(they also offered a solid color version, but i'm not talking about that one.) around 2023, they also reissued what appears to be the same instrument I'll assume that due to 23 years time frame that the pickups. They just look so good, the. There has been speculation that the epiphone korinas have cheap wood of a different type under the veneer In my case, i have a flying v epiphone Looking at the sides and under the pickup cavities of my v, i can say it's definitely korina but is in pieces, glued together
I own a 50th anniversary korina historic explorer and a mahogany usa explorer in natural Compared to each other acoustically, the korina model is much brighter and nasal. Korina (or limba) is a great tonewood, period, and will work with all kinds of guitars It's probably just tradition that it's associated with setnecks because it was gibson that first popularized korina, and it's closer to the mahogany end of the spectrum than it is to alder or ash. Korina is the name that gibson invented for the honey colored finish they applied to the original explorers and destroyers in the '50s With that said, go with korina.
There seems not many options of sg style guitars compared to s, t, lp even es or jm style ones Gibson's current basic sg models are a bit frustrating to. I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on which wood i should choose Sound wise, i do like my strat and would be happy if the mustang, whilst its own beast, sounded somewhat like the strat. Is korina the same species as mohagany Does it sound pretty much the same in the same style of guitar
I've read some conflicting articles I'm looking at a prs I've found the same model guitar with either a mohagany body neck, or korina body neck Both have a maple top.
OPEN
