Epiphone guitars have a long story. Epiphone was a family business established in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulo, a greek violin maker, as “the House of Stathopoulo”. In 1923 they incorporated and at this stage made mostly high quality and fancy banjos. In 1928 the name was changed to “Epiphone” after Epi Stathopoulo, chairman of the company and one of the founder’s sons. In the 1930′s, the company modified its emphasis to guitars. Epiphone successfully switched to guitar production.

The C.G. Conn Company (a band instrument builder) bought Epiphone in 1953 and moved production to Philidelphia (although the labels still said New York). This was done because New York Epiphone workers were in conflict with the Stathopoulio family. Later, in 1955, the Stathopoulo family regained control, but few if any instruments were made in 1956 and 1957.

Epiphone guitars draw interest from different kinds of buyers. Someone collects older Epiphones as vintage guitars. Others buy the newer Epiphones as habitual playing and performance guitars, whether they find them new or used. Epiphone belongs to the Gibson family of brands. Many modern Epiphone models closely track the models sold under the Gibson brand, but they are considerably less expensive. Debate rages among guitar players as to whether the price differential is justified.

Many believe that Gibson brand guitars are of higher quality, and worth higher prices. Others love their Epiphones, and wouldn’t trade them for any other guitars. Meanwhile, vintage guitar collectors prize older Epiphones partly for their historical interest.

I collect and play mostly vintage Gibson guitars and recently started purchasing Epiphones to give the Gibsons a break. I have been very amused with the new Prophecy series from Epiphone. Futuras with the EMG’s and the SG GX with the Dirty Fingers all play and sound huge. I started purchasing Dirty Fingers PUP’s two years ago to replace standard Epiphone PUP’s in my other Epiphones when they first became available from Gibson. I’m very happy. Epiphone had the same idea and made this an easy purchase without my having to reconfigure the electronics. All I can say is if you get a chance to get a Epiphone Prophecy series guitar, buy it while they are still available. They are more than worth the small investment if you are a serious musician.

As a absolutely fan of Gibson guitars it very likely doesn’t surprise you that there are a lot of Epiphone guitars that I would buy and that I have recommended to other people. Epiphone’s are great for people who enjoy the look and feel of a Gibson, especially the Les Paul style guitars, but who’s budget doesn’t allow the luxury of a Gibson. Obviously if anyone thinks to compare the Epiphone Les Paul with a Gibson Les Paul, he has unrealistic expectations. But having said that, most Epiphones sound pretty well with some new strings and a set up. If you invest a few more dollars into a new set up pickups, you can really get some fantastic sounds that would be more than appropriate for a live application.

The Epiphone Les Pauls aren’t the only guitars that Epiphone makes. Their hollowbody and semi hollow body guitars are indeed great instruments and have tremendous value in terms of the quality of tone versus the price that you pay. And most of the Epiphone hollowbodys I have ever played play excellent right out of the box. Again you will very likely want to take it to your local guitar shop and get it set up with some new strings and maybe new pickups for the truely ambitious that want to customize their sound. But if you do that, you will have a great sounding guitar for a very affordable price and you don’t have to buy new pickups or get a set up as part of your initial cost so it makes it that much more affordable. If you love Gibsons but can’t really make that kind of financial committment for a guitar, I recommend trying an Epiphone and see how you like it. I think you will be intensely enthusiastic.

The Epiphone Tony Iommi Signature G-400 Electric Guitar is what you want for heavy hitting sound. Classic SG attitude is enhanced with black chrome hardware, mother-of-pearl cross fingerboard inlays and, on the solid mahogany body, a matching black finish. The Gibson USA Tony Iommi pickups put out the firepower required for maximum destruction and the slim-tapered mahogany neck is fast. Epiphone guitars can be a big surprise!

Starting from 1873, Epiphone instruments have been proudly played and endorsed by professional musicians. And while every Epiphone is the result of over 126 years of experience working directly with musicians, only a few embody a single artists individual creativity and spirit. The Epiphone Signature Collection guitars are as mythical and as individual as the artists themselves. The Les Paul guitar is equivalent of Rock and Roll. No other guitar is so powerful and and gives you the sustain and the sound of a Les Paul. If its got Les Pauls signature on the headstock, its the real thing… Don’t accept substitutes!

Real estate is cyclical and always has been. A large stateside article was published that said real estate had completely maxed out in Las Vegas and there was no other way for it to move but down. Believe it or not, that article was published a few decades ago! Have houses increased in value in Las Vegas in the last 40 plus years? You know it! Well does that mean that area or others is going to keep heading up like it has the last 7-10 years? Don’t bank on it, regardless, the benefit of this type of media coverage and how it is invaluable for real estate investing.

But did you think about this: do you know any highly accomplished real estate investors that are afraid of flat home prices? Well quite to the opposite, smart property investors see when markets are sinking it filters out beginners which means more deals.

What is important to understand is just as real estate is cyclical, so are the amount of those buying and selling in a given market. You need to use more profitable strategies for real estate wholesaling in the current market like the creative real estate system by Matthew Sorensen. Though you can use other conventional investing angles, flipping houses correctly is a good way to go in today’s market.

All of the hundreds and thousands of small work from home businesses that are out there are always looking for ways to increase their sales and hence their revenues and one of the best ways found to do this is to operate a dropship home based businesses model. In many cases the small work from home business operates with a customer base that is within a relatively small radius of their focus of operation. What wholesale dropshipping does is to open up the market place in terms of seeing the whole world as a customer. Doing this really can help any business operation make great expansion.

The idea of wholesale dropshipping has been around for many many years of course but it is only recent years that we have seen people in the smaller businesses using this facility to really drive their business forwards. Part of the reason for this is down to the role and use of technology on a widespread basis, it means that people can information on wholesale tin containers, drophsip magazines and everything else that they may need in order to launch their business forward on an international basis.

The problem that many used to face was that of finding the best drop ship companies to use but now with the use of the internet, we can see that this issue is really something of the past in most cases, reason being is that most dropshipping companies are using the internet as a means of getting their message out there to the world.

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There’s a lot of free advise floating around online on How to get rid of skin tags. Some of it good…some not so good.

One article suggested that I just cut it off. Well call me a chicken or anything else for that matter but I just don’t have the guts to take a pair of scizzors and cut my body. It is not just the pain that I am worried about, it’s also the blood stopping techniques the article goes on to describe.

There has to be a better less brutal way to remove skin tags…

Here are two ways I found that seem…well…a little less brutal.

First way to get rid of skin tags is to use fingernail polish. For obvious reasons you will want to use clear. Apply it to your tag mole at least twice a day. Make sure you cover it completely. Try not to miss applications because it can slow the removal process.

In a few days you will see the tag mole start to shrink and in time you will be able to just scratch it off. Try to be very accurate with the finger nail polish because you may experience some minor skin irritation if you get it on your skin.

Another way to remove skin tags is to tie a string around them. Ok…I know this sounds really silly but it actually works. The pressure of the string will strangle the tag mole. Depending on how stubborn the little booger is it should start to dry up and fall of in a few days to a couple of weeks.

Ok…I found it really hard to write about How To Get Rid Of Skin Tags and keep a straight face at the same time…makes me laugh that folks will actually try this stuff. How about you?

If you want a professional to tell you How To Get Rid Of Skin Tags …use this link…If you are like me and tons of other thinking adults, there’s just too much free information available online. Free is good…don’t get me wrong…but when it comes to my health and my body, common sense tells me to seek professional help.

Disclaimer: Nothing in this post is meant to be medical advise. Anyone with a skin condition should refer to medical advise.