meanstreak Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I was playing with my brothers and a friend of theirs. He has a J-45 about 6 years old. We were amped up through a Fender PA system. I listened to them practice a few songs for a show tonight, then when they were done I plugged my DR-500 in and it sounded amazing compared to the J-45. Deep lows and crystal clear mids and highs. Maybe it was because he had a soundhole cover and I was playing without one. Maybe it's because I have a Baggs iBeam and the J-45 has the undersaddle Baggs element. He has changed his strings "a couple days ago" and mine were about a month old Martins. Maybe I'm just bias lol! Whatever the reason everyone agreed my Epi blew his Gibson away! Let the flaming commence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 You ain't gloatin' air ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Wake up, MeanStreak! Wake up! It's just a bad dream. You were just having a nightmare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 To be honest when plugged in you're mainly comparing pickups rather than guitars. An Epi for example with a fishman ust pickup running through a J-45 image on an Aura Spectrum DI will always sound better than a straight J-45 plugged into the amp. How did they compare when not plugged in, just straight acoustic tone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanstreak Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 To be honest when plugged in you're mainly comparing pickups rather than guitars. An Epi for example with a fishman ust pickup running through a J-45 image on an Aura Spectrum DI will always sound better than a straight J-45 plugged into the amp. How did they compare when not plugged in, just straight acoustic tone ? lol ya ya ya I know!! They were seriously practicing for a show tonight so his soundhole cover never came off! I'd have to admit that wouldn't be a fair comparison without removing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Not a thing in the world wrong with the Epi Masterbilt line. A bunch of real sweet guitars. Sadly, a lot of people who ride the Gibson/Epi-bashing wagons have no idea of what they are missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 It might just be a case of not really sounding better as much as different. At one point, My J-200 ended up sitting in the case for quite awhile because I simply liked the sound of my SJ better. Then one day, on a whim, I grabbed the J-200 and started to play. I was amazed at how flippin' good that guitar sounded and wondered how I could have ever forgotten that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Not a thing in the world wrong with the Epi Masterbilt line. A bunch of real sweet guitars. Sadly, a lot of people who ride the Gibson/Epi-bashing wagons have no idea of what they are missing. Yep!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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