crust Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Looks great... ...a local shop has just got a couple in. Going to take a look on Tuesday! Hope they are still there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny_2_owls Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 So do I!!! How do you like the bigsby? I love bigsbys on my semi hollows but have never had the epi bigsby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrasso Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Great finish. These always look best in natural light. The original promo photos looked washed out. Yours has a great Pelham color. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Great finish. These always look best in natural light. The original promo photos looked washed out. Yours has a great Pelham color. Thanks. mgrasso, you certainly do have some fine Epiphones yourself. With the NGD's and "show us your Epiphones", this forum certainly does have some fine guitar pic's recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 So do I!!! How do you like the bigsby? I love bigsbys on my semi hollows but have never had the epi bigsby. I dig whammy bars. I'd say, this one works... not much else to say (now, go whack your whammy) :) :o :lol: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny_2_owls Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I went to see the Epiphone es-355 today. They had 2 come in but had sold 1 over the weekend. I wanted to really like it but sadly I didn't feel it t all. It looked stunning in the flesh, the colour is beautiful. The bigsby felt a bit stiff but seemed to stay in tune ok. I felt very disappointed really. I think I was comparing it to my old matsumoku riviera which has had 25+ years playing on it! I also had a go on a '62 reissue Sorrento, which was very nice too. Amazing finish and build quality on both guitars. But today the Sorrento spoke to me more, on sale at £476 with case etc too! Quite tempted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 I went to see the Epiphone es-355 today. They had 2 come in but had sold 1 over the weekend. I wanted to really like it but sadly I didn't feel it t all. It looked stunning in the flesh, the colour is beautiful. The bigsby felt a bit stiff but seemed to stay in tune ok. I felt very disappointed really. I think I was comparing it to my old matsumoku riviera which has had 25+ years playing on it! I also had a go on a '62 reissue Sorrento, which was very nice too. Amazing finish and build quality on both guitars. But today the Sorrento spoke to me more, on sale at £476 with case etc too! Quite tempted.... Yes, I felt the strings and Bigsby felt a little "stiff" too, maybe just a sign of "newness" or just a well built guitar. I haven't changed out the strings yet. I'm hoping that a string change, and constant playing will smooth it out a little. Now I want a Sorrento...I'll never save enough to get that new (insert model)Gibson. Too many great Epiphones... lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 Well, after playing it for about 6 or 7 hours, I broke the B string on it. Not bad, that's about the average time the higher register strings last (for me), I do a lot of bending when I play. I think I'm going to add a roller bridge like I did on the P93. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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