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Originally Posted by mrjop1975
Here is a question that I wondered if anyone may know the answer to - Why did Epiphone discontinue the Masterbilt Century Archtops series? I have a honeyburst Olympic model, and it is a keeper in my ever evolving guitar tastes. I got it somewhat because of David Rawlings playing one, but also because my first guitar style after strumming was the Carter scratch, and it was the closest I would get a Gibson L-5 or L-7 like Maybelle Carter used.
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Hi, I don't know why they pulled them so quickly.
I went to a store with a jazz playing pal to check out the full line.
Sales assistant led us into the "acoustic" section, put two guitars at a time on stands then fetched a small amp and plugged them in!
They were nice looking and nice to play, but ...not really carved top acoustics.
I guess we were not the market they were aiming at.