJ Epi, probably i should take some pics and you might be able to help me identify whether its poly or nitro

can i have some of the drugs you're on?
there isnt anyone in this world who can tell from pics whether its a poly or nitro finish, unless of cos there are dings and stuff in it.
cos poly will crack, nitro will just dent.

your MIJ epi is most probably a poly finish.
the price you paid also is about the same price as the orville only LPs, which is what eventually became epiphone japan in 98, so same thing different name.
what yr is your epi from anyway?

anyway let edroman explain the differences
http://www.edromanguitars.com/tech/polyvsnitro.htm

Hehe, heard you are the Gibson/Epi expert here, so i thought u might be able to

As i have no idea how to differentiate poly and nitro apart

Mine's 2005 by Fujigen factory

Further Googling yields some result according to this forum its varnish nitro ?

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...nitro%26hl%3Den

This post has been edited by ^Hobbes^: Mar 20 2007, 12:02 AM

Hey, need some help... Do you have wo fatt's phone number??? I am looking for a blue fender squire... Any idea how much is it??? The cheap one....

Which should I get btw??? SX or Squire??? With a budget of around RM500

stickies are there for a reason.

get the epiphone S-310 only!

^Any reasons why??

isnt that epi S-310 is the semi holo body ?

S-310 is epi's strat shape guitar that was recently re-introduced again after a long time.
but uhh, get a SX.
i got one now among all my gibsons...i just got some work to do on it to make it really really playable.