-=> Rob Mccart wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 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. :-)

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

LOL - no, wasn't kicking it around or abusing it. :-) 

I did buy it 'new' but damaged. Was in the Gibson store. Was
asking for a travel and the guy pulled it from the back. Said
it had been knocked off the rack. There was a crack in the top
at the heel - not terrible but they couldn't sell it as 
new. 

Anyway - the manager said they had to scrap it. I offered to
buy it AS IS - no warranty - etc. That was about 16 years
ago, so it held up for over a decade! :-)

 RM> Yes, that's a decent medium level make and you can't complain
 RM> about that. I have a Japanese very good copy of a Gibson which
 RM> I bought quite used in about 1980, at least 15 or 20 years old.
 RM> Back about 2005 I brought it to a repair place and they changed
 RM> the angle of the main bridge a bit to change the tone that was
 RM> very slightly off from day 1, and there were a couple of internal
 RM> ribs where the glue had let go and were causing some other sound
 RM> issues, and it was much better after that.

Very cool! I've never gone in for a big repair like that. I figure
my Takamine will need a fret job eventually, and that's something
I will NOT do on my own!

 RM>     Last year it started
 RM> to get a bit flat again and I figured the ribs were causing a
 RM> problem again, but this time I dug out my much more expensive
 RM> guitar which I use daily now rather than keep 'saving it for good'
 RM> until I die without ever playing it...

Good call! Enjoy it!!!


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