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Epiphone ES-175 Reissue

Hollow Body/Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar from Epiphone belonging to the ES series

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«  The heat of the ES175! and if ........ »

Published on 10/29/10 at 13:38
The model I bought had a label stating "Corea" so ...!

A round brilliant well profiled in "C" key is easy frets are impeccable round and height to achieve the full effects of vibrato, glissando, bend, etc ... (20 frets)
one walks on this joystick is a pleasure, the easel a tun-o-matic with base in wood, metal tailpiece gives the characteristic sound of the ES175,

2 Alnico Classic Humbucker Pickups good, for my part I never had any pb with the microphones, less than or knock it to the butcher hacking I've never seen a microphone let go (those are my Lespaul over thirty years)

It's a comfortable guitar

UTILIZATION

she quickly takes the place of a woman's arms, her generous curves are sensual is a real pleasure to caress the body.
The cutaway is released (normal is a replica of the Gibson ES175)
the game is up to the last key smoothly, a real pleasure
For my part I have played a small change, I replaced the tuners with Gibson EPIPHONE (PAF Classic 57 +) I took the opportunity to shield the cables with the aluminum strip colante to avoid rejections and magnetic disturbances.
Conclusion of the transaction I will need an expert with a super sharp ear for the difference with the Gibson ES175!
Cost of the operation 210 € 2 mics a bit of my time on guitar + 275 €
€ 485 for a sound that sends shivers organs.
I regret nothing (watch this operation is done quietly with method) I would not recommend brutus chabraques etc., reserved for the meticulous operation.
If need advice!
The replacement of the microphones is not an obligation, it already sounds as well.


SOUNDS

This guitar allows me to work on the master directory "Django" in the electric version of his creations
The sounds I get with it are very close to the sounds "Django" was with what I believed to be a Gibson L5 45.
I am not trying to compare but it is nicer for the game to approach the sound obtained by the Master.
Just for fun I play these songs with my Lespaul Artisan Custom III
is something else,
But I prefer playing DJANGO Epiphone ES175 that really surprised me with its warmth I never let go (with the combo valve Senior) is the festival.
With the Fender Deluxe Hot Road, she became a tigress Earlier, the purring like a big cat or a quiet roar of the Wild
We can get this guitar sound palette wildest rockabilly, jazz, blues, she knows everything and no amp, it is almost a super sound, color of sound without amplification makes you want to make it sound.
Electrified is crystalline sounds, raucous, just boust play on the strings and the body starts to bubble, so many positive things to say about this guitar for the price not worth it to do its critical

OVERALL OPINION

past 2 years that I have this guitar I try not to make her jealous my other guitars
Since they can not read I have to admit I have a slight preference for the ES175
I love my guitars: Epiphone Broadway (same with 2 PAF Classic 57 +),
my GIBSON Les Paul CUSTOM CRAFTSMAN III, my Jazz Django 1939.
They all sound perfect their sounds are great and I have a slight preference for the ES175! Strange?

Peut'on judge value for money when it comes EPIPHONE?
Can not make instruments of such quality at such a low price
Critics retort that the copy! I would say of course but if I really wanted a Gibson I broke my piggy bank and my wife cry (lol)
More seriously than dream or be enough to take mythology for a jazz or rock star, with the quality of Epiphone instruments it is not necessary to destroy or go into debt to please herself musically.
And when you get sick of it hanging on the wall smack the granny in the poses she deco darling I love watching the reflection of light in its varnish
(I think I'm in love)!