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This one is in much better condition that the one featured on Guitar of the Day: 1981 Fender Bullet Dakota Red | Norman's Rare Guitars

you can guess the model if you wish but I won't confirm... lol

Write up - Guitar-compare.com

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Epiphone’s number one selling model is more than just about the price. The Epiphone LP Special II is a great way for beginners to get started on guitar with real Les Paul tone and feel. But seasoned pros love the Special II also because it’s a great-sounding, workhorse guitar that lets them leave their more expensive axes at home.

Superior Materials and Design Makes a Superior Value:
The authentic LP power starts with an all-Mahogany, trademarked Les Paul body with a bolted-on “1960’s SlimTaper™ Mahogany neck featuring a Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay. The Special II is voiced by a pair of hot open-coil Epiphone 700T and 650R Humbucker pickups, giving it massive, unmistakable Les Paul tone. Like all of Epiphone’s electric guitars, it comes standard-equipped with 500K Ω potentiometers for the master volume and master tone controls, plus Epiphone’s heavy-duty 3-way pickup selector toggle switch and exclusive non-rotating heavy-duty output jack. This value-champ also now features Nickel hardware including the Epiphone LockTone™ locking Tune-o-matic bridge and Stop-bar tailpiece for amazing sustain and even more mind-blowing value. It comes in your choice of Ebony, White, Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Vintage Sunburst finishes and also in a special Wine Red version with black hardware. There is even a left-handed version in Heritage Cherry Sunburst or Vintage Sunburst finishes for southpaws.

Superior Value That’s Worry-free:
The Epiphone LP Special II comes with the famous Epiphone Lifetime Limited Warranty, featuring Gibson 24/7/360 Customer Service and Support and warrants the instrument against defects in materials or workmanship. Grab one at your favorite Authorized Epiphone Dealer today.

ABOUT EPIPHONE:
Epiphone is one of American’s oldest and most revered instrument makers. Since 1873, Epiphone has made instruments for every style of popular music and celebrated its 140th anniversary in 2013. The story of Epiphone ..

Spelling Mistakes and I forgot to add the music... sorry. Was it made in Japan or Korea?

WorthPoint review...

"Vintage 1970's Satellite ( LP copy ) model 96L. Features - Arched top; Laminated hardwood with multiple bindings; neck Nato & fully adjustable; Rosewood ivorine bound fingerboard with 22 frets; Twin high response pickups; Chromium plated Micro -set fully adjustable bridge; Chromium plated tailpiece; Pickup selector and 2x volume , 2x tone speed dials; Individual enclosed chromium plated machine heads. Length 1002mm; Scale length 635-641mm; width 330mm; depth 42mm. High gloss red-sunburst finish. The guitar is nicely set up with replacement pickguard. Plays well with lots of volume and good tonal range and comes with hard case. Satellite were famous in the 70's for producing good quality budget replica guitars from the Far East. This plays as good today as then."

This is one of the most beautiful guitars I own. The tone is immaculate, and the aesthetic beauty is just really breathtaking. This is a work of art. The mother of pearl inlays on the fret-board and the binding just show the excellent workmanship. It is well balanced and feels like a feather in your hand. Regardless of your musical predilection, this guitar can handle everything from rock to classical. With a built in equalizer and amplification jack, you can not go wrong with this instrument. You can get one cheaper, but I'm telling you the workmanship alone on this model is worth the price. Review: Richard Amazon.

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Introducing the E2OM acoustic guitar, a remarkable instrument that embodies the perfect balance of craftsmanship, tonal excellence, and versatility. Whether you're a fingerstyle enthusiast or a strumming aficionado, the E2OM will inspire you with its exceptional playability and captivating sound.

The E2OM features a neck made of mahogany, providing a smooth and comfortable playing experience. The ebony fingerboard with a 12" radius allows for effortless navigation across the frets, while the traditional even "C" neck profile offers a familiar and ergonomic feel. The bone nut, measuring at 1-3/4", ensures optimal string spacing and facilitates precise note articulation.

Crafted for superior sound projection, the E2OM boasts a solid cedar top and solid sapele back and sides, producing a well-balanced tone with rich warmth and impressive resonance. The hand-scalloped X bracing further enhances the guitar's responsiveness, allowing each note to ring out with clarity and depth. The body dimensions of 15" x 4 1/4" x 4" offer a comfortable and ergonomic playing experience, making it an ideal choice for both stage and studio performances.

