Epiphone "Inspired by" 1964 Texan ( pro pics, and review)

[epietheridge1]

First off, if you want to know what the guitar specs...look up them on the site. What they dont do is give pictures that give it justice. Also, the saddle and nut are elephant bone from what my tech said. Only downfall is it dont come with case. The guitar is a fine instrument in sound, quality and looks. I have the Cherry Burst as you can see. The sound is balanced, very balanced. The back is solid so it sound like it suppose to sustain. The sound stays clear with capo at 5th fret, unlike most your laminated guitars. Deluxe tuners that stay in tune.

 

Here is the cons: The electronics, suck! Wow..Epiphone really? The Shadow has the piezo sound. Very harsh brittle sound even after adjusting the bass low and treble down. the phase switch does what it applies though but will kill the sound worse. My only thing i can say is, buy the Fishman Aura Pedal and download the Gibson J-45 to get close to the sound you want. Or, replace the pickups with another under saddle by L.R baggs cause they make the best natural sound to me. Shadow was kind enough to give you the choice to replace the 1/8" jack piezo with a new one that hooks to the preamp. I am thinking about replacing them all together and getting the L.R. Baggs iMIX because it did major justice on my Masterbilt AJ500RNS natural sound. I mean its the guitars natural sound you are after right?..or else whats the point of buying it. At least Martin guitars gives you pickups that come very close to the natural sound, thanks to Fishman Aura. No..comment on Taylor fans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[epietheridge1]

I will post sound clips soon on stuff i have been working on. Solo guitar licks and actual strumming with open and bar chords.

 

I know i will be the first to actually do this because i have searched everywhere to see if anyone gives a hint of the sound of this guitar. No one have i found

[zombywoof]

Congrats - the IB Texan seems to be a true winner.

 

Not sure if I can explain this well but the issue of the solid vs a laminated back has less to do with it than you have given credit for. First there is laminate and there is laminate. There is the el cheapo kind that is made up of some cheap filler stuff sandwiched in between two nice looking layers. Yeah, this stuff sucks. But then there is the laminate that is either two or thee pieces of the same wood, cut as evenly as possible and glued together.

 

Beginning in themid-1950s, the Gibson J-200 sported maple laminate sides and back. These guitars will ring until Kingdom Come. Moreover, the braces are also important when it comes to transmitting the vibration of the top to all parts of the guitar. This is why such care is taken (or at least should be) with their shaping, weight and placement. If nothing the else a good quality laminate back and sides are stiffer would do a better job of reflecting the energy transmitted by the vibration of the top than solid wood.