Question for Musicians

[BlasterBates]

yup. well kind of...

epiphone are gibsons budget guitars. ie pretty much the same thing only cheaper.

anyway, epiphone guitar manufacture is (or at least was) outsourced to a korean company called samick. samick make their own guitars as well as being an outsource manufacturer for other peoples wares. i have a samick 650 which was their version of an epiphone 335.

but i don't understand - didn't you just get a brand new rickenbacker? you want a 335 too?

I have indeed....but there is something about it that makes me feel its incredibly valuable (although it isn't really) I wouldn't mind a cheap guitar I could keep and use when I'm away, and which I'm not frightened bang around, and where I don't have the feeling I have to polish it everytime I touch it.

Actually the reason I rushed and bought the Rickenbacker was it became clear that they're not easy to get hold of, I only found one shop with just a couple in stock, and the waiting time for a new one is two years, otherwise I would have probably tried a few guitars out first.