New Epiphones starting to appear? (Page 9 of 32)

I got my second guitar and I'm completely satisfied!  No major twist on this one, the truss rod cover is aligned properly, the bottom "horns", or curves at the bottom of the headstock, are symmetrical, There is no ding in the pickup, and no overspray from the fretboard onto the binding.  I didn't even notice that part until a friend pointed it out.  I am so glad I decided to get the second.  Only ONE problem.  The neck end of the case was split on the bottom and the leather was torn.  Guess which case is being returned with the first guitar! 

Shayne

Yep,I ordered mine around the first of Nov.,was told it would be here before CHRISTmas,then moved to Jan. 10th and now Jan.18th to 28thas well. Man so much for of Gibsons top sellers. Seems like Gibson's got them on the bottom of their list.

airportdon,

Thanks for the kind words about my old Sunn. Gonna fire it up this weekend and see what gives with the LP. I remember I bought it primarily because I had just seen Hendrix in Seattle and at that time he had a Sunn sponsorship and had a veritable wall of Sunn amps behind him. Too cool. They didn't mic stuff back then (except for the drums) and to say that the concert was loud would be kind of underestimating it.

Been playing the Epi unplugged and it sounds great acoustically. Heavier than I expected, but that may be contributing to its' resonance.

I am curious as to how you can tell what number your guitar is based on the serial number. This is supposed to be a limited run of 1000 worldwide. Anyone have an answer?

had a friend over last night to tell me i'm not crazy.
he told me, "you're not crazy.  this thing kills.  i can't believe the natural sustain of the guitar."
we ripped through a number of different pedals into an alessandro rottweiler running 6v6s.
i showed him my minor complaints about the cosmetic issues (binding).
"does that bother you?"
i said, "if you look at my 15 year old martin you'll see it gets banged up over time. . . . "
we both agreed on one important thing that needs to be done to the guitar though. . .
"it needs a truss rod adjustment"
too flat!!!
i thought it was me. . . . it's not. . . .

that's all folks.

a $6-700 les paul that is everything i'd hope for. . . 

the bridge pickup into an overdriven amp is total ROCK tones.

LOVE it into a skreddy screwdriver into the clean amp.

also ran it through. . .
pig mine
katana
timmy
astrotone
wampler ecstasy (very 'dumbly' pedal.. . . nice surprise)

now back to the SONGS.

it's nice to have the gear part tackled

Wow you got to see Hendrix!,do you remember any of the show???   I wish I could have seen him just once..he's still the King of the Strat for sure.
I was a bit too young..1st concert was '73......I know back in the days...I remember going to and coming home but not much else....
I guess we partied a bit much..You can't do that today without going to jail........and ain't that the truth...

I can imagine how crazy it was to see that stratocaster on fire...You're another lucky soul.
I guess you got to see the Original Peter Green Fleetwood Mac as well???  Man your list could on and on.....

The thing that I remember most was the way he sounded live. I assumed the crazy sounds I had heard on the radio and records was some trick done in the studio, 'cause no one else even came close. Better live than recorded! The way he used the feedback from the amp and got right up close to control the amount was incredible.
You must remember the sound that Strat made in its death throes. Max feedback from the amps and it was just screaming and howling while he was bashing it on the stage on fire. Unreal! I want vids of you guys doing it with the new axe.   

Hi All,

Hey, if Sjmckean is correct, my guitar is number 934 of the 1000. Kind of suprised the number was that high, but oh well.

The main reason I am posting today is to let all of you know that it may be a really good idea to give your new guitar's fretboard a through cleaning and conditioning. I decided to put on a set of my favorite Rotosounds and got out my good old Lizard Spit cleaner/conditioner and whoa, was I suprised.

That fretboard was incredibly dirty. It almost looks like a different guitar now. I am sure the residue is from manufacturing, but I would highly recommend checking yours out if you haven't already. Another one of those "How did this pass QC?"moments.

The new strings seem to have brought the guitar alive too. I normally change them pretty quickly, but usually play the originals for a little while. As a bonus, with the strings off it was a little easier to get the shipping covers off of the pickups.

I just couldn't believe how much residue was on the fretboard. A word to the wise.