Epiphone takes another swing...

[Ed Driscoll]

really kewl.

Nice! They certainly looked cool in the photos I saw when the guitar debuted. If I hadn’t have just bought a TV yellow Special in December, I would have been seriously tempted.

 

[ppgf]

Nice! They certainly looked cool in the photos I saw when the guitar debuted. If I hadn’t have just bought a TV yellow Special in December, I would have been seriously tempted.

incredible value. spectacular design, materials and execution.

 

[Wound_Up]

I don't have anything against Laurel, I have a couple of MIC Epiphones that have them, and they sound fine. They don't look the same as rosewood, though.

I would hope laurel doesn't look the same as rosewood. That's why its laurel and not rosewood. If it looked like rosewood, it likely wouldn't be laurel. It'd be rosewood. Pretty sure that's why they have different names.

 

[rockabilly69]

Nice! Too bad most don't look like that.

I think it comes down to the supplier. Squier Fenders got a lot of good looking Laurel. And a lot of times it just needs a little oil to darken it up.

like this https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...QYXK8hiLbfc535wyfrBoCNz4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[friday]

The Epiphone measurements are the same as Gibson V

 

[garywright]

I would hope laurel doesn't look the same as rosewood. That's why its laurel and not rosewood. If it looked like rosewood, it likely wouldn't be laurel. It'd be rosewood. Pretty sure that's why they have different names.

I would suspect laurel boards resembling very dark rosewood have been stained ?