The is a higher-end version of the which came with a Varitone switch in older models. The is a luxury version of the The is a higher-end version of the It has a semi-hollow body with a maple center block, two humbucker pickups, a mahogany neck, and a rosewood fretboard. It has been for decades the weapon of choice for many of the most renowned blues, jazz, and rock guitar players. And that might tell you something about it. Yes, exactly that. Is he reliable? Or is a fake seller or scammer?
I'm asking because I'm about to buy a guitar he got on auction on ebay and I'm searching for references. Sorry, but One day I want a with gold fittings, a bigsby and varitone switch, in beautifil cherry red finish. One of my all time faves. I bought ES new in Cherry wood color, gold hardware, Bigsby tremelo. Love it, and it gas been literally every where with me. Almost all of the s I've played have had vibratos and the lion's share of s and s I've played have been stop bar or trapeze tailpiece guitars so I'm a little circumspect about attributing sound differences to a factor like fingerboard material, but there might be something in it.
A stop bar should be a great hard rock guitar, but you never quite know. Vintage varitones have a reputation for tone suck, but the modern ones are supposed to be better designed. I quite like the varitone I have in one of my two s but I don't know if it's exactly an essential feature. For a fat neck, look for the 58 or 59 spec guitars. Historically s had pretty chunky necks in '58, slimmed down to very shallow front to back by '60, then got gradually thicker again for ''65 - so the various year specific reissues follow more or less that pattern.
A '63 or '64 reissue should be a medium C profile but it wouldn't be considered big by most and a '59 should be bigger. Messages 4, The differences between individual models within a line are larger than the average differences between lines. The ebony board makes a bigger difference in feel than tone on s. The varitone and tailpiece bigsby, stopbar, trapeze can also make a pretty noticeable difference.
Neck sizes also vary quite a bit by year. They make some tonal difference but a much larger difference in playing feel than tone. All the tone of a vintage , with cooler inlay, half the price.
But for hard rock you might actually want a midtown. A fraction of the cost, less prone to feedback, more sustain, looks like a Messages 1, I briefly had a Pelham blue Epiphone ES that had a phenomenally fat neck and sounded great. Unless you are willing to drop some coin, it might help to look at non Gibson brands. Messages 38, I can just say this. I have a , it's a 50th anniversary model which the math will tell you is from , from the Memphis factory. The had 57 Classics, the the MHS pickups, in the big picture those are more similar than different I think.
For practical purposes, virtually the same, really. Then of course the has a lot more options. None of them I would call "better' than that base tone, but some are cool and useful I think.
So I did what I've always wanted to do and put Harmonic Design Z90s in the and am over the top happy with that decision, but that's another story. You're a lot more likely to find a with a truly fat neck than a Edited 1 time s. Last edit at by Beelyboy. I'm still thinkin' the tonewoods back in the seventies were probably largely superior stock, older and dried more carefully and slowly Edited 5 time s. Posted by: ChrisM.
Beelyboy, I've never seen an ES with a varitone. Pardon my asking but are you certain the guitar was a and not a or ? I am pretty sure they said '' but it was years ago. Posted by: open-g. Lately, they've been picking on guitars. King is perhaps the best-known devotee; his black Gibson, nicknamed Lucille, shares nearly equal billing with the blues master on stage.
Add a fake logo and insert serial numbers that appear genuine, he said, and "the average person, and most experts, won't know if it's a really good forgery. Posted by: My Stones. Bellboy; I can't aggree with you more. I have the same experience.
Todays are lousey. Bad tone bad action bad feel. I don't think that Mathisj knows what he is talking about I have 5 Gibsons from the 70's. All around 73 to 76 including a You can't beat them.
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