Guys, all new epiphones are made in China... They opened a factory there recently. The Korean base closed quite awhile already. Jap made epiphones have the authentic Gibby headstock...
i guess its the workmanship. no offense, but stuffs assembled in china always seem to have a shorter lifespan than those made in korea or such. again, no offense to the pples rep of china or its pple :wink:
chinese made guitars are getting better. anyway all is automated by machines. they are not handmade unlike gibsons. so its just a different guy pushing a button/lever hehe
my chinese squier tele custom sounds and feels better than my indonesian squier tele and strat