TxStrat Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 10 min ago and I can't wait to get it... Do these ship with the pick guard already installed? I don't play hard enough to need one and prefer the look without the pick guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I've seen a few on the wall at Guitar Center in Boston and Attleboro, Massachusetts. They did have pick guards installed. A classy and beautiful instrument. Post a pic or 2 when it arrives (if you can) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxStrat Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 Pete, did you do anything to try and cover up the hole(s) where the screw(s) were? Thanks for the pic, you have confirmed my initial feeling that it would look better w/o the PG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Awesome. B) .Glad for you man..Where did you order it from if you don't mind me asking? definitely post some pics when she arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Moore Tribute Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Congrates, hopes its everything you want it to be :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y8QxOjuYHg CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upiory Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Congrats and please review your instrument for us! I have no experience with these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxStrat Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 I've had it for a couple of weeks now and I really like it. I don't like all of the Vari-tone settings, but the ones I do like.... I really like. Position 1 in my opinion is the best, which if I am not mistaken, is the bypass setting. I wish Epi made it in a different color. Black shows every single finger print. I play it through a Line 6 HD500 using the Fender D-lux amp most of the time, but occasionally play it through my Fender Blues Jr. NOS. I really like the different tones I can get out of this guitar. I am still trying to decide if I am going to leave the pick guard on. I kinda like the "vintage" look with th PG, but the silver E (Epiphone logo) keeps lifting off. It would be easy to just take the E logo off, but I kinda like it. If I am going to leave the PG on then I want the logo on it as well. The fit and finish is great (with the exception of the logo on the PG). I am not going to use the typical Epiphone caveat "for the money" to describe this guitar, because at $700.00, I don't consider it an inexpensive guitar. This is a really nice guitar, and I am extremely happy with the purchase. I would post pics, but I can't find the charger to my camera and the cell phone camera does not do it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxStrat Posted March 5, 2011 Author Share Posted March 5, 2011 Sorry MRW didn't mean to ignore your question. I actually ordered it from a Guitar Center store here in Tx. I wanted to be able to return it to a store if I didn't like it. I am not a big fan of purchasing a guitar without playing it first, but couldn't find one anywhere close to try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Get some 3M Super #77, adheasive. It will permanently attach the "E" logo, on your pick-guard, and the residue can be cleaned up, with WD-40, and will leave no residue of it's own, or harm your pickguard, either. I've used this, several times, over the years, for such things, and never had a problem. OH...and we need Photos, or your "Lucille" doesn't exist. ;>) Cheers, CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxStrat Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Get some 3M Super #77, adheasive. It will permanently attach the "E" logo, on your pick-guard, and the residue can be cleaned up, with WD-40, and will leave no residue of it's own, or harm your pickguard, either. I've used this, several times, over the years, for such things, and never had a problem. OH...and we need Photos, or your "Lucille" doesn't exist. ;>) Cheers, CB CB - thanks for the advice.. By the time I got around to looking for some of that adhesive, Epiphone/Gibson had already sent me another one. See pic below. Lucille is right next to my new NightHawk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Me, I'd leave the pick guard on. Two reasons... 1. Even if you play gently, and I'm about as gentle a fingerpicker as you'll find, resting a pinkie on it can help as a reference point. There are other ways of doing that, but... I took the pick guard off my 1950s archtop and figured I'd still have it in the future. That was 35 years ago, plus or minus, and darned if I know what happened to the thing and its hardware now. 2. If you flatpick, you still can mess up, especially on stage or when a distraction arises in practice, and stick the pick into the top. Yeah, I resemble that remark, although it's been years and years ago when I thought pick guards were kinda stodgy and old fashioned. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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