The only possible change now is the machine heads, possibly to a set of imperial buttoned ones? and A custom made TRC.
Six days after I picked up the blonde I got this from the same shop. Virtually mint condition the missing reflector was in a bag withe paperwork, all paperwork and case included. setup to my liking straight of the case. Man I'm stoked.
So what can I say about the anniversary model.
First impressions that any serious player might take away could include: Those gold-plated Grover machineheads and elegant Epiphone Frequensator tailpiece offer a touch of refinement - good to see in a mid-priced instrument". It's lighter than a few other sheraton's I've tried recently including the natural one , the 1960s SlimTaper neck profile is a real joy to play "Gibson mini-humbuckers? Well, there's a bona-fide tone guarantor of vintage snap, spank and attitude"; and "Oh, yes, you can see there are decades of breeding, with pedigree Epiphone appointments such as the sloped dovewing headstock with leaf inlay."
It has a great spine, with a mahogany neck glued to a laminated maple body, and a rock-solid LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge holding everything in place.
It has a great playable feel, with its classically Gibson/Epiphone scale length and lithe neck accommodating to a fault.
Its voice is perfect - why more guitar aren't fitted with mini humbuckers I'll never know. The neck humbucker has a round, bell-like voice that’s not at all wooly—even with the tone rolled back significantly. It also exhibits the same capacity for harmonic detail that the bridge humbucker displays in spades, and feels alive and of a piece with the semi-hollow construction at lounge-jazz volumes—delivering silky-but-spectral, Wes Montgomery-style octave tones and mournful, mellow blues colours and yet let rip and it's certainly capable of of hard rock and southern rock & strong-armed blues without breaking a sweat.
From a personal point I love the period correct case istead of the plain black one. it's touches like this that add to the sense of flair.
