• From: The Gates of Delerium
  • Registered: 2008-05-07
  • Posts: 1,412

Topic: Return of the Epiphone Nighthawk

I have a 1999 Gibson SP-3 Nighthawk.  I think the original Epi's are even more rare than the Gibsons. Anyhow, Epi is bringing them back. What I noticed is the pickup selections are different on the reissue than on my original. On mine, with the push pull pot in the up position, the pickup selector is the same as on a Stratocaster - the humbuckers are split into single coils. In the down position, I get bridge humbucker, bridge with single coil "fat strat", neck humbucker, bridge + neck humbuckers, and bridge + neck single (Telecaster). Mine weighs about 7 lbs. A nice light really versatile guitar if you're thinking of looking at one.

http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=2000

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  • Registered: 2006-06-30
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Re: Return of the Epiphone Nighthawk

RICjunkie wrote:

I have a 1999 Gibson SP-3 Nighthawk.  I think the original Epi's are even more rare than the Gibsons. Anyhow, Epi is bringing them back. What I noticed is the pickup selections are different on the reissue than on my original. On mine, with the push pull pot in the up position, the pickup selector is the same as on a Stratocaster - the humbuckers are split into single coils. In the down position, I get bridge humbucker, bridge with single coil "fat strat", neck humbucker, bridge + neck humbuckers, and bridge + neck single (Telecaster). Mine weighs about 7 lbs. A nice light really versatile guitar if you're thinking of looking at one.

http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=2000

Yes the older Epi's are worth more....I guess some are more valuable than the older Gibsons....matter of opinion too.

Anyway I have a Bare bones 90's Gibson Hawk model which I believe is the same body shape as the
more expensive Nighthawk,Blueshawk models..it only has 2 full humbuckers instead of the styles on yours.

The Hawk is a great guitar if you can find an unmolsted one...it has a nice wrap tailpiece too...it's a nice slide player too.

And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually.........