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About iwalktheline

  • Birthday 09/04/1980

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    Philadelphia, Pa
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    Martin D-35
    Gibson Hummingbird (1996)
    Epiphone EJ-200
    Epiphone Hummingbird Natural (2008)
    Epiphone Les Paul HB (2014)
  1. Good Lord that's gorgeous. I have always been a whore for the cherry burst Hummingbird, but I'm starting to think I might be leaning towards the natural one now. I have an Epiphone limited natural bird, but it's **** compared to a real one. I would love to eventually get a natural Hummingbird. I'm super jealous, but in a good way. Congrats!!
  2. Hi MissoriPicker, just wanted to ask what kind of lacquer you used for your pickguard? My buddy wants to make sure he gets the right kind. Any other advice about it? Did you do the entire guard or just the design? Thanks

  3. Sorry, I think I'm still in a bit of shock. For my guitar it just had a major improvement in volume and each individual string just seems to ring out more. Right now it does not seem to have any of the dead tones it had with the rosewood and even the bone after awhile. It just seems like a sharper and more brighter and volume tone. I hope it lasts but, it really did seem to bring her to life. I realize all guitars are different but It helped my hummingbird out big time.
  4. hey guys, just wanted to share my opinion on the new tusq bridge pins I put on my Hummingbird. When I bought her in may she had rosewood pins in her which in my honest opinion(doesn't mean I'm right) sounded like they muted her a bit. So maybe about a month ago I replaced those with bone pins and immediately heard a difference. Then, I already heard people talk about tusq before I kept reading stuff about how it would make the guitar sound even better so I threw out $15 and took a shot. The pins came today and I put them on (did not change strings) and my ohh my, she sounds soooo much better. I really did not think it would do anything but wow, was I wrong. I might have to invest in 3 more sets of tusq pins for my other guitars. It was a pleasant surprise and I'm glad I took a shot. Just wanted to share.
  5. WOW, that's all I can say. That has to be a joke of some sorts, this has been a major issue for a long, long time now. Gibson knows about this, you must have talked to one of the jackass people I did months ago. Also, the Gibson guard WILL FIT on an epiphone, trust me. Yes, you can get a replacement online, try ebay. Again, I said this before it's just a cheap replacement. It's the same one on the epiphone which means it will fade again.
  6. nope, they won't do that. contact epiphone and they might send you a replacement. it will be the cheap one but, its still a replacement.
  7. yeah, thats what I meant. I bought a used gibson hummingbird in mint condition and the pick guard design is already fading. It's pretty stupid but, they don't seem to care enough to really fix the problem. I tried getting a replacement for it but, since I'm not the original owner I would have to shell out more money. They won't (Gibson) supply replacement guards if your not the original owner. Also, I have heard that if you contact epiphone they will send a replacement pick guard. I don't know if they charge or not but, you could still try and see what they say.
  8. Also, try spending $2000 on a gibson bird and in less than 3 months the design is already fading. It's a topic that has been brought up many, many times. They make new ones today that are anti fade which I'm trying to save up for but, many people don't like them because of the look. But, yes it's a very, very frustrating topic.
  9. Really good guitars, yes the design will wear off. Some care, some don't about this....I have had 3 epiphone birds only because I had to trade the first 2 in order to get an actual Gibson bird. Even after I got the gibby I bought another epiphone bird. I still have to take her and get a setup done as well as changing the nut and saddle to bone but, once thats done she's a really awesome guitar. In my opinion she will work good for the type of music you play. If you are worried about the design coming off (and it will) try an epiphone hummingbird artist. I have heard great things about them.
  10. IWalkTheLine - hey there - don from D'Addario here. Just checking in - i saw that the Ej16s finally worked out for you. Glad to hear it - have you tried the EXP's - that's the coated version. Send me an email, if you'd like and I'll send you out a set to check out. don.dawson2@daddario.com

    Don Dawson

    Product marketing Specialist

    D'Addario / Planet Waves

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