New Epiphone Electric for Me!!!

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:14 pm

my birthday is coming up in July, so i thought i deserve a present.

after months of going down to Guitar center, spending hours playing this guitar, and groaning about the 500 dollar prics tag. i found one on ebay. and the seller said he was selling it because "he just doesn't play enough electric to justify keeping it" which is code for "it hasn't been played much" which means "good condition" and considering it is a 2002 model, it's pretty new. I paid 220. haha

It's an Epiphone AlleyKat and maybe i'll post recordings when it gets here later this week. It's a semi-hollow and i still can't believe gibson passed on this and didn't make it part of their line. it plays better than the bb kings.

Single cutaway, semi-hollow body of Mahogany. Laminated Maple top with bound f-holes, 24.75" scale, Maple neck with Rosewood fingerboard and block inlays. Distinctive Regent headstock. One New York mini-humbucker at the bridge and one classic '57 humbucker. Stopbar tailpiece. Cherry sunburst. it's got a master volume on the lower bout for volume effects (but i'll probably continue to use my pedal) It's a really versatile guitar from screaming to jazzy and everything inbetween.

Happy birthday to me!

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:04 pm

nice. that is one sexy beast. Im jealous.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:15 pm

Beauford33 wrote:nice. that is one sexy beast. Im jealous.

i think i'm jealous and i own it!

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:17 pm

grock wrote:
Beauford33 wrote:nice. that is one sexy beast. Im jealous.
i think i'm jealous and i own it!

hahah, its the way to be

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:29 pm

you crazy bastard. i've been wanting a good, cheap electric for a long time now. if you happen upon any similar deals, let me know.

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 8:14 pm

i love those hollowbodies

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:27 am

I played an alley cat before. I hope the one I played was just unusualy badly made.

thejoe · Unread post by **thejoe** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 12:32 am

hahaha

unusually

Oahu · Unread post by **Oahu** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 4:18 am

Awesome, congrats dude.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:24 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:I played an alley cat before. I hope the one I played was just unusualy badly made.

it seems like there was a bad lot put out cuz there were a few very dissatisfied people on Harmony-central, but if you ignore that, and the cheap pick-up selector, i haven't seen a single bad review.

there are nobody out there claiming this is a "so-so" guitar. it's either love it and wonder how gibson could have possibly passed on this model, or you hate it and it gives you nothing but trouble.

and considering i heard sound samples before i bought it (i had the seller play it over the phone a little), i'm sure it rocks.

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 2:17 am

grock wrote:
Ranting Thespian wrote:I played an alley cat before. I hope the one I played was just unusualy badly made.
it seems like there was a bad lot put out cuz there were a few very dissatisfied people on Harmony-central, but if you ignore that, and the cheap pick-up selector, i haven't seen a single bad review.

there are nobody out there claiming this is a "so-so" guitar. it's either love it and wonder how gibson could have possibly passed on this model, or you hate it and it gives you nothing but trouble.

and considering i heard sound samples before i bought it (i had the seller play it over the phone a little), i'm sure it rocks.

could have been the one I played.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 1:09 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:
grock wrote:
Ranting Thespian wrote:I played an alley cat before. I hope the one I played was just unusualy badly made.
it seems like there was a bad lot put out cuz there were a few very dissatisfied people on Harmony-central, but if you ignore that, and the cheap pick-up selector, i haven't seen a single bad review.

there are nobody out there claiming this is a "so-so" guitar. it's either love it and wonder how gibson could have possibly passed on this model, or you hate it and it gives you nothing but trouble.

and considering i heard sound samples before i bought it (i had the seller play it over the phone a little), i'm sure it rocks.
could have been the one I played.

I'm not sure what that means,

<Overly Negative response> I suppose in some extremely small probability the guitar i bought is the exact one that you hated when you played it. yep. if you are trying to rain on my parade by telling me that epiphones suck and that all alleykats suck and that i suck and hahaha, i just don't care. shoot, mr. lennon, you should know that the beatles played epiphones...

or

<Honest and Positive response> you must have meant "couldn't". of course! cuz you like epiphones. The beatles rocked the epi casinos. Maybe if i'm ever in Wisconsin, we'll get a chance to jam sometime. Cuz i like you, and while i voted for you to change your avatar last year, i like it now. rock on.

Ok that should cover my bases.

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 1:18 pm

he meant that it could have just been the one he played that sounded bad.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 1:34 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:he meant that it could have just been the one he played that sounded bad.

oh wow. either way i was way off. cuz it seemed weird cuz rant is so lovable! so i couldn't believe the way it sounded to me.

oh rant! you are so tricksy sometimes!

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Wed Jun 30, 2004 11:25 pm

That's exactly what I meant.

Also, about Paul, George, and John, I am saving up to buy an Epi Casino! It's down at the store. I loved it. Paul has said it's his favorite gitar, and still records with his from the 60s. When you get the guitar, write a review about it.

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