NGD! Epiphone

[LaoWai]

MIJ, put JB/Jazz pups

[DRM]

Man, that is nice!

I bet it screams with the Duncans. How's the weight?

[LaoWai]

^Thanks, I had never seen an epi with that headstock before I moved to Singapore.
She’s got the long tenon, no weight relief so she’s pretty heavy, but not crazy heavy. I’ll have to revisit that question after a long session, standing, .. lol

[Sephiroth]

Is that some Asia exclusive? Here in the US the Gibson "open book" head is something never found on Epis.

I kinda like it.

[toejam]

Looks really nice. Congrats!

[LaoWai]

Is that some Asia exclusive? Here in the US the Gibson "open book" head is something never found on Epis.

I kinda like it.

Yeah, I guess for a few years, around the late 90s, Epiphone had the “Japan Domestic Model”. This one is a LPC-80.
The build quality is great. I haven’t played a gibby in years, and I’ve never played another epi, so it wouldn’t be fair for me to compare.

Cheers

[msaint65]

Congrats.....love the Gibson headstock. Always had an issue with the Epi shape.

[MuttznMongrelz]

That's a great looking Epi! I had a MIJ back in the late 80's and it was great guitar.

[lepard]

Do you know what factory in Japan built the Japanese models ?

[LaoWai]

Do you know what factory in Japan built the Japanese models ?

I researched the serial on mine, it’s a 1999, made at Fuji-Gen

[artonsafari]

Set or bolt on neck?
Love the full headstock!

[LaoWai]

Set or bolt on neck?
Love the full headstock!

set, long tenon

[lepard]

I researched the serial on mine, it’s a 1999, made at Fuji-Gen

Excellent ! That should be an awesome guitar.

[Vass]

http://epiphonewiki.com/index.php/Epiphone_Japan#LPC-80

Pretty cool site. That dark rosewood? Looks like ebony in the pics.

[LaoWai]

Dark slab of rosewood, hard to tell from the picture, it’s browner in person. The LPC-90s are ebony, but seem to be hard to find.