JA>I had an Epiphone Expedition. The sound didn't hold up well.

RM> You'd think an Epiphone would stand up. They are made by Gibson
RM> but are a somewhat lower model, but I can't really talk having
RM> never owned or played one.

JA>Well, all instruments are individual, so just not one that
  >aged well. I'm sure others are great. :-)

Plus other factors come into it. In some places these wooden
instruments have to cope with high humidity or wild variances
in temperature, and that takes a toll on them.  Assuming it
wasn't standing up because you were kicking it around..  B)

RM> It was supposed to be a good medium quality guitar but I'd
RM> been spoiled with learning and later buying used high end
RM> guitars and I didn't realize how much difference there was
RM> between the makes.

JA>Yeah. :-) I feel spoiled when I walk into a store and pick one
  >up... I still play my Takamine I bought in 91 or so. It has
  >REALLY aged well for sure!

Yes, that's a decent medium level make and you can't complain
about that. I have a Japanese very good copy of a Gibson which
I bought quite used in about 1980, at least 15 or 20 years old.
Back about 2005 I brought it to a repair place and they changed
the angle of the main bridge a bit to change the tone that was
very slightly off from day 1, and there were a couple of internal
ribs where the glue had let go and were causing some other sound
issues, and it was much better after that. Last year it started
to get a bit flat again and I figured the ribs were causing a
problem again, but this time I dug out my much more expensive
guitar which I use daily now rather than keep 'saving it for good'
until I die without ever playing it...

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