New Epiphone DC Pro

Rabs

Ohh... Nice.. Looks a bit like the Tak Matsumoto DC  (damn that bloody headstock though  )

http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Designer/DC-PRO.aspx

Modern double cut design with AAA Flame Maple top, ProBuckers™ w/coil-tapping and more!

The DC PRO is Epiphone’s modern take on the classic Epiphone Del Rey Double Cut design. Featuring a double cutaway solid Mahogany body with a AAA Flame Maple Veneer top, ProBucker™ humbuckers with coil-tapping, a treble bleed circuit to maintain clarity at reduced volumes, and Grover™ 18:1 ratio tuners. Now available in Black Cherry, Faded Cherry Sunburst, Midnight Ebony, Mojave Fade, and Wild Ivy. 

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Fretwired

I actually quite like the Epi headstock. Epiphone make some good guitars and that looks cool.

Rabs

Fretwired said:

I actually quite like the Epi headstock. Epiphone make some good guitars and that looks cool.

The Gibson head looks like an open book..  The Epi one looks like someone bending over and you seeing the crack in their arse... 

If I really liked an Epi it wouldn't actually stop me.. But I do think its a bit ugly.

Funkfingers

The headstock on the DC Pro guitars is a fair approximation of an old Epiphone USA outline. Definitely an improvement over their usual Gibson-with-the-corners-clipped-off design.

I am at a loss to understand what exactly about the body shape qualifies as "1970s classic". Teisco Del Ray? For sure but the Epiphone Del Ray is clearly rooted in the Eighties and "inspired" by some kid from Maryland named Paul. (Whatever became of him?)

nocasternoproblem

Headstock like a spoon

abw1989

Yep, I really like these.

I had a Tak DC Custom and it's the one guitar I regret selling the most. I don't mind the headstock shape at all, but that flower decal logo thing on there is what's putting me off.

fastonebaz

That looks great and practical and tasty in Mojave fade finish.

steer

Nice. I like them. 

A couple of years ago I was really tempted by a Epi' Tak Matsumoto, which my local guitar shop could not get rid of despite slashing the price. Not sure why it did not sell. 

ICBM

Well, they've fixed the headstock shape.

And ruined the body shape.

Sassafras

Not keen on them. Body shape is halfway between a DC and a PRS and the pickup selector switch looks silly in that position.

Grumpyrocker

These look lovely. Am quite tempted.

stickyfiddle

Headstock is good and they should put that on the LPs & SGs from now on, if they're determined not to use the Gibson shape. 

Body is hilarious - the whole thing looks a bit.. squinty? Why not use the actual LP DC shape? 

darthed1981

I want the green one.

Any prices up yet?  Anyone selling them?

robdynamite

i wish they'd just make a standard style RD

Grumpyrocker

darthed1981 said:

I want the green one.

Any prices up yet?  Anyone selling them?

Green one for me too.

Legionreturns

darthed1981 said:

I want the green one.

Any prices up yet?  Anyone selling them?

Everything I've seen says TBC. I'd guess at around £4-500 with the "Pro" tag, as that's pretty consistent. 

HarrySeven

No. No. NO.

SimpleSimon

Looks like an attempt at the PRS SE market, why dont Gibson/Epi do what they are good at and focus on producing decent reissues? They do better with releasing a decent Riviera and firebird....

rico

Bloody hideous!

mbe

The neck joint is advertised as 'deep set'. Looks a bit shallow to me.

Bridgehouse

I don’t understand Gibson’s strategy with Epiphone. 

If if they want a cheaper range of core Gibson models - they should copy them properly and use the Gibson headstock shape. Fender have done it for years and it hasn’t devalued their core range at all. 

But for me, the Epiphone brand is a massive case of missed opportunity. If they reissued their classic Kalamazoo models properly, as well priced modern reissues just like the Gretsch range they would make a killing. There’s plenty of models (guitar and bass) that would sell well. 

A Coronet with batwing headstock, a Crestwood in Inverness Green etc.. 

But most of all, rather than a half baked DC copy, they could do a Wilshire properly as a proper 2xP90 with Epiphone heritage and they could produce it for buttons..