Epiphone Elitist / other LP type guitars

Max · Post by **Max** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:58 am

I've never player an Elitist, but the guitarist in my band plays a MIJ Tokai SG and an Orville '59 Les Paul.
They are both amazing guitars and well worth the money he paid for them.

oldguitars · Post by **oldguitars** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:28 am

A-Barr wrote:
inverseroom wrote:
Something to consider... neck-repaired LP's:

I's pretty common for an LP to snap at the headstock, but a good repair will be rock-solid and wipe that collector's price right off the instrument. I purchased a '74 Custom for $800 8 years ago and it has given me no grief and sounds and plays as good as any - really an awesome guitar actually. Whether you want a mint non-gibson guitar or a Gibby with a repair is a personal choice, fwiw, I'm happy with the route I took, but they didn't have Elitists back then either..
+1
Here are some that i got in the last couple of years:

1965 SG jr =$360
1965 SG standard= $700
1969 LP Goldtop=900

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:30 am

oldguitars wrote:
A-Barr wrote:
inverseroom wrote:
Something to consider... neck-repaired LP's:

I's pretty common for an LP to snap at the headstock, but a good repair will be rock-solid and wipe that collector's price right off the instrument. I purchased a '74 Custom for $800 8 years ago and it has given me no grief and sounds and plays as good as any - really an awesome guitar actually. Whether you want a mint non-gibson guitar or a Gibby with a repair is a personal choice, fwiw, I'm happy with the route I took, but they didn't have Elitists back then either..
+1
Here are some that i got in the last couple of years:

1965 SG jr =$360
1965 SG standard= $700
1969 LP Goldtop=900
WOW!!!

oldguitars · Post by **oldguitars** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:40 am

Yeah, broken headstocks can be amazing deals.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:39 pm

If anyone's still interested, I pulled the trigger on this--Tokai Love Rock MIJ Goldtop with P90's! I'll report on it when it arrives...

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:56 pm

Wow, you're going to regret that purchase!

Awesome, good luck.

<sarcasm and the internet don't mix>

Trick Fall · Post by **Trick Fall** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:54 pm

That is an awesome looking guitar. I really wanted a jr. for a long time and was unable to find a lefty for a decent price. Fortunately my brother in law started making guitars over the last year or so and he made this for me. One piece mahagony body and one piece neck. Gotta love those P-90's.

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Good luck with your Tokai I love my 335 style and dig them more than Gibsons.

Knights Who Say Neve · Post by **Knights Who Say Neve** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:19 pm

Anyone else think "Elitist" is a terrible name for a guitar?

What's next? Gibson "Snob Appeal"? Fender "Egoiste"?

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:25 pm

Knights Who Say Neve wrote:Anyone else think "Elitist" is a terrible name for a guitar?

What's next? Gibson "Snob Appeal"? Fender "Egoiste"?

Gibson Dentist Edition.

inverseroom · Post by **inverseroom** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:41 am

Wow, that brother-in-law-made guitar is really nice!

My sister-in-law gets me socks sometimes.

A-Barr · Post by **A-Barr** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:39 am

Knights Who Say Neve wrote:Anyone else think "Elitist" is a terrible name for a guitar?

What's next? Gibson "Snob Appeal"? Fender "Egoiste"?

I agree, I always thought it was awful. Like the Subaru Imprezza - Oh, I am so Imprezzed! Cadillac Escalade always amused me because it really is an absurd escalation of the trend in modern cars. Same with the Nissan X-Terra, there sure is a lot of eXtrra shit on there!

Ok done. Thanks.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:45 am

Les Paul Fuji

ctmsound · Post by **ctmsound** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:52 am

Actually, they say Elite on the back of the headstocks. I have one of the EPi Elite LP Customs. It's a fantastic guitar aside from the pickups. I swapped 'em out with duncans. Other than that, plays great.

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:09 am

Mine actually says "Elitist" on the back of the headstock and I like the pickups.

Trick Fall · Post by **Trick Fall** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:34 am

Wow, that brother-in-law-made guitar is really nice!

My sister-in-law gets me socks sometimes.

Yeah, I'm pretty lucky. He works at Steinway Pianos and works on guitars on his lunch hours. All the finish guys that work on the pianos help him out with paint and the lettering on the headstock etc. It's even finished with nitro.

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