View Full Version : Flatiron in ebay, low$$$
Saw this and not going to bid, but thought someone here might want to.
.ebay.com/itm/122012867310?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (http://www.ebay.com/itm/122012867310)
DataNick
Jun-17-2016, 4:39pm
Chinese Epi-Flat....they usually go for around $500...some can be decent...probably a good Kentucky or Eastman would be a better buy...YMMV
Learn something new here all the time, thanks Nick.
MikeEdgerton
Jun-17-2016, 5:01pm
Yessir, that is an Epi-flat.
Mandoplumb
Jun-17-2016, 5:20pm
What is an Epi-flat?
MikeEdgerton
Jun-17-2016, 5:22pm
A Chinese made Flatiron. Basically Gibson seemed to rebrand their Epiphone mandolins.
One memorable thread can be found here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?33553-Flatiron-on-eb-y&highlight=epiflat).
A Chinese made Flatiron. Basically Gibson seemed to rebrand their Epiphone mandolins.
One memorable thread can be found here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?33553-Flatiron-on-eb-y&highlight=epiflat).
Boy you were right there.
Mandoplumb
Jun-19-2016, 1:14pm
A Chinese made Flatiron. Basically Gibson seemed to rebrand their Epiphone mandolins.
One memorable thread can be found here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?33553-Flatiron-on-eb-y&highlight=epiflat).
Thanks I figured something along those lines but had never heard that.
Trevor M
Jun-19-2016, 1:58pm
A Chinese made Flatiron. Basically Gibson seemed to rebrand their Epiphone mandolins.
One memorable thread can be found here (http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?33553-Flatiron-on-eb-y&highlight=epiflat).
That's useful information, when was manufacture transferred to China?, and was it ever brought back to the US?
MikeEdgerton
Jun-19-2016, 8:34pm
It never came back. That thread was just about the time it went there.