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Originally Posted by Puddleglum
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The 150th Anniversary Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe Regent was, according to a long-standing rumor dating to the hasty discontinuation of the ill-conceived Masterbilt archtops of the 2010's, intended to be part of a series of historically-accurate reproductions of iconic New York and early Kalamazoo models (FYI the acoustics were to be all carved-tops in the New York tradition, and priced to compete with Loar and Eastman in the entry-level/intermediate jazzbox market) and, as the sole survivor of the stillborn line, it's a fairly decent rendition of a well-maintained/mildly-modified (the original had a Frequensator tailpiece and the controls differed somewhat) circa-1953 New York example. I've read some good things about the other instruments in Epiphone's current "new-stalgia" lineup of vintage-style guitars, and I see no reason the big box should be any different...
On the other hand, Sweetwater is having a blowout sale on in-stock
Made in Korea Guild Newark St. hollowbodies - $849-949 brand-new w/OHSC (even cheaper for demos):
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...vibrato-blonde
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...ar-canyon-dusk
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...tar-gold-coast
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...al-malibu-blue
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...ar-scarlet-red
Comparable to upper-midrange Ibanez build quality, with a hefty helping of Gretsch tonal/cosmetic mojo on the DeArmond Dynasonic X-175's - well worth a look, since you missed out on the last of the MIK Gretsch 5400-Series E-Matics a couple years back...