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noel gallager is the sh1t.... even though he rhymes way way way to much, he is a song writing genious...his phrasing is wonderful... progressions are simple but always work so well... liam is utter shite though..cant f ing stand his voice.. noels voice is sooooo much more round and convincing.

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The fact that will always escape many of we guitar heads who hang around here is that many "serious" or "professional" guitar playing musicians aren't interested in guitars at all.

They're just tools..and as long as they sound and work properly, that's the end of it.

Plenty of great players [known and unknown] use bog standard Epi guitars on a day to day basis.

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REAL curious. Your avatar?..........J

 

Edit Post: BTW...I listened to all of your music to try to understand the connection..........J

 

Just a random picture from my hard drive. I pulled a bunch of stuff off the website that was odd, and just left the two originals and the two covers for fun.

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What pro really uses epiphone guitars???

 

I do! I make my living playing music, therefore I am a Pro. I am not sponsored by anyone so my choice is made not by some corporate "suit", and I play a Casino.

 

 

if you had guitars HANDED to you......would you take the epi over the gibson? honestly?

 

If it were an SG, I'd take the Gibson.

 

If it were a 335/dot, I'd take the Gibson.

 

However, Gibson no longer makes an ES-330, and so I'll take the Casino.

 

In parallel models, the Gibson is a better guitar. So if someone was handing it to me, I'd definitely take the better and more expensive guitar.

 

However, there is a point of diminishing returns, where 4 times the cost does not equal 4 times the difference in quality. And that is where the Epi shines. Getting 80% to 90% of the guitar for 25% of the price can make good sense to a lot of people.

 

It does to me, which is why I bring my $425 Casino on stage and leave my +$3000 ES at home.

 

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In all honesty,i would take the Gibson over the Epiphone,in all cases except one,given the choice between a mid sixties Casino or ES330,i would go with the Casino!!,i just love the hourglass headstock on that guitar,and the way the sunburst follows the body edges,they just look better.

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I guess that list pretty much sums up the reputation of Epiphone right there.

 

Not quite. They didn't mention George Van Eps, who played a 7 string Deluxe,

from the shape of the position markers.

Of course he no longer around, and he played an original Epiphone before it

was bought out by Gibson, but..for completeness..he should be on the list.

 

Epiphone, are you reading this?

 

I'm glad that they have Howard Roberts and Joe Pass on there, even if they

are long gone..both have Epiphone guitars named after them.

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-Don't forget Brad Avery of Third Day. He's no slacker player either. He's pretty much used Epi's exclusively since he joined Third Day 12-13 years ago. He left the band now, but I've been to Third Day concerts and he's always had an Epi. And the rhythm guitarist, Mark Lee used a G-400 quite a bit. Also on their Wire tour, Brad really did use a wall of Epi Galaxies miced up for gigs.

 

L8R,

Matt D.

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if you had guitars HANDED to you......would you take the epi over the gibson? honestly?

 

I prefer Epi G-400's over Gibby's SG...I like the Epi's thicker body more, the guitar feels more solid in my hands. I always had tuning stability problems with the Gibsons, not with the Epis. I don't know, I've owned and used a few of both brands ( '71 SG, '96 Standard SG, "Vintage" G-400, Standard G-400 ) and always seemed to prefer the Epi's...

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gibson actually wanted to sponsor kurt Cobain' date=' but he couldnt find one he liked....... fender took for ever to agree to signing him and if memory serves, he still had to pay for all of them (the only ones that were ever purchased new were the mexi strats that were usually destroyed.. and a few jap mustangs) free gibsons and he said NO..

 

but yeah, i would like to see what people actually play because they like or because they are given to them.[/quote']

 

 

Cobain had a reputation of using cheap guitars and bashing them to pieces on stage. He often played modified Fender Mustangs. I almost got one till I heard they ere difficult to keep tuned.

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Actually' date=' Noel doesn't use Epi any longer. He's been on Gibson for quite some time...since Be Here Now, IIRC, maybe shortly after that tour. he calls epiphone "a poor man's Gibson" now, the traitor! [-X ;)

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I always thought it was the other way around..after buying a G*bs*n (or two)..you ARE a poor man!

Lets all try to stay "green".... buy Epiphones and save the planet.

:^o

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oasis still uses them as ryhtum guitars. noel has made epiphone alot of money.He helped the semi hollow surge in the late 90s

 

Noel says he uses a variety of gibson ES series, a gibby Les Paul, and a Fender Telecaster for recording. He uses his Gibson es-355 almost exclusively live (when not playing acoustic) though he uses a tele for wonderwall pretty often. Gem uses his Firebird almost exclusively live as well when not using an acoustic.

 

No idea what Gem records with these days.

 

 

BTW- they jsut announced that they're playing a few north america gigs this fall. I'm pretty excited to see them...I think I'll see them in toronto.

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Lars Frederickson of Rancid was playing Epiphone Les Paul Customs almost exclusively during the ...And Out Come the Wolves era. I realize Rancid are listed on the endorsement page, but he's one who wasn't just a magazine endorsement. Pretty much all of their videos and live shows from that era that's what he was playing.

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if you had guitars HANDED to you......would you take the epi over the gibson? honestly?

On some models yes i would . They build a great arch top. As for seeing musicians playing them look a little harder . I am seeing more and more .
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Heck, I like 'em both! But, to be honest, I perfer Gibson's, for Gibson Models,

and Epi's for their specific models (I.E. Not Gibson clones), as well. Back in

the Kalamazoo era, they were of equal quality, and made (essentially) side by side.

Until Gibson decided to dedicate a factory, to ONLY Epiphones once again, the Asian

quality was "ok," but the accuracy of the models, to the originals they were named

after, was questionable, at best. The Elitist were the absolute closest, except for

some limited editions, made in Nashville, to exact vintage spec's. The Chinese versions,

these days, are getting really close! There's still some differences, but they get

better/closer, all the time. I'd love to see Epi close that gap, entirely, and

make them to original vintage spec's, including USA electronics, which they are now

starting to do, and Gibson style truss rods, and (2-hole) TR covers, as well. Then,

they'd be "complete!" IMHO, as always. [biggrin]

 

If there is a gap, in the use of Epi's in professional situations, it's due more to Gibson

marginalizing Epi, from 1970 and on, by marketing it as the "bargain basement" brand, that

it never was, before. They were somewhat less expensive, than "Gibson," even in the Kalamazoo

days, but it was never thought of as a "bargain basement" brand, until it was sent overseas,

to Asia. That's not a slight, on Asian manufacturing, because as we all know, they are quite

capable of making excellent instruments, regardless of country. But, it was a "business" decision,

and marketing strategy, that all but ruined Epi's reputation, compared to what it was, in the

earlier USA years, until more recently. Now, they're clawing their way back up, and doing a fine

job of it, all things considered. Especially, in the last decade or so. Again...IMHO.

 

CB

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