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Re: Ibanez VS Epiphone I'd probably lean towards the Ibanez because of better upper fret access, but I also dislike Ibanez quite a bit as a company. Their artcore series are quite nice though. I'd say the Ibanez because it is a bigger name and is more likely to be of better quality. Epiphone instruments tend to be 'watered down' copies of their superior Gibson counterparts.

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Over the past year, Gibson has been teasing big updates to the Epiphone line, leading many fans to dream up their own personal wishlists for the famed brand.

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So when Epiphone announced the 'Inspired By Gibson' series, some commenters were overjoyed to see that Kalamazoo-era headstocks would now be standard on all such models, softening the sharp-edged silhouette of Epiphone's recent output that many thought looked cheap. And still others were happy to see the Made-In-USA Texan acoustic. But some were left wondering, why just 'Inspired By Gibson' models? Why just the Texan? Why not bring back the Coronet, the Wilshire, or other vintage designs from the pre-Gibson era of the brand?

• Or you can split the difference and go for an Epiphone Casino or Gibson ES-330, which are shaped and sized like the AS models, but are fully-hollow. John Lennon played one of those. I have an Ibanez Artcore AS103 and I love it. One guy I play with has a vintage ES-330 and he loves to wail and make it feed back.
• Epiphone Casino Price Range: $400 – $12,000 Production Years: 1961 – today The Epiphone Casino, Epiphone’s version of the Gibson ES-330, has long gone down in music history as the preferred guitar of The Beatles, but it’s equally well-suited to more jazzy, bluesy playing styles.
• Peerless seem top shelf for beer in a can price. Ibanez ss300 takes the cake though. Best guitar I've ever had, including a Caparison Dellinger-CA and EBMM JP7X. Sold those years ago. All the Epiphone's I've played recently feel cheap. I would go Ibanez AG75 but definitely sit down and play one to hear how it sounds and feels acoustically.

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Well, one thing everyone can get behind is a high-quality, US-made Epiphone Casino—which Gibson has quietly unveiled at its booth at the NAMM 2020 show.

Two Made-In-USA Casinos are on display right next to the Texans, one sporting a classy Vintage Burst finish and the other in a Royal Tan. But that's all the available info right now. From what it sounds like from Gibson booth workers, these are brand-new models that almost didn't make it to NAMM on time, so more details such as pricing and availability very much remain to be seen.

Epiphone's biggest fans may yet have unrequited desires for the future of the brand, but this step will certainly be met with a smile—assuming, perhaps, that the Made-In-USA price-point hews closer to the median Epiphone price as opposed to the median Gibson.

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