I said it would be good to see Gibson Custom Shop offer a spec NY era Epiphone Deluxe in the same price range as Gibson L5 ($15K), but upon further thought I see that's kinda unrealistic. It would be like asking Benedetto or Monteleone to build archtops for you today to sell at $15K while some of their models are already fetching over $50K. So in historical reality Epi lucked out at a time when there was a migration of Italians to New York.
Its its really good to hear that with a good pickup some people are re-purposing the current Masterbilt Century Deluxe for rockabilly and whatever. Keep in mind that there is a huge difference between an electric guitar and an acoustic - robots and carpenters can make electrics just fine, but to make an acoustic really shine it takes more than just skill, and more than any robot today can make (at time of writing anyway, hahah).
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