revolver66 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well this serves me right. Friday afternoon, finished work. Daughter makes me a lovely cup of tea, so i settle down for a quick surf on the net. Specifically it was to look at the Thomann website where a good friend purchased a superb Guild 12 string at a great price. So just thought i would look at the Epiphone section and saw this new(scheduled release Spring 2015) aj-45 Masterbilt. It looks great and so do the specs. Price is £397GBP!!!. I have no experience of the Masterbilts, only my IB 1964 Texan which is awesome. Could i risk possible divorce for this?. Why did I log on, why did I log on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffenstein Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I've got that same Texan and I'm getting that same AJ-45ME. I'm not expecting it to sound better than my Texan, but having a top quality AE vintage burst slope shoulder is totally worth it in my book. Had I known this was truly coming out, I would have held off on buying my AJ-220S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarLight Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I'd take the divorce! Having owned 27 extremely fine high end guitars in my life, Gibsons, Martins, Taylors, Guilds, RainSong graphite's, and more....among all those have been just three Epiphone Masterbilts. Rating all three on a scale of 1-10...each one comes in at 100. ....The new Masterbilt J-45 soon to appear??? ...Oh yes indeed....... And the line starts here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I ordered one and I can't wait to get it. I am not expecting it to sound like my Gibson slope, and I have owned other Masterbilts, but I bet this sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmac Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I don't understand the "I'm not expecting it to sound like this or that" its a mastebuilt short scale solid wood basically an affordable j45 with the epiphone name. I bet it is going to be out standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revolver66 Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 I think this going to be a next purchase(along with some serious 'sucking up' to the wife). In a lot of ways I hope this doesn't sound like a Gibson. My IB 1964 Texan is 'Martinesque' in tone, so i'm sure the AJ45 ME will have it's own unique voice. I'm really happy it's short scale. The sunburst looks nice, bone nut and saddle, old style tuners, i could go on. The Thomann price looks ridiculous. I wonder what it will RRP for in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffmac Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I think this going to be a next purchase(along with some serious 'sucking up' to the wife). In a lot of ways I hope this doesn't sound like a Gibson. My IB 1964 Texan is 'Martinesque' in tone, so i'm sure the AJ45 ME will have it's own unique voice. I'm really happy it's short scale. The sunburst looks nice, bone nut and saddle, old style tuners, i could go on. The Thomann price looks ridiculous. I wonder what it will RRP for in the UK? as far as I've seen the 700 Canadian range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfish Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I ordered one and I can't wait to get it. I am not expecting it to sound like my Gibson slope, and I have owned other Masterbilts, but I bet this sounds great. Cool Sal, you'll let us know how it sounds with one of your song posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
photodusty Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I'm in line too. My Aj-500M is a beautiful sounding guitar and I have no doubt the J-45 will sound amazing. Masterbilts are really a joy to own play. My guitar center guy checked in with Epiphone and they said 90-120 days out from Feb 1......if thats correct it will be April-Mayish when we can see them. db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete- Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I just started a thread asking for opinions on the Dr 500 and the Texan and someone suggested this as an alternative. I said there's no solid release date or price for this model but after reading your post i had to check the Thomann site and 8th April is what it says. This really does complicate things. It's cheaper than the 500 as well. Damn this is hard, what's a man to do when the choices just keep piling up? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickthemiller Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Mine's ordered - I'm not going to miss out on this one if I can help it. I pondered but decided that the Euro is at a good rate at the moment and I have noticed that Thomann are putting up prices at the moment. I bought a Squier Classic Vibe Tele 50's earlier this week from them and it has gone up by 30 Euros since I got it. Still a good price though even now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyghthawk Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 No body I can find on google is selling these, even pre-order, here in the US. Not Guitar Center, not Sweetwater, not Musician's Friend...nobody. Whats up with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I would bet that Fuller's in Texas can preorder if you call them. Certainly you can call Russo in NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisB643 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I just started a thread asking for opinions on the Dr 500 and the Texan and someone suggested this as an alternative. I said there's no solid release date or price for this model but after reading your post i had to check the Thomann site and 8th April is what it says. This really does complicate things. It's cheaper than the 500 as well. Damn this is hard, what's a man to do when the choices just keep piling up Pete Depends if you want a short scale or not and if you like the natural satin finish. My DR500 MCE is my favorite Masterbilt hands down. You won't go wrong either way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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