New ace confirmed!! - Page 25

Tenacious T · 05-05-2012, 07:58 AM

Beautiful guitar bro. Very nice indeed!

jday · 05-05-2012, 08:43 AM

Thanks, I feel very fortunate. My hope is that you guys waiting for the epi or USA version are able to receive yours soon.

dyrhee · 05-05-2012, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jday

NGD!!! Just Picked up the Gibson USA Version.........What a beauty

nice score!

ACELUEK · 05-05-2012, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eschatts

Ya the plain case is okay. I will live with it. I pick my usa model up next friday. I had to drop about 400 for my deposit. But is it being 1400 dollars more than an Epi going to be that much better of a guitar??

I think so.. The Slash EPI to me still feels like an EPI.. No comparison. But for the price, I wouldn't expect it to be.

ACELUEK · 05-06-2012, 04:29 PM

hauntedgracey · 05-07-2012, 11:16 AM

Pre orders back up @ America musical...i am back in line....

Hack · 05-07-2012, 12:02 PM

Epiphone Ace Frehley Budokan Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar with Case at AmericanMusical.com

Tenacious T · 05-07-2012, 12:24 PM

Nice.

Hurry up & order now!....so you can join the rest of us in not knowing if & when you'll ever get the damn thing.

ACELUEK · 05-07-2012, 07:47 PM

I little bit of the Budokan to keep you going..

KISS - I STOLE YOUR LOVE - cover from ALIVE 2 - YouTube

Hack · 05-08-2012, 03:18 PM

Tenacious T · 05-08-2012, 03:27 PM

Nice.

I have that photo at home on my wall...Peter Criss signed it for me

Hack · 05-08-2012, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tenacious T

Nice.

I have that photo at home on my wall...Peter Criss signed it for me

Impressive. What else you got in there that you are hiding?

Tenacious T · 05-08-2012, 03:32 PM

lol...

Just a crap load of KISS stuff....most of it in boxes but I have a few items hanging about

Tenacious T · 05-08-2012, 06:44 PM

Tenacious T · 05-08-2012, 06:44 PM

dav8219 · 05-08-2012, 10:07 PM

Someone just posted on the Epiphone web site that Epi is not going to make the guitars at all. He said it's due to the Fed raid on Gibson.

Anyone heard anything ?????

ACELUEK · 05-08-2012, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dav8219

Someone just posted on the Epiphone web site that Epi is not going to make the guitars at all. He said it's due to the Fed raid on Gibson.

Anyone heard anything ?????

Guitar Center told the guy that they will not be making it?? I find it hard to believe that they have not been made yet. Maybe not sold..

eschatts · 05-08-2012, 10:28 PM

I would not believe the GC guys. They don't always have their story Straight.

a.stagea · 05-09-2012, 12:15 AM

Doesn't sound right when other dealers and even oversead distributors haven't said anything similar and even talked about delivery dates (July or there abouts)

Tenacious T · 05-09-2012, 07:09 AM

This guitar, & the lack of information concerning it's shipping date / availability is absurd.

If Epiphone doesn't want my money there's plenty of other gear that I currently have my eye on & I'm sure that they would be happy to take my money in rapid fashion.

Whomever is in charge of the Budokan guitars should be spanked...hard.

crazyguitarmaniac74 · 05-09-2012, 08:53 AM

Hello Everyone!!!
I spoke to our Gibson Rep. last month he's said they have no clue when it will in store. we will know before him.
but here's few things to consider.

#1 it's a new product
#2 it's a signature model
#3 it's a limited Edition
#4 it's an outfit with few goodies
#5 it has higher quality standard because of the 4 factors above.
#6 being made in china, maybe they are waiting to have a full container being shipped over sea (not with only the Ace Frehley model but all other models as well)

with my experience with Gene Simmons Punicher last year.
released at namm 2011. it was instore in early september.
so .... Yes be patient.
but it will meet our expectations (.... I hope

until then!!! Rock On!!!!

Hack · 05-09-2012, 09:24 AM

Shipping container yard for the US Customs... might be a while!

AccustomedtoStandards · 05-09-2012, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dav8219

Someone just posted on the Epiphone web site that Epi is not going to make the guitars at all. He said it's due to the Fed raid on Gibson.

Anyone heard anything ?????

I find this unlikely. The seizure of Gibson's wood supply was due to a difference in the way India and the U.S. view the product. India says that fingerboard blanks are a "finished product" and are legal to export. The U.S. says that they are a "raw material" and not legal to import.

I'd assume that the rosewood for Epiphones goes directly to China and only enters the U.S. when it is truly a 100% finished product, a complete guitar, which I think that the U.S. can't argue is a "finished product" unaffected by the laws causing problems for Gibson U.S.A.

markerdown · 05-09-2012, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hack

Shipping container yard for the US Customs... might be a while!

