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Old 06-08-2009, 05:56 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Re: How many pices of timber in your Epi?

Totally normal.

Even Gibsons have the headstock wings (all of 'em do).

It really doesn't matter nor make much of a difference. A well glued joint is stronger than the wood around it. Every Fender I own has a multi piece body as well - even the $2k American Vintage Reissues have multi piece bodies and thick poly base coats.

I just took one of my Korean Epis in for a luthier setup. It is a fun guitar that sounds very good - despite being made from crap woods using shoddy construction methods.

Thats why they're cheap, boys! They can't build them to Gibson specs and then sell them for a few hundred bucks...
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