Hello Lee!
On 05 Jan 98, Lee Waun wrote to Tom Scioscia:
 LW> Well I to think they should have some standard but they don't. I love 
he
 LW> ebony fretboard but only 2 of the 7 I have tried have one. All the rest
 LW> are rosewood. And the two that have ebony have gold hardware.
This is interesting because I've never seen a Studio with an ebony neck.  
I've seen some with rosewood that was so dark it looked painted, but never 
ebony.
 LW> Now however
 LW> these 2 guitars are still different as one has the black knobs where as
 LW> the other one has the amber colored knobs. Still another studio has the
 LW> black speed knobs that are different again.
This is very interesting, and makes me wonder if these are real, counterfeit, 
new, or used being sold as new.  Then again, Gibson has made changes in the 
Studio in recent years, including going from dot inlays to the trapezoid 
blocks... they may very well have changed knobs as well.
 LW> I just worry that they maybe
 LW> forgot to put in the gibson pickups and perhaps put in epiphone pickups
 LW> instead. But hey it is only a studio.
Not a chance of that... Epiphones are made in Korea.
C-ya! Rich
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