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Originally Posted by guitar george
Whenever you make and sell something that is less expensive and is quite similar to a more expensive item it will definitely reduce sales of the more expensive item. Epiphone makes or has made various models of Hummingbirds and Doves that closely resemble the Gibson Hummingbirds and Doves. The Epiphones cost 1/5 or less of the cost of the Gibsons. Gibson owns Epiphone, so, it looks like they are kinda "shooting themselves in the foot".
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That was my sense too, George. I just wonder if they made the MB models a little TOO good and they really butted up against the Bozeman folks. And I'd be surprised if there isn't a lot of "sibling rivalry" between those groups too.
I've had techs tell me that the inside of an Epi Les Paul is pretty dang impressive.
Thanks, George,
Scott