Epiphone everly brothers reissue? good deal$$?? help!

: hi,
: ive been offered an Epiphone everly brothers reissue of the original gibson everly guitar.. model number sq180 for £140.
: is this a good deal? hi, i have been an everly collector for forty years, i have a gibson, and an epiphone and a hondo which is an epiphone that has been re labeled, i also have a couple ibanez and aria copies, which are based on the larger j200 body . look carefully at the neck, the older epiphones have a tendency to twist. if you can find a hondo or i understand that there was a guitar maker in england that made some prety good copies, you might consider them. ebay frequently has these epiphones for between 150-250 dollars u.s. so i'm not sure how much 140 pounds is it might be o.k. good luck, mike

: the guitar isnt mint, the scratchplate is coming away a little...? anyone know anything about these guitars??....other than tht they look good?

: he also says tht the guitar has a slightly warm & restrained sound because of the large scratchplate?

: i saw an ad for 1 in a guitar mag, priced at £189 new?...but ive been led to beleive tht they have now been discontinued?

: i dont know what to do?...there are about 3 other guitars im considering buying, but they are all new, this is second hand.

: the other guitars are:
: an ovation adamas copy by stagg, electro acoustic - £140
: epiphone J200 Acoustic - £279
: epiphone hummingbird - £249

: please help, im in need of some good advice.

: thanks