Attention to detail is evident throughout the E2OM. The classic rosette and tortoise binding exude elegance and sophistication, while the pearl dot inlays on the ebony fingerboard add a touch of visual appeal. The satin finish on the body top and back/sides not only enhances the guitar's natural beauty but also allows the wood to breathe and resonate freely, further contributing to its exceptional tone.

Practicality meets performance with the E2OM. Equipped with an ebony bridge and bone saddle, this guitar ensures optimal intonation and precise string-to-string balance. The open-gear PingWell tuners offer smooth and reliable tuning, while the 20 Jescar-FW43080 fretwire and 12" fingerboard radius provide effortless playability across the entire neck.

The E2OM comes complete with a deluxe padded Eastman gig bag, offering excellent pro..

Great guitar for a great price... I compared it with the Larrivee LV03 series, mid range Taylors, Martins, Gibsons, Takamine, Parkwood, SeaGull and a few others. The BreedLove had one of the best overall tones (not too bassy or too bright) both acoustically and plugged in. https://www.musiciansfriend.com

Something special about this guitar to me and there were a LOT of challenges to it...

Solid Engelmann Spruce Top
Mahogany Back and Sides
Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge
Abalone Dot Position Marks
Abalone Soundhole Inlay
Chrome Tuners
Natural Gloss Finish
Scale 647.7mm / 25.5 inches

LONESTAR SERIES

The Ibanez Lonestar series was designed to provide the acoustic guitar player the fast feeling neck of an electric guitar with the full body bound only made by an acoustic guitar
Fully bound dreadnought bodies are built with slim, electric style necks, 41mm wide at the nut, and feature the easy operation of Erica-line tuning machines

After several years of research, Ibanez developed an Acoustic Electric guitar. We took a lot of time for study on the first prototypes to perfect design and improve response, and are now pleased to announce the Ibanez AE series. The years spent on the AE development has resulted in a natural acoustic sounding guitar at a price lower than many guitars without electronics. We also found the perfect design for a thin-body mode! That offers the same rich tones of a regular full-bodied acoustic with a slimmer, more comfortable playing body depth.

Model:
LS300BK

Style :
Dreadnought

Top :
Spruce

Back & Sides
Mahogany

Binding
Ivory & Black

Neck
Mahogany

Fingerboard
Rosewood
Bridge:
Rosewood with Tru-Tune Saddle

Bridge/End Pins
Ivory with Black Dot

I want this!

Custom Line series
Body: Meranti
Set-in neck: Meranti
Fretboard: Roasted jatoba
Neck profile: C
Fretboard radius: 350 mm
Binding on the neck and on the headstock
Split rhombus pearloid headstock inlay
24 Medium jumbo frets
Scale: 628 mm
Nut width: 42 mm
Double action truss rod
Pickup: 2 Roswell LAF AlNiCo-5 vintage-style humbuckers
1 Volume control and 1 tone control
3-Way pickup selector switch
Graphite IV nut
Gold-plated DLX hardware
DLX Tune-O-Matic bridge
Grover machine heads
Colour: White high gloss

Body

Body Material: Alder
Body Finish: Gloss

Neck

Neck: Maple, Modern “C”
Neck Finish: Satin Polyurethane
Fingerboard: Maple, 9.5” (241 mm)
Frets: 22, Jumbo
Position Inlays: Black Dots
Nut (Material/Width): Synthetic Bone, 1.685” (42.8 mm)
Tuning Machines: American Performer
Scale Length: 25.5” (648 mm)

Electronics & Hardware

Bridge: 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo
Pickguard: 3-Ply Mint Green
Pickups: DoubleTap™ Humbucking (Bridge), Yosemite™ Single-Coil Stratocaster (Middle/Neck)
Pickup Switching: 5-Position Blade: Postion 1. Bridge Humbucking Pickup; Position 2. Middle Pickup and Bridge Humbucking Pickup; Position 3. Middle Pickup; Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup; Position 5. Neck Pickup
Special Electronics: Push-Pull Pot On Tone 2 for Coil-Split
Controls: Master Volume, Tone 1. (Neck & Middle Pickup), Tone 2. Grease-bucket™ Tone Circuit (Bridge Pickup)
Control Knobs: Aged White
Hardware Finish: Nickel/Chrome

Westfield guitars are often considered lower quality compared to other brands due to factors such as construction, materials, and overall craftsmanship. However, it's important to note that personal preference plays a significant role in the enjoyment of an instrument. If you love your Westfield Les Paul copy and it brings you joy, that's what matters most. Enjoy making music with your guitar!

