First of all, let's talk about the difference between Gibson and Epiphone. First of all, wood is used. Gibson mostly uses peach cores from South America, but there are peach cores for Epiphone everywhere, and the density of peach cores for Epiphone is very different. The direct impact is that, under normal circumstances, the same piano Epiphone will be much lighter (last time I saw a female guitarist in a foreign magazine saying that she preferred Epi because it was light! Hehe)
You may say, it's good to be light, but the density of wood is related to the timbre. Good density for this kind of wood!
Then talk about workmanship and factories. Gibson's factory is in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and the workers are all experienced old workers. Epiphone's factory mainly has two places, the first is a Korean factory, and the second is a factory in China. Even if you want to buy Epi, you'd better buy Korean one. It's not that I envy foreign things. It takes time to make a guitar. In the future, the guitar made in China will definitely be the first in the world, but it will have to wait.
Let's talk about the process of painting first. To put it simply, Gibson's traditional painting technique is characterized by being thin and can "breathe", but it needs a lot of work and has to wait for a week.
The technology used by Epi is more convenient, but it is thicker, breathing is not good, and the timbre will be boring!
The prices of these two paintings are different.
Zakk's signature is roughly divided into four levels, Gibson's custom shop (I).
2 Gibson's ordinary factory (very good)
Epi phone(OK) of 3 Korean factories
4 Epiphone of China factory (very cheap! Hehe)
There must be differences in pickup trucks, bridges and knobs from different factories.
The most obvious example is the domestic Zakk. I have one. Pickup truck is not EMG of 8 1.85. Other metal parts are also ordinary, but they all look beautiful. Mine was signed by Zakk when he came to Beijing last time. Sign his name and hang it on the wall as an ornament. More than 2000 yuan!
You have to play by yourself, at least buy Korean products, more than 4000, which is said to be good!