Let me start by saying that not one of these let me down live or in the studio, they're great guitars. I've had les Paul's, a dot, a casino, an SG, EJ200 and now a 355 and I'm on the verge of getting the new Sheraton reissue. I've played epiphones for the best part of 15 years. I don't have the stubbiest fingers in the world, but i do need a little space, and do most of my playing down by the nut. there aren't enough of them around for a try before i buy, sadly. its all a little confusing, and since i haven't had any of them in hand, i thought i'd ask you fellas what you thought. to confuse things further, various iterations had 'regular' sized 1 11/16th' nuts instead of the 1 5/8th' nuts the mij casino and riviera claim to have. I'd like to give these guitars a shot, but the smaller nuts listed in their specs have always given me pause.
