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TC5A · 11-17-2007, 04:32 AM

How do people feel generally about the workmanship quality on their historic instruments? I have just received a 2007 '57 Black Beauty and I find the general build quality to be nothing above average. Considering this is arguably their top of the line I was expecting maybe a bit more. I have an Epiphone Sheraton II that actually has fewer minor flaws... (Maybe the fact that it's sealed under a thick coat of polyurethane helps even out minor finish imperfections). Or perhaps the "hand built" quality of the historic would account for the difference? Though I imagine Korean Epiphones are no less "hand built"(?)

11-17-2007, 04:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
TC5A Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Workmanship Quality on Historics How do people feel generally about the workmanship quality on their historic instruments? I have just received a 2007 '57 Black Beauty and I find the general build quality to be nothing above average. Considering this is arguably their top of the line I was expecting maybe a bit more. I have an Epiphone Sheraton II that actually has fewer minor flaws... (Maybe the fact that it's sealed under a thick coat of polyurethane helps even out minor finish imperfections). Or perhaps the "hand built" quality of the historic would account for the difference? Though I imagine Korean Epiphones are no less "hand built"(?)