i gotta new epihone-gibson strat

[sg&strat]

I gotta new epiphone-gibson strat,I cant figure out what the heck it is if gibson was trying to copy fender during the strat craze or what any way cn u guys help me out thanks

,jimmy :confused:

[Bilious Prudence]

Hi.

Do you have a pic? Maybe it's one of these:

http://www.gibson.com/products/epiphone/archive/solidbody/1.html

[sg&strat]

the serial number is mc22080720 but no pic

[Baguaplayer]

I have the same guitar and it doesn't look anything like the the link Bilious provided. I bought mine used. It looks exactly like a strat except for the very top where the machine heads are. It is labeled Ephiphone as well as Gibson.

The guy I bought it from told me the guitar is a bit of a rarity in that it was produced by Epiphone right after Gibson had bought Epiphone. Epiphone soon stopped making Fender copies so the guitar is a bit of an anamoly. A Strat copy with Epiphone and Gibson labels.

That's the story I got, not sure if it's true but it makes sense and I've never seen anything to the contrary. There doesn't seem to be a lot of infor on these guitars at first look.

Good Luck.

[Coffeemutt]

I think you are describing an Epiphone S-310. I had from about 1989-1998 or so; looked just like a Strat but with an Explorer-shaped headstock. Th ebody was plywood and heavy, but still sounded nice for an entry level guitar.