Epiphone Limited Edition Wilshire Pro Electric Guitar 

Comments about Epiphone Limited Edition Wilshire Pro Electric Guitar:

I own a few Epiphone guitars, all great sounding in my opinion...but the wilshire pro is the worst guitar I ever owned! Had a buzzing sound when I first plugged it in right out of the box. The pickups are cheap and lousy, and the whole sound is muddy...would not recommend this guitar to anyone!

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been wanting one, the weight and versitility of coil tap humberckers is greeat, a well made setneck guitar with a little shorter scale than strats and telesand so light resting on leg in studio, the light weight adds a resonant sound similar to a 40 y o aged guitar, and this sale price was so awesome no way to pass this up

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Excellent guitar, great price, all the bells and whistles I wanted. Fit and finish are great. I especially like the coil tapping electronics. The neck pu is a Classic Humbucker, fat and warm. The bridge is a Classic Plus, just a little hotter but stll articulate. Push-pull pots seem solid and work well. The tone is akin to the G400. I play alot of Blues and this guitar just adds another dimension to what I can do. The coil split tone is very much like a Stratocaster. I love the Batwing headstock.

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frets needed a little polishing but other than that it was more than i thought what was comming it's a tone machine and well put together

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The only problem I had with this guitar was the low quality of the knobs but I ordered the knobs I feel will jazz up the guitar.Inspite of this small problem I would order the guitar anyway.A great buy!

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I received this guitar as a Christmas present in 2011. This was the first electric guitar I owned and I hadn't had much experience with them. Even with out that much knowledge on guitars I slowly figured out that this was not a quality guitar.
It started out just fine I replaced the strings and I started playing endlessly. About 2 months later is when I started noticing problems. I own a great acoustic-electric takaminie which is almost flawless up and down the neck. I played blackbird at my school's spring concert and would practice on this wilshire when I didn't have the takaminie out of its case. Blackbird is played over the entire neck and I instantly realized a problem. It was out of tune on the 5th fret and up. It wasn't untill a couple of days ago when I was told what the problem was: the intonation, action, and truss rod were all way off. And I hadn't worked on anything on the guitar to mess them up. I have yet to get these fixed, but I hope a set up will. Over all I agree with El-davo's review although I think the pickups were great and produced awesome sound(if you played on the lower frets.) I might recommend it if the problems are an easy fix and stay fixed.

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First off, my specific model. The new one has some little perks (splittable pickups). I've had this guitar for over 4 years and overall, looking back it was worked amazingly for the price I paid. I've played this almost every weekend at my church since I've owned it. It's been bumped, scuffed, and even dropped. All the issues with it now are some pickup scratches and a broken headstock that's been repaired (but that's another story). I will say, however, this guitar does have faults. Ive repaired the interior pots several times. My main issue with it is the tone. This guitar can get shrill! Use the brige and it will screech away. But, the neck is still mellow so I can blend and work with it. I'd say hands down this beats the Epiphone SG, or many other of their models for that matter. Great for beginners to get a solid start.

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It seems as though Epiphone guitars are really a hit and miss proposition. Some of their guitars are pretty decent instruments, while others should have never made it to the loading dock.
The Wilshire-Pro has the feature most guitar players would appreciate however, the overall poor quality of the guitar I received surpassed the positive features of the guitar.
Guitar appeared well made however, upon closer examination it became really apparent that the guitar had slipped through the factory build quality control phase without any real oversight. Example, the neck was really bowed, action was sky high, hardware appeared to have been installed without reguard to it's actual condition - worn. I purchased what I thought was a new guitar, not a pre-owned instrument.
Value is not determined the savings alone the total purchase experience must also include the overall quality of the product as well. In this particular purchase Epiphone did not deliver on their promise of producing an affordable instrument of unmatched quality at it's price point. In reality in was quite the opposite. Which really brings home the old saying "you get what you pay for".

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Your mileage may vary, as quality seems inconsistent on these modern Epiphones.
3 way switch, seperate coil tapping volume and tone for each alnico humbucker. Distinct body style and unique bat-wing headstock... she's pretty loaded.
I had to file the plastic nut on the g string to justifiy it's action with the other 5. Extremely annoying. Also, the neck is mounted slightly askew, with the bass side being raised a bit high, resulting in a rather ugly setup with the bridge being angled more than what I'd consider 'normal' for a tune-o-matic. I own some higher end guitars and frankly, this instrument doesn't compare in fit and finish. Cheap electronics, poorly mounted switch and input jack, and adequate tuners don't inspire confidence. Extremely neck-heavy (much moreso than my SG or PRS Mira, also with slim, light bodies) when you take your hands off it literally assumes a parallel position to the floor when strapped on. The finish is excellent, and the appeance makes it stand out. Pretty great looking guotar. After getting her set up she plays and sounds great, though lacking in sustain compared to my other axes.
For the price she barely gets by. I've played similarly priced axes that have better quality out of the box, but for it's distinctive tone and character, I'd recommend it.

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Good unit if you use it for chords and slide.
Everything you would expect from a Wilshire
Part of the guitar was actually not painted. It got the clear coat - but no white paint.
So much for the Quality Sticker on Back

Guitar is also extremely neck heavy. Joe Bonamassa would love the baseball bat thick neck....
Me... not so much.

I bought this guitar to use for slide only. The guitar was shipped with action that was higher than most accoustics out there. Works great for my purposes as a slide instrument. Shredders .. might want to think twice.
Great value for a slide guitar - fretting is a different story.