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Epiphone SC-550

Other Shape Guitar from Epiphone belonging to the Scroll series

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Published on 06/25/08 at 07:05
U.S. and Japanese manufacturing ???...
Scroll 550 of 1971
She has a very elongated handle 24 cases ... enjoyable play trs, trs end ... Rounded ...
Mics ... uh ... two humbuckers ... but what exactly original, is, I do not know ...
So there is a button on a Tone volume, and two "switches" or connectors that allow a wide range of sounds.
A priori, it is a handle al. The pearl inlays are beautifully couraging ... trs own work ... one that does not frt Exceeds ...

UTILIZATION

I just said, the handle is trs enjoyable, nothing to say the above is certainly one of the most enjoyable guitar playing I've experienced in twenty years ...
Access in acute ais is despite 24 cases, the time that no finger rolls ...
Well, it is solid wood ... PSE weight so she ... about 4.5 kg ... which is not bad given the low thickness of the guitar.
The form ... n'xiste it any other guitar with this form ... she is beautiful ... the seller called "my guitar Louis XV ..."... there is a bit of a. ..
So ... regarding the sound ... this guitar is out of the beginners seventies ... and the microphones are of mine!
Yet, I always take as much fun playing with ... the sonic palette is broad, it can boost the grace are one of the two switches. The sound is pure, crystalline, although Dfine ... How beautiful! ... all, over thirty years APRS!

SOUNDS

15 years ago that this guitar with me, I would not say that my style of music is appropriate but that's my style of music that suits ...
As necessary, we can do anything with ... from jazz to classic rock music ... but often, even the sound of the guitar piece that cre ... it has a strong identity trs.
I tested it on several amps (in 15 years ...) and now, she goes straight to my table Mackie (Onyx) ... and is to be treated upstream with a multi-effects, or relayed by an amp simulation (computer) type AmpliTube. The diffrence is minimal ... even if it is true that this guitar rvle its full potential on a good amp ... such as a Vox ...
It happens get all kinds of sounds with this config: "two switches, a tone ..." . For my part, I prfre clean sounds ... crystalline ... REPRESENTATIVES but here with some punch, some heat ... grace this famous little boost switch ...
But you can also get closer to the Gibson's (saw that this era, epiphone was bought by dj t mre home of Gibson ...)

OVERALL OPINION

As mentioned above, this is fifteen years I have ... and this is fifteen years since I use it ... tantt for jazz tantt for agreements on the trip hop ...
The more ... everything!
The least: nothing ... the only problem as the length of the handle, you need a cover for it to enter low ...
I have not tried before the acqurir ... I saw it from outside, the back of the store ... I have to input more ... prs DCID and have it should be mine ... love at first sight ...
C'tait an opportunity ', I paid 2500 francs ... what should be little prs 375 euros ... an exceptional case!
With exprience ... difficult to find such a guitar ... you often see you? But otherwise ... yes ... no problem ... another finish so ...

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