Epiphone DOT (korean made)

[jony]

There is one sitting in luthermusic. Yay or nay?

 

[popeye]

There is one sitting in luthermusic. Yay or nay?

i personally prefer Ibanez Artcore series to epi dot

 

[jony]

How so?

 

[subversion]

i personally prefer Ibanez Artcore series to epi dot

count me in. but let's not make this an Ibanez vs Epi kinda discussion.

i've played countless Artcore models- it seems that these guitars are pleasant sounding as they are. shows that the 'correct' electronics/ hardware/ wood are selected for the guitar, giving it a very pleasant voicing to start with, despite the budget constraints. definitely getting an Artcore this year... 8)

the less pleasant ones are IMO the vibrato equipped models.

 

[MrE]

i've not tried any of the Artcore series, but i've tried an Epi Dot before.

as i recall, the neck was chunky, wide and quite a flat radius. not everyone's cup of tea, but but i felt it had more room for fingerwork than an LP due to its width. very playable, although i was not used to the large body.

tone-wise, not as deep as a solidbody, a bit more definition to notes IMO.

 

[tany]

do u guys use these semi-hollow for jazz only?

 

[MrE]

do u guys use these semi-hollow for jazz only?

besides jazz artists, semi-hollow guitars in the style of the Gibson ES-335 have been very popular with punk bands, as well as rock n roll bands... even Noel Gallagher of Oasis uses them!

 

[subversion]

do u guys use these semi-hollow for jazz only?

it shouldn't be such.

 

[popeye]

do u guys use these semi-hollow for jazz only?

besides jazz artists, semi-hollow guitars in the style of the Gibson ES-335 have been very popular with punk bands, as well as rock n roll bands... even Noel Gallagher of Oasis uses them!

You forgot to mention blues, man!

 

[MrE]

of course, popeye... how could i not mention BB King and his lovely Lucille :wink:

 

[ShredCow]

There's a varitone there!

 

[MrE]

some pics of artists using semi-hollow... this is giving me GAS man :?

 

[Paulo]

Eric Clapton, Keith Richards were using semi-hollow Gibsons before going Strat/Tele. the 1st 2 Deep Purple albums [notably, In Rock] was the sound of a ES-335 wailing, soon after Blackmore went Stratocaster.

 

[jony]

some pics of artists using semi-hollow... this is giving me GAS man :?

How do you think I am feeling? :lol:

 

[MrE]

haha... sama sama lah, jony

but i need to take a break from buying gear... or rather, my wallet needs a break. too much spent on gear recently cos of new amp and mij epi

 

[ciel21]

some pics of artists using semi-hollow... this is giving me GAS man :?

take 2 antacid pills and call me in the morning.

 

[MrE]

take 2 antacid pills and call me in the morning.

noooo... GAS is goood!

 

[fraggot]

yeah don't wanna turn this into a epi vs ibanez argument but from what i've heard, the artcore models seem to be robust choices..

can't wait to get my hands on one. maybe an AS103, sigh i just wish they came in another colour.

 

[imsuchajoker]

I thought tom delonge wears his hollow body high. lol