When I first saw this guitar it was my image only, and it looked superb, but when I got it the reality sunk in.

Ariana is an entry level brand of the Aria company. The Ariana brand has been around since the 1970s and there are Ariana electric guitars, acoustic guitars and folk instruments.

It started when Shiro Arai, the founder of Aria Guitars struggled to find outlets in his native country where he could buy nylon strings for his classical guitar. Frustrated by the scarcity, he came up with the idea of importing classical guitar strings from Augustine, a manufacturer in New York City, also Jose Ramirez guitars from Madrid in Spain. As word spread among Japanese guitarists and demand for Augustine strings grew, Arai set up Arai & Co. Inc. to cope with the flourishing sales.

With the arrival of rock ’n’ roll, Arai also began importing electric and steel string acoustic guitars from overseas. During the early Sixties, the company expanded into production of its own guitars, beginning with acoustic and hollowbody models in 1960, followed by the introduction of solidbody electrics in 1963, issued under the brand names of Aria (an anagram of Arai).

Westfield Guitars is a UK based guitar brand, owned by string manufacturer RotoSound. Previously owned by Scotland based P&R Howard Music Ltd. from its inception until their closure in 2013, it produced and sold electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars, primarily copies of popular Fender and Gibson models. Revived in 2022 by RotoSound, they now focus on low-budget acoustic guitars.

Westfield Guitars was established in 1989 from the owner Paul Howard's garage, turning over £19,000 in their first year. The company grew to a turnover of £4.6 million in 2005 and operated out of a warehouse in East Kilbride. They were the largest distributor of musical instruments in Scotland.

Notable players include Danny Jones of McFly and Jason Mraz. Stevie Hay and Charles Boyle of Scottish rock band Felon both played Westfield guitars over the years. Hay worked with Westfield across 15 years and had various custom guitars made, most of which remained in his own collection.

The company went out of business in September 2013.

The magic trick I show you is very sophist iced, and you'll never guess how I did it... :-)

Superb to play with usual 43mm nut width to the really classy looking inlaid Rosewood fingerboard, quite shallow "C" profile neck and nice action, 2mm./2.25mm at the 12th fret, but with height adjustable floating Rosewood Bridge.

Reviews:

* 40+ veteran guitar player. All I play with is Squier. Sold my Gibson's and Fender's and went to Squires.

* It's a killer by any standard. It plays and feels (especially with tension balanced strings) like a seriously higher priced guitar.

* Definitely the most favourite guitar in my collection, because of the countless hours of perfection that I achieved on it. 10 out of 10 would I recommend it to a person just starting guitar.

* I wouldn't dream of giving up mu SQ series Squier

* My Squier Strat was a great guitar with a really good neck pickup. I had 4 American Strats - while not the same quality, it was a fun guitar to play and sounded like a Strat.

Thanks to 12th Fret...

The Gibson TG-0 tenor guitar was built during two periods and two forms, but was always a relatively simple Mahogany top 4-string acoustic. The first TG-0 was based on the L-0 from 1927 to 1933, and the second based on the LG-0 from 1960 to 1974.

Here we’re looking at a second series Gibson TG-0 dating to 1963 at the Kalamazoo plant, and draws directly from the LG-0 model. These guitars use Mahogany for the top, back sides with Spruce bracing, and Mahogany for the neck but a Rosewood fingerboard. Until 1968 with a few exceptions for use of existing stocks, that meant Brazilian Rosewood. The bridge is a matching piece of Rosewood. The head plate is simply a black finish on the front of the head, with a gold Gibson decal logo. Position markers are Mother of Pearl dots. The pickguard at this point was fixed to the top with three small screws rather than glue. The finish is a light, originally gloss, clear nitrocellulose lacquer. In 1962, Gibson shipped 328 TG-0 models.

This Gibson TG-0 is in good working condition and comes with what’s probably its original Faux-. t’s presently tuned DGBE – the usual tuning for the top four of a six string guitar – rather than the traditional all-fifths CGDA tenor tuning. Irish music players often tune in a lower range of fifths, to GDAE.

The tenor guitar has its roots in the tenor banjo, and was part of the migration to the guitar for banjo players. At first it was used for jazz, but by the late 1950s it took a place in the Folk world. Nick Reynolds used a Martin tenor guitar with the Kingston Trio and their popularity likely prompted Gibson to offer the TG-0. Celtic music ensembles often include tenor guitars. More recently, the tenor guitar has moved out of the older genres and been used by Elvis Costello, Nico Case and Ani Difranco. It fits in a particular sonic space, different from a regular guitar, mandolin or banjo.

