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| From | Mike <shindig@nc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Questions for guitar players |
| Date | Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:15:08 -0400 |
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> > Burny, Greco, Tokai or Orville.
I have a Burny Les Paul I got off eBay and I will put it up against
any modern Les Paul. Heavy as lead but dang, it sings. It cost me
$360 plus $100 to ship it from Japan. There are a few guys on eBay
who operate out of Tokyo and deal in "lawsuit" guitars. I also have a
mid-'70's Ibanez Tele Custom copy that is a little beat but smokes.
The Epi V's are cool and they do have the the little rubber grip
strip on the underside so you can sit and play them. The modern
Gibson V's don't have this feature. I especially like the Popa Chubby
Epiphone V with p-90's - schweet!
I lost interest in Epiphone Pauls when they stopped making the groovy
Sparkle finishes. The Magenta sparkle was especially swell. But with
their Les Pauls, changing the tuners and the pickups is kind of
mandatory. The pickups are usually microphonic and the tuners are
cheap junk. Throw some Grovers and some Pearly Gates and woomp...
there it is!
I have an Epiphone non-reverse Thunderbird bass and though I dig its
looks and playability, I need to either get new pickups or sell it. I
really am jones-ing for a real P-bass in candy apple red w/ a gold
pickguard... mmmm, sexy!
M
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