...Hey chrispatel just a heads up, the 'E' on the serial # of this guitar has nothing to do with the origin of Manufacture,...it's there to denote the year of build,...
...therefore you simply have a 3 tsb. Strat., U.S. built in either '89 (thus the E and the 9),...or maybe even a year later...
...I have no affiliation with the Seller at all...BUT, I can attest to the quality of these MIJ Epiphone Elitist guitars, be it the Lester's OR the acoustic line that's built over there,...
...ya' most definitely will not be disappointed, GLWTS. Tom
...over the years I've owned several Gretsch guitars, and had one in a Vintage Collection I had to let go (a Double Anniversary), I owned a '05 Country Classic just to have as a reminder of a Friend of my Grandmothers who with my Grandma and her '48 ES-125, spent many hours pickin' their Gospel...
...speaking from the standpoint of a OLD Gibson guy that's been a Fender/mostly Tele. fella for the past 35 years or so, every great once in awhile I find myself picking up a Gibson to just rekindle some memories,...
...be it a ES or a LP, and last year I took a '11 Joe Bonamassa Studio in on a...
...I bleed Fender, it has been said that the good Lord himself did NOT let electricity come into Family Homes until the day Leo was conceived,...BUT Hoshino Industries (Ibanez) had been around many years before Fender's Radio Shop was opened,...
...the difference being the USA over Japan, and...
HEY!!! (LOL),...some of us 'Drummers' have played guitars longer to tell the truth than have played Percussion,...but anywho, I have a '11 Gibson Joe Bonamassa Studio LP that as far as playing, sound/tone, fit and build quality goes, keeps right up there with any $5000.-$7000. modern reissue LP...
...uh, Ebony is NOT 'Naturally' Jet Black for the most part, and what part of the tree that is may be 5% of the middle of the tree,...anywho, like anything else there are exceptions...
...but IF you were to see the 'slaughter' left behind when the Ebony trees get harvested, you may think...
I use Blu Emu 2-3 times a day, and I add in Aspercreme along with it at night, and I've never had a problem,...I went the Ben Gay way for awhile, then Bio-Freeze,...
...but the Blu Emu I found the best for me, but I've ALWAYS been a 'wash hands before playing' kinda' guy, So I've never had a...
...one of the very best sounding set of Tele. pups I've found,...I'm talking about bare bone do it all Tele. sound/tones have been the CS Texas Specials,...
...I have a American Special that was made in '09 for the Winter '10 NAMM show where this model was introduced, and I have a '07 CIJ...
Fulltone FD-11 (Pre-Mosfet...Thank-you very much), push/pull comp, these are made to tame a DRRI and any Hot Rod series Fender amp.,...
...I noticed recently, and by accident my Vox AC15 seems to like my array of TS-9's very much either with the Normal OR the Top Boost side of the amp., I...
Thanks Dusty for the update, if you hear anything more please advise. I know I've been MIA many times due to this horrid and crippling devil, and have been unable to correspond one on one, let alone a website,...
...again, Thank-you. Tom
...this is concerning as 'axe4me' had been diagnosed with Cancer a few years back, I've not been on as much for a while as I go thru hoops every 6 months for my own Cancer/Medical check-ups,...and really hadn't noticed him or any of his postings,...
...I do sincerely hope all is well with him...
...I have more git'fiddles than you can shake a stick at, and if I were to be honest in my post I have 2 #1 electrics, and also 2 #1 acoustics (a #1a and #1b if you will),...
...I have a '52 AVRI Tele. and a Clapton Strat. that get about the same amount of love electrically, and a Martin...
Well, as a old 'Vintage Dealer' kinda' guy...I can tell you without doubt the 'smartest' move in recouping some perceived 'value' is with acoustics, BUT do NOT be smitten by the 'Brazilian Rosewood' theory, unless it an Instrument built pre-1969,...
...as that IS the year that marks the...
...WOW, Thanks for the thread!!!...I've been working on figuring out just where #34, #35, and #36 were gonna' wind up in the rankings and saw your thread,...
...was back at my desk to report to you my answer, and found out my Wife cleaned off my desk top to put some more of her Christmas...
...you'll enjoy it for sure. I really cannot believe all the 'New' guitars I've put in the stable as of late, especially Strat.'s no less, I'd been a 'Vintage Guy' forever and had to sell off everything to pay my Medical bills back in '09-'10,...
...and furthermore, I've always had either a...
...another great deal this year end,...and don't look now but there will be more!!!. My NOS (2015) American Deluxe HSS Strat. just hit the door 2 hr.'s ago, I sure didn't 'need' it but I made the mistake of checking out my Fav. Sellers on eBay real early Wednesday moanin',...
...went down to...
Great sounding amp., got a heads up on this 'Deal' late Thanksgiving night, (and having a Zero balance on my MF CC btw...LOL), I thought maybe I should pull the trigger on one, then...
...I went and visited my 2 yr. old Vox AC15 and it dawned on me that btw. the Vox and my Ltd. Ed. DRRI, my...
...WOW what a true piece of Fender History here, and a great Investment, a Tadio Gomez built Broadcaster,...whoever gets this will for sure get one awesome piece of Fender guitar history, GLWTS. Tom
#1) Try and then Buy a Clapton Strat.,...#2) Spend at LEAST a week getting used to the Db (1st Tone knob), and learn to use the 2nd knob for 'Volume' (not just in a loud way),...if you don't 'get it' after working with it for the one more week,...try working with it for another week, if you...
...I can assure you that the majority of his uber rare gear isn't at the shop there at Campbell and Hilton, and really for the most part you do have to ask 'where's this or that' when you deal with him there,...
...Gordy has had some serious Medical issues that started around the time you...
Yup, if I coulda/woulda have known just how easy getting all my guitar needs would be after say 2001, I would simply have waited to be born in say 1980 instead of the '50s,...
...and then I think I would have missed out on covering/playing some of the best Music ever put out/released, and a...
...if your 'New' Professional Series Tele. is anything like the Professional Series Stratocasters I've played/owned, your in for many, many years of guitar playin' Happiness,...
...I'm more of a Tele. Fella than a Strat. Guy, and I've had nothing but pure joy outta' my Pro. Series...