Satellite Coronet Guitar Review

Gibson has allegedly begun preliminary legal proceedings against san diego based builder satellite amplifiers over the latter s use of the epiphone coronet design on a range of guitars satellite amplifiers which claims to have a federal trademark for the design has been selling its own.

Satellite coronet guitar review.

Gibson has responded to the matter with an official statement which you can read here. Quick demo video of a satellite coronet guitar player through a black volt crazy horse amp with a satellite church key reverb and a satellite fog cutter distortion pedal. In a statement received by guitar world gibson disputes grimm s claims citing the launch of the coronet in the 50s and continued. The curtis novak has a great upper midrange punch more like the later.

Its in great nick looks wise but one of the pick ups is not working but i have been ytold that the pots need soldering so no biggie. Hi all i aquired a satellite 70s les paul copy a little while back and wondered if it was worth spending time and a little money to get it playable. The original coronet was first manufactured by epiphone in 1959 and remained in production until the 1970s. Satellite coronet in aged tv yellow.

The guitars are coming stock with a curtis novak p90 or a new curtis novak new yorker style pickup. Satellite began producing its own version of the coronet which was manufactured by epiphone from 1959 through the mid 70s in 2016. Satellite began building its own version of the coronet in 2016 and grimm claims at the 2017 namm show gibson reps came down and photographed the coronets and even talked with us a bit. Satellite coronet guitar we have teamed up with some of the greatest people in this industry to bring this guitar out.

In a statement to guitar player gibson disputed grimm s claims and accused satellite of intentionally profiting off of the trademark for the coronet which gibson says it has been manufacturing for a select. A famed replica builder did the main woodwork. Not only was a solidbody guitar out of character for the company that had built its reputation in the 30s on archtop acoustics and electrics but most people thought the epiphone company had gone out of business three or four years earlier. We are very proud to have worked on creating and produ.

This epiphone coronet from 1959 was probably a shocking sight to a guitar buyer of the late 50s. Josh at protocaster guitars does the finish and aging.