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Ya got a bunch of beauties there Joe.

Nothing wrong with Epiphones Joe. Would love to hear how the 46 sounds...Recording next?

Cool pics.

Ken

Look closely and you'll see that the inlay is missing at the fifth fret. That's the way I got it. I had a fellow make and install a new one about 25 years ago but it recently disappeared. I need to go back and have him make another. Won't be playing it till it gets fixed

I have no recording equipment except for my little pocket digital camera and that can't really capture the true sound.

On a different note (pun intended)

My first guitar, in the top pic, cost me $180 back in '82; pretty spendy for me at the time. The bridge (saddle?) was plastic. About a year after I bought it, my brother was banging it pretty hard and that piece of plastic broke. I was devastated. I took it to a guy ( same one that later on made the inlay) and asked if it could be repaired. He replaced the plastic with bone and replaced the nut with bone at the same time. It went from a cheap, dingy sound to a rich, bright sound that just astonished me. I couldn't believe the difference. The best $30 I ever spent. I still play that one more than any of the others.

Nice pics & guitars, ujb!

Some sweet looking vintage epiphones,they liio too be in good shape.

The '46 looks better in the pic than in real life. There is a lot of cracking in the finish and if you look real close on the left side of the face, to the right of the latch, you can just make out a series of small dings. The spring on the clasp is broke and one night the ex flipped the lid closed and the clasp was tucked under and inside the case. The dings went through the finish and left bare wood exposed. I was livid! The others are extremely clean even the one that spent 9 years on the road.

Here is a close-up of the '46 headstock; ivory tuning pegs and mother-of-pearl inlay.

And here is the inside lid of the case with the trademark "E"