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Spatten1
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 02:33 pm: | 
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The only surprise I had was just how light it is for a mahagony bodied guitar!
The SG is mahogony and much lighter than the Les Paul. The cheap mahogony body on the Epiphone SG is do light that the neck just falls. I put tire weights in the electronic compartment of mine to balance it out. |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 03:04 pm: |
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I'm looking for an Ibanez (around a 1999) AF120.
It'll look something like THIS. |
Midnight_rider
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 03:20 pm: |
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Court if you remember the band *YES*
Steve Howe was famous for gisbon ES175D
look at this.....
http://www.vintageguitars.net/products/dispProd.cf m?page=4&id=186053&&srch&year=&manufacturer=9&mode l=&storeId=0&category=1 |
Court
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 04:46 pm: |
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I looked at a number of vintage ES175 ( I used to borrow one from a guy who'd bought an SG and didn't like what he described as the "cowboy looks") and it was a super mellow sounding box.
Lots of great ones for sale around here. |
Xdigitalx
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 09:16 pm: |
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First guitar I ever played and learned how to play (basics) was a ES175. I was.. like 9-10, Didn't know what I had at the time. I then traded it in for a set of ludwigs, a Telecaster and little amp. (this was in 1975) My bro and I were jamming at 11. I was already playing Led zep, Aerosmith and the stones etc. by ear. Then I put my arm thru a window and severed the tendons in my left arm, (I was 12) Went to California for a summer to surf came back and found we were robbed. Everything gone. But, I been playing bass for years, no feeling in 1st & middle fingers and thumb but I got to be pretty good. Never met a drummer that didnt love to jam with me. Then I owned another gem, Stienberger XL2, serial#782. It was the bass for me. Got lots of songs/ideas. Been using Samplitude since 1998. But haven't played religiously in years. I want to hear the new Synapsis and see how it sounds compared to the original L2's w/EMG's. I loved my Stieny.
That ES175 looks exactly like the one I played. I'd been drueling over the reissue in the American Musical Supply catalog. |
Johnnylunchbox
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - 10:23 pm: |
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Court, here's the real deal, and being sold by your friends down the street. Not sure if you require the Ibanez, but this will surely get the job done.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1969-Epiphone-Sorrento-es-styl e-hollow-body-/230602831787?pt=Guitar&hash=item35b 0fff7ab |
Court
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 09:25 am: |
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The ES175 is off the charts gorgeous as is the Epiphone Sorrento. I've never seen a Sorrento and that is really cool. I recognize the tuners from my late 60's J40 . . now in the custody of Son #1.
By the way . . . if you have never read the Epiphone story of how 22 year old Epi set out to build instruments . . . it's worth a READ.
I'm on a driven quest for the Ibanez at the moment and think I've found the one I want . . . but the ES175 sure has a powerful lure. . . if only I were a better player.
Funny thing is . . . guitars . . . . I suppose like gals . . are pleasing on so many levels. . . some of these, the ES175 for example, I could simply hang on the wall and admire for hours.
I'm off to continue my trek through the East Village . . . with it's abundance of small guitar stores and tube shops. |
Xdigitalx
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:22 pm: |
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That was a nice read...Thanks!
Wow that Guitar looks sweet. I Currently own an Black Epiphone Dot Studio, the only thing I had to do to it was fix the action and intonation alittle and it plays very well.
Have you looked at Gretsch Guitars? |
Lemonchili_x1
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 06:59 pm: |
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"The only surprise I had was just how light it is for a mahagony bodied guitar!"
My SE is the same (though I think it's body is probably a touch thinner than the Tremonti), and the full tone seems to defy it's relatively light weight... 
Have you plugged it in and let it rip yet??? Enquiring minds wanna know how it sounds! |
Ferris_von_bueller
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 07:46 pm: |
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The Journey Begins
by Paul Reed Smith
The road from my workshop in a historic, haunted Annapolis garret to a state-of-the-art factory was a tough one. Fact is, I always loved working with my hands. Why else would a high school kid sign up for three or four shop classes at a time? My first guitar was built as a challenge to my college music professor for some credits. I got an “A” and decided to pursue my dream of making guitars for a living.
There were a lot of late night brainstorms. I was lucky if I finished a guitar a month. Once a guitar was completed, I’d play it at a gig — field testing in the purest sense. Every design change taught me something new. The next change was built on what I had learned or on feedback from other players test driving the equipment. Over ten years we went through three headstocks, several renditions of body shapes, many tremolo designs, and many experiments with woods and construction methods to get the right mix.
I remember hanging out at the local concert arenas for six or seven hours before a show to make friends with the roadies. With a backstage pass in hand, I’d peddle my guitars to the stars. One night in ten I’d make a sale. Carlos Santana, Al Di Meola, Howard Leese, and other well known players agreed to check one out. I made deals. If someone gave me an order, made a deposit, and then didn’t love the finished guitar, I’d give them their deposit back even if I couldn’t make my rent the next day.
After getting a small following and orders for more than 50 guitars, we built two prototypes. I popped them in the back seat of my truck and cranked it up, calling on guitar dealers up and down the East Coast. After many days and many miles I came back with enough orders to start a company. With the support of my wife, skilled assistants, engineers, lawyers, top salesmen, artists, machinists, and friends who emptied their bank accounts to help me get started, we developed a strong team.
We’ve come a long way, with steady growth in factory capacity, employees, distribution, and the number of prominent artists using our instruments. We’re not stopping here. Every inch of your PRS guitar is based on decades of testing, rethinking, and reinventing. We continue to push the curve beyond what others would consider perfection. With experts to make sure the technology is unsurpassed, and dedicated craftspeople who guarantee a finished product you can’t keep your hands off of, we make no compromises. That’s the story of the beginning of the journey. Not so short, but very sweet. The moral? Believe in your dreams.
- Paul Reed Smith, 1992
reminds me of some guy who started out making motorcycles in a barn |
Strato9r
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 08:53 pm: |
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Sure does. Good thing Mr. Smith didn't end up "working" for Gibson (where, like in another iconic American company, there is also bizarre things happening in upper management)........................) |
Trojan
| | Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 06:03 am: |
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Have you plugged it in and let it rip yet??? Enquiring minds wanna know how it sounds!
I found time for a brief 'thrash' the other night, using the IK Multimedia Amplitube I phone App and headphones.
The sustain and tone are superb and really do surprise given the light weight of the body. With a little overdrive and reverb it sounds really good for blues/rock stuff. Action is fast and the neck very comnfortable if a little thinner than I am used to. All I need to do now is practice 23 hours a day (need to leave some time to work and sleep!) and I may one day do it justice 
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Lemonchili_x1
| | Posted on Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 09:56 am: |
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Exxxxxxcellent! Sounds like you're pretty happy with it. I really like the necks, though I wouldn't want any thinner either.
"All I need to do now is practice 23 hours a day (need to leave some time to work and sleep!) and I may one day do it justice "
Oh, I'm hearin' you, I know what you mean, but it's fun trying to do it justice  |
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