Chewie5150
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This new release is all over my feeds. What is everyone's thoughts on this model? looks interesting. premium priced Epiphone though. Throwing this vid on here for a Canadian flavor today. It's our big chain store
This is the truth unfortunately . It's everything but cheap wood and thick plastic finish are the main culprits not the construction. Apart from the use of straight channel generic truss rods.the construction is very well done on Epiphone today .I’d been eager to check this out, and from the sound demos, I’d say it sounds overpriced. I’m sure it’s a nice guitar, but I’m getting really tired of everybody saying the import guitars are “just as good” as the high end stuff. They are still not comparable. Feel like plastic toys by comparison, and you can hear it and feel it too.
They wont be getting cheaper.From what I saw elsewhere they are about $1300?
That's very high for an Epiphone to me...
In fairness to Epiphone that is why they are a lot better than they where .They have enough budget to take a bit more time.They wont be getting cheaper.
It took used fender mexi models about 10+ years to increase uniformly in price compared to new by my observations. Other import brands have seen the same rate around here.
And thats great news for players.In fairness to Epiphone that is why they are a lot better than they where .They have enough budget to take a bit more time.
Fender has used poly since the 60's The cheaper ones tend to be thicker because it reduces the time spent . The Player series is almost identical the the first USA AmStd. Fender today is better than it ever was.Yeah, I think if you're ok with how poly feels and how import guitars sound (they definitely all have a similar vibe, and I'm so grateful for @Andy Eagle chiming in, because I feel seen), then this is probably great.
I was looking at Telecasters the other day, and Fender has really made it hard these days. Everything American-made feels similar to the Player series now thanks to the poly, and it's not great. A truly great instrument is now just Custom Shop, it seems. But at 6x the price, you better really want a great Tele.
And that's more or less how I feel about... everything in the market.
The thickness and hardness. This is why the relic CS Fenders sound and feel like old ones. Relic finishes need to be very thin to look right in the damage. Modern guitars are typically sealed sanded flat and then colour and clear . 2K plasticised paint is not as brittle and has a slight dampening effect on the acoustic sound (but it is very durable). Remember all good electric guitars must work and sound good acoustically. The acoustic properties govern how the strings ring and what overtones are there and whether there are any dead spots of over loud notes. Sustain is also down to the Guitar unplugged. The best (acoustic) electric bodies have a light/ish even grain resonant body wood with a very hard thin skin shell to reflect the energy back in the the wood. The body should also have a resonant peak either a musical interval or far away from the neck if you want to avoid dissonance and dead spots.@Andy Eagle really?!! I had no idea. What is it that’s made the feel and sound so different, then, compared to their vintage models? Just curious.
I added to itI’m going to save everything you wrote down just now. Brilliant. Really helpful. Thank you.
Super helpful! And also very in line with what Paul Reed Smith says about music intervals and vowel sounds. Nice to know he’s not full of it.I added to it