Thanks to 12th Fret...

The Gibson TG-0 tenor guitar was built during two periods and two forms, but was always a relatively simple Mahogany top 4-string acoustic. The first TG-0 was based on the L-0 from 1927 to 1933, and the second based on the LG-0 from 1960 to 1974.

Here we’re looking at a second series Gibson TG-0 dating to 1963 at the Kalamazoo plant, and draws directly from the LG-0 model. These guitars use Mahogany for the top, back sides with Spruce bracing, and Mahogany for the neck but a Rosewood fingerboard. Until 1968 with a few exceptions for use of existing stocks, that meant Brazilian Rosewood. The bridge is a matching piece of Rosewood. The head plate is simply a black finish on the front of the head, with a gold Gibson decal logo. Position markers are Mother of Pearl dots. The pickguard at this point was fixed to the top with three small screws rather than glue. The finish is a light, originally gloss, clear nitrocellulose lacquer. In 1962, Gibson shipped 328 TG-0 models.

This Gibson TG-0 is in good working condition and comes with what’s probably its original Faux-. t’s presently tuned DGBE – the usual tuning for the top four of a six string guitar – rather than the traditional all-fifths CGDA tenor tuning. Irish music players often tune in a lower range of fifths, to GDAE.

The tenor guitar has its roots in the tenor banjo, and was part of the migration to the guitar for banjo players. At first it was used for jazz, but by the late 1950s it took a place in the Folk world. Nick Reynolds used a Martin tenor guitar with the Kingston Trio and their popularity likely prompted Gibson to offer the TG-0. Celtic music ensembles often include tenor guitars. More recently, the tenor guitar has moved out of the older genres and been used by Elvis Costello, Nico Case and Ani Difranco. It fits in a particular sonic space, different from a regular guitar, mandolin or banjo.

Fender 60th Anniversary Telecaster Solid body Electric Guitar Features:

Colour: Sunburst & Blonde
Body Material: Ash
Neck: Maple, Modern C Shape
Neck Finish:
Fretboard: Maple
Fretboard Radius: 9.5"
Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo
Inlays: Black Dot Position Inlays
Scale Length: 25.5"
Nut Width: 1.685"
String Nut: Synthetic Bone
Truss Rod: Bi-Flex Truss Rod System
Truss Rod Nut: 1/8" American Series Nut
Pickups: American Vintage Tele Single-coil
Pickup Switching: 3-position Blade
Controls: Volume, Tone
Special Electronics: No-Load Tone Control
Hardware: Chrome
Tuning Keys: Deluxe Staggered Cast/Sealed Tuning Machines
Bridge: American Tele with American Standard Bent Steel Saddles and Stamped Brass Plate
Control Knobs: Knurled chrome
Strap Buttons: Chrome Strap Buttons

The Gibson TG-0 tenor guitar was built during two periods and two forms, but was always a relatively simple Mahogany top 4-string acoustic. The first TG-0 was based on the L-0 from 1927 to 1933, and the second based on the LG-0 from 1960 to 1974.

Here we’re looking at a second series Gibson TG-0 dating to 1963 at the Kalamazoo plant, and draws directly from the LG-0 model. These guitars use Mahogany for the top, back sides with Spruce bracing, and Mahogany for the neck but a Rosewood fingerboard. Until 1968 with a few exceptions for use of existing stocks, that meant Brazilian Rosewood. The bridge is a matching piece of Rosewood. The head plate is simply a black finish on the front of the head, with a gold Gibson decal logo. Position markers are Mother of Pearl dots. The pick guard at this point was fixed to the top with three small screws rather than glue. The finish is a light, originally gloss, clear nitrocellulose lacquer.

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I am the free Luthier - I fix guitar, banjos and ukes etc... I don't charge except for parts but it would be nice if the clients that I help would donate to my favourite charity: Assisi Animal Shelter in Bangor County Down. I don't ask them to donate a particular amount, I leave that to them AFTER they get their guitar back. (Yes, it's called trust.)

By the way you can donate too... it's simple. https://www.assisi-ni.org and if you're feeling even more generous... ... the only expense I have is for the materials and consumables. If anyone was feeling generous I have a Wish List of those... :-) https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/1A0PB98A68TYE?ref_=wl_share

After trying to play guitar, for 50 years, and discovering that I repair them better than I play them... here I am. This ain't for money... No such thing as a rich man who repairs guitars... I just love guitars. This is my baby... a Gretsch... it looks mighty purty.