All user reviews for the Epiphone Riviera Reissue

My Epiphone Riviera was manufactured in Korea by Peerless in 2004.
The bridge has been changed by the previous owner for a Bigsby B7, which makes the look much better!
She has 22 frets, and the pickups are simple Epiphone alnico I'm about to change, I'll post here the ones I would have chosen!
There are two tone knobs and two volume pots, and there is a micro switch 3 tones like on a 335 Es.
The violin is very good!

UTILIZATION

The handle is rather nice! I also have a Telecaster US Std 2011, and I must say that there is much more space on the Riviera. I do not prefer to move in weight because the Bigsby is heavy, distorting the common weight, so it looks a bit, but I chose!
In terms of access to acute, it is relatively comfortable, although the cutaway leaves a space problem for the hand when want to go high.
Honestly, I intend to change the pickups because I think the original ones a little too loud for the bridge pickup, and the handle has no media. This is for me the major flaw of this guitar. After that, maybe with a preamp for each pickup ...
However, when we drive a bit much, it sounds the fire of God!

SOUNDS

The taste of her I like a lot to go on solo bluesy style, but the thing with the bridge pickup is playing Oasis! Sing a Champagne Supernova with a good distorted sound (with a Vox AC30), close your eyes, it's like a Wembley playing on the Epiphone Flag of the United Kingdom!
The sound is generally quite fatty.
I really like the bridge pickup when well saturated.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been a me that I received my Riviera. I ordered on the Internet (I admit) in Texas because it did not was expensive and I do not keep counted as I am in the USA for one year. The guy does not sell expensive because there was a lot of work to do it: electronics, setting jumpers, mechanical change .... Anyway, I think I made a small case that will go with me to France!
I absolutely love her look! It sends pathée!
I will post a little when I changed my pickups to tell you what it is!

Played a second-hand copy of this guitar for an hour at Sam Ash in Manhattan, It was selling for $565.

The Riviera is one of my favourite designs in Epiphone's archtop series. The "frequensator" tailpiece and twin mini-humbuckers distinguish the Riviera from the Dot (which has a stop tailpiece and full-sized humbuckers), the Sheraton (with its elaborate headstock), and the Casino, which has P-90 single-coil pickups and less upper-fret access, due to its basis in the Gibson ES-330 design.

This guitar sounded beautiful; the mini-humbuckers immediately make you sound different. There's a lot of growl to the sound, and this guitar drives amp distortion beautifully while responding to your playing touch quite well.


Expensive. The Dot offers similar sound and feel for up to $200 less. String changing will also be a hassle; the frequensator tailpiece is far less convenient than the stopbar.

Good. I didn't feel any aberrations.

The Riviera is a distinctive instrument that will make you stand out onstage. (The Strokes features a Riviera in its lineup.) There are also some wild colour options available out there -- I saw a stunning silver-sparkle copy on eBay that I had been planning to nab, but I was outbid. Also notable is the fact that there is a Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) signature model of the Riviera available which has a Bigsby vibrato, gold hardware and full-sized humbuckers. It's about $200 more expensive; I haven't played it and can't say whether the extra money is worth it. However, the mini-humbucker is part of the Riviera's signature sound, so I'd try to find one with mini-humbuckers installed.

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Hello, I possde this guitar for three days and is from 1979 or 1982 I do not know ... the Japanese piphone possde 22 frets and is colored cherry / red wine, has a micro focus t chang by former Owner 'a classic 57 gibson home and the other is an original epiphone which is not bad at all but the gibson still higher.
For my part I tried dja real gibson es 335 and I can tell you that it is not far away at the finish (which I find so beautiful) and sound (with the micro chang otherwise I can not tell you ...). It possde pickups and a selector potentiomtres 4: 2 volume and two tone.
The handle is EXCELLENT and it "slides" for a good many ACCS to acute I think it's as good as the "real". I put 9 because nothing is perfect.

UTILIZATION

I t enjoyable surprised by the weight of which is not exssif tout.Cette guitar possde a large body quite bulky but I like personal a!
Instead we get a good sound easily more than the gibson is doing its birch!

SOUNDS

This guitar is beautiful!!
I'm the guitar for three years with a teacher and I've mostly blues and rock, jazz, I did a little bit and the few pieces that I know it will rev well in any case it is very s good for such a jou musique.Je amp vox ad 30 and j'obtient almost any sound I want: the most crystal-clear at grave.Cette guitar has a great sustain, because when I do harmonics, those will last about 5 secondes.Je think this guitar feedback quickly if jou is too hard I tried but was not what I was told in this case I think j'achterais an effect that the noise as the compressor enlves home boss.

OVERALL OPINION

The report quality is pretty good price since I bought it on Ebay then 800 for a vintage guitar that has a micro gibson and the old box, I found a correct.Avec the exprience I would do surment this choice!
I think I'll keep for a long time so it is good!