["Waking up" new EJ200SCE]

Hi, I'm new to the forum and I just got an Epiphone EJ200SCE as a birthday gift. For the most part I've been enjoying this guitar, the sustain goes on forever and you can really feel the chords vibrate through the guitar right into you. This is my first acoustic guitar in almost 30 years and for the last 10 or so I've rarely picked up my old Washburn so playing acoustic everyday again has been an adjustment in itself. The thing is I can't help feeling that I'm not getting the most out of this thing. It seems like there is a lot of untapped potential in there. I was wondering if anyone had ideas as to whether a string change or adjustment might be the way to go, or both? I'll show my ignorance and ask if lowering the action on a jumbo like this would open up the tone by allowing the strings to vibrate more freely or would raising it be better to increase volume and tone? Along the same lines would a lighter or heavier gage string be more responsive on this particular guitar? I think the factory strings are D'Addario 12-52. I'm not having trouble playing it aside from the differences switching from my Tele to this one so it doesn't need the action lowered for that reason it just seems like it's almost there missing some special ingredient. Hope this makes sense, thanks for reading.

Bernie Fitz

 

Welcome aboard. I did have one ej200sce and the changes I found to improve the sound was replacing the strings to elixir 12 53 phosphor bronze. I also changed the nut,saddle and bridge pins to bone. Those changes really helped my guitar as I hardly ever played mine plugged in. Hope this helps you.

[EJ-200 out of production??]

I've seen and played Wootpow's nice example of a 2011 Epiphone EJ200CE guitar in person many times, the guitar has a solid top...

 

Do I know you :lol: Thanks their Morkolo

Maybe we haven't worked around wood long enough :lol:

[Do you regret your Epiphone purchase?]

Welcome aboard ImOnEdge

Go to your local guitar store and give them a try, Epi do make some fine guitars

[EJ-200 out of production??]

EJ=200 guitars do NOT have a solid top. The Epi web site is lying. Nothing I hate worse than being lied to by a company who takes my money. MF does NOT carry solid tops nor does GuitarCenter. They are LAMINATED. Boycott Epiphone till they becom honest again. If they can't be honest with customers, they may as well shut down. No one will miss them.

My EJ-200 do have a solid top 100% sure. Hope this helps

[Your Acoustical Performances!!!]

Good job! Love the vocals

[Your Acoustical Performances!!!]

Sorry but I can't view it. I says it's a private video.

[Why is this Bird' sounding so sick .. ?]

Very disappointing! I had a friend drop by one day to just fool around with my new guitar and he had just put aveeno cream on his hands ,man did it ever take the life out of those new strings much like this Bird.

[Your Acoustical Performances!!!]

Just an amateur picker/songwriter somewhat intimidated by you good folks but here goes nuthin'. Wrote this for Aunt Johanna last month; a wonderful lady who spent her last couple years in a nursing home. Broke our hearts to see this beautiful, vibrant lady succumb to the disease that accompanies long life. Didn't have my J45 at the time; Nothing fancy... recorded with a USB mic and a Guild 12 string.

 

http://www.soundclic...4&q=hi&newref=1

 

Good job on your song. I can feel the emotions in your lyrics.

[Your Acoustical Performances!!!]

I just completed mixing my cover version of Gordon Lightfoot's "The Circle Is Small". I'm adding it to the CD I put out every Christmas for friends and family.

 

The Circle Is Small

 

Guitars:

Gibson J200

Taylor GA12 12 string

Gretsch G5122

Rickenbacker 4003 bass

 

Drums, Strings and Piano - Edirol Midi

 

Tracked with Sonar X1 Producer

Final Mix - Sony SoundForge

MP3 conversion - Acoustica WAV to MP3

 

Good job I like it.

[Your Acoustical Performances!!!]

I recently recorded Mombasa by Tommy Emmanuel - recorded here on my 64 Hummingbird.

 

sound chain: hummingbird through JJB Prestige 330 - two SM 57 mics - one in front of Fender Acoustasonic Amp and one in front of Guitar. Recorded into a Fostex FD4 Digital tracker; into Garage Band, mp3'd into iTunes.

 

Your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, Ed

 

Mombasa

 

Love it great job