New Epiphones starting to appear? (Page 10 of 32)

I think I paid 7 or 8. Maybe a couple of hundred fans in attendance, all were down front in a 1200 seat hall. 

I wouldnt worry Jerrdog.  They allocated them between all the major sellers.  I'm sure the larger sellers got theirs first (MF, GC, etc).  I'm also pretty sure they were all made before the first was shipped.  As soon as Zz gets theirs, they'll ship.

At last a couple of decent demos of the new JB Epi on You tube, follow the link to hear what these guitars are like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBFPopZVwr8

Sounds cool. nice clear tones and sooooo smoooooth Jazz, Yes!!

Makes me want to put on some shades and get out a bottle of scotch and just mellow out!!  

Have Fun and laugh like it's your first time! You never know you might get to like it!

That's a really nice demo that sixstring63 did. Nice sounds and good playing. I also am jealous.

Jerrdogg, don't worry about the numbers posted. I am sure Sjmckean is correct about the allocations although I am curious as to how that worked with MF and GC since they are the same company. Guitar Center bought Musician's Friend in 1999 and I have no idea if their inventories are separate or combined.

Anyway, I did hook my Epi into the amp this last weekend. Very pleased. Those Burstbuckers kill. Didn't play it through the Sunn too long. The dogs started howling.   Everyone's a critic don't you know. 

Definitely clean your fretboard though. No one needs dirty fingers!

Just an educated guess. Distributors have a tiered system of preferred dealers depending on volume and creditworthiness.
Favored outlets get the goods first. First purchase order in is usually first out as well among the favored sellers. I've cornered a market in the past by committing to a large volume of a product I anticipated as a hot seller. Once, I bought out an entire production run. No discounts on that stuff!

I agree on this.  I ordered mine from GC in mid December and mine shipped (directly to my house) on 30 December, and I had it on 4 January.
I don't know if this helps, but when I was ordering mine, the GC salesman said they (I don't know if this includes MF or just GC) had ordered a total of 65 and mine was the 51st they had spoken for.  Presumeably, yours is one of those early 50 that maybe is at the warehouse.  Either way, I'd call their customer service.  On a good note, if the numbering convention is what it appears to be on here, mine is number 038, so yours should be a pretty low numbered one!

Do you guys think that to late to order one of these or there all gone by now?

Man, I have GAS so bad!  I just bought this one from Sam Ash!  It's an Epi '57 Les Paul that has the same specs/parts as the Epi Les Paul Tribute!  From posts I read at other forums, it has the '57 Classic / Classic + (American) pups, Mallory Caps, Switchcraft switches, slim neck profile, and all cream parts.  I paid $499, compared to the Tribute, which costs $799,  which wasn't even offered with the Gold Top.  This thing is gonna look good sitting next to my Epi JBLP! 

As an update, I did get my replacement JBLP, and it is flawless!  I'm absolutely pleased that I called MF and got it replaced, even though the problems with the neck were probably just asthetic.  The case with the second was cracked on the bottom at the neck end though, so that went back with the first guitar.

They don't look like the same guitar, but the model number is the exact same on the two websites below.  Probably just lighting.  I'm hoping it'll look like the one on the UK website.  It looks more like a darker, less sparkly, gold.

http://www.samash.com/p/Epiphone_Les-Pa … _-49951385

http://www.guitarvillage.co.uk/product- … sp?id=9678