ezbass

I had a Tanglewood, electro acoustic, cutaway many years ago and it was really good value for money and a nice instrument, plainly modelled on a Takemine. I moved it on as it was for a specific project that folded, in retrospect (see below) I should have kept it. I currently have an Epiphone EJ200 as I decided I wanted a jumbo (oh the irony). Ideally I would've bought a Gibson J200, but at £3.5k that was never going to happen. Therefore, I trotted off to Guitar Guitar to try one out and took Lady Ez in tow (not quite, but nearly kicking and screaming ). I tried a few EA cutaways, but it was the EJ200 that I preferred. For poops and giggles I tried it alongside a proper J200. You could really feel the difference against your body, the J200 was like a living thing. However, Lady Ez, who was sitting opposite (I'm going to say patiently) said she couldn't really hear any difference, although this is because she could perhaps sense an awful lot money leaving the account. So I settled for the, by comparison, tight feeling and sounding but still very nice to play, Epiphone. Move onto today and I love the EJ200, the access made possible by the cutaway cannot be overlooked and, with playing, the sound has really opened up and it's a lot nicer than it was when I first bought it. Is it Gibson nice? No but, at under a 10th of the price (I went for the natural finish which was, IIRC, £329 at the time), it is much, much more than a 10th of the quality. If you like a big old flat top, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

Never too late to start. Remember, you could always have not done it at all and missed out completely.

Ah, but this is the joy of the various 'Chat' forums, the OP is dealt with and then we're away with the fairies, often changing the original theme into something else entirely. How we're not discussing samurai swords Vs broadswords is beyond me - we must try harder .

The Tech21 Trademark 60 was very convincing and fooled hardened valve purists; I had 2 way back when (not at the same time).

I played one of these when I bought my Fender SuperChamp X2, it was a close run thing and I probably should've gone Roland as I have a valve that occasionally 'sings'. If they were cheaper, the Fender Tone Masters would definitely be on my shopping list if I was looking for a new amp.

Hmm, best forgotten about.

Yeah, but one has to show GC love too.

I've come to the conclusion that I like any build diary, no matter what's being built. I'm pulling up my virtual armchair and tucking into ethernet popcorn.

I still don’t understand why these didn’t catch on, they seemed like a genius idea to me.

I know nothing about that guitar other than it's way cool!

Can't help you on the Hagstrom front I'm afraid.

Wow! I have no other words. A very worthy entry into what I'm guessing will be a very tough competition. Good luck.

Again, no experience with those guitars myself.

Apple’s own headphone adapter is just £9 and generic ones are available even cheaper. Lady Ez wanted to use the wired earbuds/mic combo for conference calls on her iPhone 7 and given it was less than a tenner, paying the extra for the branded product and avoiding any connection glitches seemed worth it. YMMV.

I’m glad someone got in on that action. A proper, all round, workhorse guitar (spot the P90 fanboy).

@leftybassman392 has given you a very comprehensive answer. You are, as he says, limited by your amp. A pedal is by far and away the cheapest option and you can still keep it when you move onto another amp.

I've found it! It's a Dean DS90.

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I really liked that, you have some very impressive chops, sir. Steve Vai would be proud of that solo.

I used to have a Korg Pandora PX4 which was pretty good as a desktop practise tool. There’s one on eBay for £24 plus postage at the moment.

Great tone on the lead line, really thick for a Tele bridge p/up. What amp/fx did you use on that? Really nice playing too. I don’t play guitar as much as I used to, my main focus is bass these days but I had a noodle on my Tele yesterday - yikes, I suck!

It’s a well known fact that I’m a DiMarzio fanboy. I’ve use SDs in the past but, whilst they’re good and an upgrade from generic, manufacturer fitted, I’ve mostly been underwhelmed, whereas DiMarzios have always given me that stupid, new tone grin. This is probably down to me choosing the wrong SD pickups for my needs, which I can only put down to the so so customer service I’ve received from SD. On the other hand, I’ve had nothing but stellar service from DiMarzio, no query is too small for them it seems, I’ve even had Steve Blucher answer my emails in the past and he’s worked directly with Satch and Vai to name just 2. So, in short, have a look around their website and then drop them a line with your tonal requirements to see if what you’ve picked out matches your actual needs.

Always good to see another BC refugee.

Miss off the high G and finger the D with your pinky, you'll still get the full 9th 'flavour'. Then you can slide the pinky up a semi-tone for a full on, Hendrix #9; Foxy!