Geraint Jones
March 25th, 2010, 10:42 AM
OK I know its a bit of an oxymoron Epiphone bringing out a '59 reissue but I think it was the case that did it for me .
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss218/purlnekless/?action=view¤t=DSCF1455.jpg
As a quick overview , it feels like a quality guitar ,the neck feels quite different to my strat and tele, wider with a flatter radius, frets being pretty chunky , strings bend quite nice .the fret edges are well finished the bindings an ivory colour matching the pup covers . There`s a veneer maple cap which is quite tastefully done, the colour being faded iced tea on this model .
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss218/purlnekless/?action=view¤t=DSCF1451.jpg
Tuners are vintage style ,faux ivory but no nasty moulding marks .
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss218/purlnekless/?action=view¤t=DSCF1452.jpg
What is that black stuff that they put on the strings , I`ve only played it for 10 minutes and my fingers are minging apart from that initial impressions are this was a good buy from ebay { the guy who sold it mail ordered a few played them for a couple of minutes didn't like them and sold them on }. I plan to play the Gibby Studio I could have had for $230 more than this one next month just to see .{There's always Christmas}
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss218/purlnekless/?action=view¤t=DSCF1455.jpg
As a quick overview , it feels like a quality guitar ,the neck feels quite different to my strat and tele, wider with a flatter radius, frets being pretty chunky , strings bend quite nice .the fret edges are well finished the bindings an ivory colour matching the pup covers . There`s a veneer maple cap which is quite tastefully done, the colour being faded iced tea on this model .
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss218/purlnekless/?action=view¤t=DSCF1451.jpg
Tuners are vintage style ,faux ivory but no nasty moulding marks .
http://s577.photobucket.com/albums/ss218/purlnekless/?action=view¤t=DSCF1452.jpg
What is that black stuff that they put on the strings , I`ve only played it for 10 minutes and my fingers are minging apart from that initial impressions are this was a good buy from ebay { the guy who sold it mail ordered a few played them for a couple of minutes didn't like them and sold them on }. I plan to play the Gibby Studio I could have had for $230 more than this one next month just to see .{There's always Christmas}