Epiphone B-Stock Guitars

[Musicgreg999]

O.K. I am new guy here. New to Les Pauls that is. Always dreamed of having one .....Finally got one a few weeks ago from a local music shop. Anyway the one I got was used. The salesman said he rarely gets any Epiphone or Gibson guitars in the store. He s a Fender dealer. I know its true because I have been in there once a week for the last six months. I trust everybody there. A few of them I have known for years. Anyway I went in there the other day and he had 10 Epiphone LP's in there. All brand new. All very beautiful. So I asked him if he was now an Epi dealer. He said no that he had just come into some B-stock guitars. They all look real. Most of them he is charging less than 500.00 for. All of you guys know alot more about this than I do. Can anyone tell me about B-stock Epi's. Are they good quality? Is there even such a thing as a B-stock Epi? Could they be fakes? If they are legit, I would sure love to get a second Les Paul . I have just never heard of a B-stock before. Does that mean it was dropped on the floor in the factory? I appreciate everyones advice here.

[Big_dawg]

could mean anything hair under the finish, scratch or crack somewhere, flawed top etc... Some of hte guys on here have them and I dont think they all know why they're b stock the 'faults' are that monir. If it is a true epi b stock it should have it stamped I think on the back of the headstock.

COuld they be fake - for sure without seeing them anything could be a fake, find out where they got them from.

[Sinmastah]

I have one of said guitars, and don't even know why. I can't see anything that sticks out, except for the used on the back of the headstock.

[Musicgreg999]

Thanks Guys. Im gonna go in and have a closer look today

[Tenacious T]

I picked up a "Used" Epiphone Les Paul Standard a couple years ago...It's one of my favorites. Other than having "USED" stamped into the back of the head stock & a very small nick near the tail piece...it's perfect. It had all the "New" tags, stickers etc but was stamped "used" due to it being a second.

I would have no reservations getting another one.

[kspeed]

B stock guitars in general can be a great deal. As noted above, it's usually something extremely minor, like a flawed clearcoat or a chip in the binding. Anything severe, such as a crack in the wood or disfunctional equipment would never make it out the door in the first place.

[Sinmastah]

Yeah you are lucky because you can go look at them. Find one you like, and look it over carefully.

[myinstrument]

Originally Posted by kspeed

B stock guitars in general can be a great deal. As noted above, it's usually something extremely minor, like a flawed clearcoat or a chip in the binding. Anything severe, such as a crack in the wood or disfunctional equipment would never make it out the door in the first place.

Actually thats not all together true. I know a company out of Nashville buys in bulk from quite a few different guitar companies and epi is one. They buy damaged and sub-par instruments and fix whatever is wrong. And yes that includes cracks and breaks. They then stamp "used" on the headstock and put on a new serial code to keep people from trying to falsify a warranty claim with epiphone.

[lp_junkie]

99% of the B stock have very minor flaws, some you can't even find without really searching.