Epiphone Emperor Swingster (2011-2020)

Made in Corea, purchased from dv ...
The App features of the beast being diponible the Epiphone website .... go visit them ...
The precision is the only binding orange sequin (bling bling but match the finish of the guitar) occult pins slice of key .... so not easy to live in a condition you have to play .... with his ears and not with his eyes ....
(I like ellipses ...)

UTILIZATION

The handle is comfortable, and even if access to the treble and not at the top of the top used to it quickly and after a few adjustments and figures of speech is not playing nice ... leads attention to 20 cases of sudden it just miss the crazy shred!
The configuration with the push pull gives a wide range of sound and usable in all positions ... it's rare!
sound tends to be "blackened playing with volumes ... shame but I rviendrais ....
Only negatives are large (on mine) the vibration of the wheel in the bridge .... it was out of the box closest to the pan as the guitar ... so I had to "calibrate" the wheels with PTFE plumbing ... it's long and tedious, but suddenly it no longer vibrates and sustain (sound in general for that matter) is greatly improved ....
The neck pickup is not axactement adjust the spacing of the low E string .... is qq millimeter shift and suddenly the game ... AZT adapt to change .... but good the price you can not get the tv jones original ....
Once the strings change for dr dimebag signature 09-50 is awfully fun to play as well as acoustic connected.
It's very nice to play at home without plug and enjoy his guitar and vibrato sound and connect to repet, and thus keep the gambling!

SOUNDS

As I said push pull give a wide variety of semi-acoustic sounds to a traditional sound.
I play mostly rock tends to be spot .... "pop" a little more hardcore ...
And she leaves all situtations ... the bass is generous but the sound is sharp and piercing mix well
Ashdown fallen angel with a Peavy Bandit 112 (it happens) and a tiny terror is very rock n roll!.
Goes well with Paradrive and musket fuzz
Distos stand perfectly .... really good ... the sound of slash is at your fingertips ... ac dc carefree and with a fuzz of insanity is fat but incisive.
The clean are not left with a lot of reserve to the dynamic level
more feedback that with a solidbody but not unmanageable either and I do not skimp by on winning!

In short this is vintage in spirit but very compatible with a modern game and fireworks!

The Bigsby is very nice and responsive thanks to the tandem wheels / pine bridge is very stable ... and I also believe evil pal .....

My favorite is the config ... Swingster to a snarling dog wah super bawl in the Paradive and the tiny terror of madness ....!
(4 channels and a wah ..... what you ask for ... an effects loop .... never happy the people!)

OVERALL OPINION

I then used two short months ... it's short you tell me ... but certainly since I well exploited ....
A rather trashy punk record (jute the snarling dog and Ashdown (I was not tiny) and a head rush and musket for leads in the second decision)
A friend not believe me when I told him it was hip!
fat incisive mùais .... nasty to possible!
A concert with my other group of pop rockeux alternator depression .... (a very nice heritage Peavy incidentally) with the usual chainge .... for me .... and nothing that compliments on the sound and the mouth!
I remake that choice without hesitation, this is the guitar I needed!
jsute lack a suitable neck pickup and a luthier at the top and it will be a weapon of mass distortion adjustment!

Gretsch archtop guitar type, manufactured in Indonesia by the epiphone custom shop - an original Bigsby - 2 humbuckers and split - color 'Wine Red' the most beautiful effect, really class - very beautiful object

UTILIZATION

round super nice and easy (just under a strat), good ergonomics, large size (2 times thicker than a casino), the sound is grainy at will, many possible variations, frank and barred attacks really easy - good performance agreement

SOUNDS

Typed sounds rock, rockabilly, blues, country, folk electric - even better in montéee Jazz strings (D'addario pulling 11 to mesh dishes) that enhance the harmonics and sound - is the high versatility of this guitar, which sounds also 'unplugged'

OVERALL OPINION

for 15 j - Q / P wonder - sound, versatility, beauty to fall - I'll buy a good 2nd in orange

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UTILIZATION

The vibrato is pretty, it is medium to use, too soft for my taste.
The switchable tone controls can remain in hand if handled with dishonesty.

SOUNDS

crunch + very short delay to thicken + slight chorus = yum

OVERALL OPINION

When purchasing, it was in competition with Hagström, other Epiphone semi-hollow, and especially with the beautiful Gretsch Tim Armstrong who is for my taste the finest guitar on the market (and which costs twice as much)! Well in terms of sound (test on a Vox AC30) the swingster is that I was most satisfied with. I wanted a guitar able to provide further crunches and yet well defined. The pickups are switchable single, one obtains a range of possible sounds pretty rare on this type of instrument.
For a guitar of this price, finish and sound quality are exceptional (of course putting three times that price, you enter a new world but not everyone can afford it !)
I've been stuck on the Bare Knuckle Stormy Monday and I won the crunch, more flexible and easier to manage via volume knob. I have maybe a little lost on the country sounds, though ... anyway, it's not my main interest.
It is often fashionable to spit on Epiphone to give a sort of guitar authority, don't count on me!

I tried to put it into competition with a Peerless but I never managed to have one in hands!