My son's newEpiphone Texan

Those Epi "inspired by Gibson" Hummingbirds have been on my short list.

There are two different Epiphone Texan models on the market right now.

One is the inspired by and the other is made here in the US in the Gibson plant?

I think the Texan was Epiphones "long scale J45". I hear nothing but good things about them. I think the US model is a bit over priced, but I personally think all the "inspired by" Epi models are a great deal.

Jim,

Great video, good old camp fire going, some nice blues playing.

Jim , That was great! I got the feeling your son is one of them fellers that can play anything and make it sound good. He sure is making that Texan sound like a million dollars.
That was some great harp work too.

Anyone lucky enough to be at that camp fire is sure to remember it for a long time.

Please post more if you got any,

This is the weekend I met Dave Mowat, sometime in the mid-nineties when we were both playing at the Mariposa Folk Festival. This photo, from the newspaper (I forget which one) was of a morning workshop called Java Jive.
L to R - Tony Quarington, Dwight Signer, Ted Staunton, Geoff Honey, Jim Yates, Dave Mowat
We invited him to come up and join us for a few tunes during our main stage set.


In the early 2000s, I played mandolin in a bluegrass group called McCormick, named after the tractor. At this gig at the Cobourg Firehall Theatre, Dave joined us for a couple of Jimmie Rodgers blues numbers.

So last week I ran into a real life IBG Texan! Man it looked sharp, much nicer than I expected.  The inlay on the neck really stuck out nicely.

I did not get a chance to try it out, I want to get back over there when I have a few minutes.