Yeah rumor has it they're are all in a yellow or red container

hauntedgracey · 05-09-2012, 08:42 PM

first off, because of all of the previous setbacks I wouldnt be suprised at anything that pushed out this thing any further but I have no reason to think that Epiphone would pull the plug so late in the game, guitars are sold, advertisements have already been made and they are dealing with some pretty upset customers...pulling the plug wouldnt make sense. They (Epi) could easily convert other les pauls into the new Budokan at very least if they had import/export issues...lets not forget Epi is still exporting guitars to the US, so its not like other shipments havent been made. I would bet that there was probably some small production issue that held up the shipment, paint color, binding, case, who knows...If Epi was going to pull the plug they wouldnt have cut orders in half, they would have cut them all. I would bet that we will start seeing them show up in Mid June...I hope.

on another note, do you guys think ace is getting royalties on the Gib USA 2,229.00 version? I noticed there is no signature on the trus rod cover, nothing special with the case..the 90's version had steel "Ace" signature cover plate on the back, from what I see the USA Gibby has plastic cream covers??.I would have liked to see at LEAST a signature on the trus cover for that price point...sounds silly but even if I had $2300 I would prefer the Epi version for all the extras...trus rod cover, numbered COA, stenciled case, sticker, faded finish on back.

crazyguitarmaniac74 · 05-10-2012, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hauntedgracey

They (Epi) could easily convert other les pauls into the new Budokan at very least if they had import/export issues

no other guitar has ebony fretboad, faded Cherry Sunburst color finish 3-piece hard maple cap, bound Ebony fingerboard & 3-piece mahogany neck with a SlimTaper "C"-profile with a volute.

these are the few specs that made me want to buy this guitar.
I am patient .... one day she will be mine ... Oh yes She will be mine !!

Hack · 05-10-2012, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyguitarmaniac74

no other guitar has ebony fretboad, faded Cherry Sunburst color finish 3-piece hard maple cap, bound Ebony fingerboard & 3-piece mahogany neck with a SlimTaper "C"-profile with a volute.

these are the few specs that made me want to buy this guitar.
I am patient .... one day she will be mine ... Oh yes She will be mine !!

Same here. I dont want just another Epi, I want this guitar for what it is.

dyrhee · 05-10-2012, 09:26 AM

[QUOTE= on another note, do you guys think ace is getting royalties on the Gib USA 2,229.00 version? I noticed there is no signature on the trus rod cover, nothing special with the case..the 90's version had steel "Ace" signature cover plate on the back, from what I see the USA Gibby has plastic cream covers??.I would have liked to see at LEAST a signature on the trus cover for that price point...sounds silly but even if I had $2300 I would prefer the Epi version for all the extras...trus rod cover, numbered COA, stenciled case, sticker, faded finish on back.[/QUOTE]

Don't think that they could call it the "Ace Frehley Budokan" if he wasn't getting royalties...

Hack · 05-10-2012, 01:13 PM

I thought Steve's had yellow walls.

Maybe this is a special room?

crazyguitarmaniac74 · 05-10-2012, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barcham

Do you happen to work at Steve's by any chance?

Yes

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hack

I thought Steve's had yellow walls.

Maybe this is a special room?

Steve's in Montreal in back of the guitar room, all the high end guitars are that wall newly paint in red 2 - 3 years ago.

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Tenacious T Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,221 Thanks: 8 Thanked 23 Times in 10 Posts	Re: New ace confirmed!! This guitar, & the lack of information concerning it's shipping date / availability is absurd. If Epiphone doesn't want my money there's plenty of other gear that I currently have my eye on & I'm sure that they would be happy to take my money in rapid fashion. Whomever is in charge of the Budokan guitars should be spanked...hard. Hack and fullspectrum like this. Last edited by Tenacious T; 05-09-2012 at 08:00 AM.

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hauntedgracey Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 63 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New ace confirmed!! first off, because of all of the previous setbacks I wouldnt be suprised at anything that pushed out this thing any further but I have no reason to think that Epiphone would pull the plug so late in the game, guitars are sold, advertisements have already been made and they are dealing with some pretty upset customers...pulling the plug wouldnt make sense. They (Epi) could easily convert other les pauls into the new Budokan at very least if they had import/export issues...lets not forget Epi is still exporting guitars to the US, so its not like other shipments havent been made. I would bet that there was probably some small production issue that held up the shipment, paint color, binding, case, who knows...If Epi was going to pull the plug they wouldnt have cut orders in half, they would have cut them all. I would bet that we will start seeing them show up in Mid June...I hope. on another note, do you guys think ace is getting royalties on the Gib USA 2,229.00 version? I noticed there is no signature on the trus rod cover, nothing special with the case..the 90's version had steel "Ace" signature cover plate on the back, from what I see the USA Gibby has plastic cream covers??.I would have liked to see at LEAST a signature on the trus cover for that price point...sounds silly but even if I had $2300 I would prefer the Epi version for all the extras...trus rod cover, numbered COA, stenciled case, sticker, faded finish on back.

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dyrhee Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: chicago Posts: 256 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: New ace confirmed!! [QUOTE= on another note, do you guys think ace is getting royalties on the Gib USA 2,229.00 version? I noticed there is no signature on the trus rod cover, nothing special with the case..the 90's version had steel "Ace" signature cover plate on the back, from what I see the USA Gibby has plastic cream covers??.I would have liked to see at LEAST a signature on the trus cover for that price point...sounds silly but even if I had $2300 I would prefer the Epi version for all the extras...trus rod cover, numbered COA, stenciled case, sticker, faded finish on back.[/QUOTE] Don't think that they could call it the "Ace Frehley Budokan" if he wasn't getting royalties... __________________ '76 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe '12 Gibson Ace Frehley "Budokan" LP Custom VOS '89 Gibson USA Les Paul Standard '88 Marshall JCM800 2204

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