Members stormin1155 Posted June 16, 2014 Members Share Posted June 16, 2014 My wife caught me lusting after one of these, so guess what I got for my birthday? Epiphone 339 Ultra Limited Edition Pelham Blue. (I love my wife!) After a new set of strings and a proper setup, I'm really liking it. Nice feeling neck, pickups sound good, and Pelham blue! Mmmmmm! Can't wait to try it out through a PA system to see what the Nanomag really sounds like. Through a guitar amp it sort of has an acoustic tone, but not quite. I'm thinking it will be perfect to play with the church band where I often need to switch back and forth between electric and acoustic. Size wise, it is half way between a Les Paul and a 335. VERY comfortable to play seated, but hangs kind of funny from a strap. It's lighter than my chambered LP. I'd guess about 8 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted June 16, 2014 Members Share Posted June 16, 2014 \Now that's what I call a win win situation.Great guitar + great wife = great lifeCongrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 16, 2014 Members Share Posted June 16, 2014 Thanks for the review, looking forward to more thoughts regarding the nanomag. HNGD, looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wankdeplank Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks for the review, looking forward to more thoughts regarding the nanomag. HNGD, looks great! ^This. Definitely giving me semi-hollow GAS. Big Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 Gorgeous addition! One of my favorite Gibby/Eppi colours for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marko Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 Very nice-- Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 HNGD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted June 17, 2014 Moderators Share Posted June 17, 2014 Wooooooooohooooooooooooooooooo, yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knotty Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 Why is HNGD Gif visible on some devices and not others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stormin1155 Posted June 17, 2014 Author Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks for the review, looking forward to more thoughts regarding the nanomag. HNGD, looks great! Thanks for your comments guys! The nanomag is pretty cool and adds a lot of versatility to the guitar. I had a GraphTech Ghost piezo system on a strat a while back, and wasn't all that impressed with it... ended up selling the guitar. It was very thin sounding and not close at all to how an acoustic sounds. I think the nanomag comes closer to an acoustic sound and it also can be used like a regular single coil pickup, including higher gain stuff. It almost sounds like a tele. Piezo pickups, on the other hand, sound like crap with gain. I've noticed that when running both the regular pickups and nanomag together, the tone gets real muddy and loses a lot of volume when you roll back the tone. I think I might experiment with some treble bleed circuits to get better control of the roll-off. It uses two PCBs, one for the nanomag and one for the regular controls, so modding it might be a bit tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JC777 Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 That's a beautiful guitar. I almost bought one last year. I was very impressed the quality. Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted June 17, 2014 Members Share Posted June 17, 2014 Congratulations. Happy New Guitar Day. Be sure to do something equally nice for your wife when the time comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted June 18, 2014 Members Share Posted June 18, 2014 Sweet guitar. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted June 19, 2014 Members Share Posted June 19, 2014 Most excellent guitar! And wife! And Happy Birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dmc69 Posted June 19, 2014 Members Share Posted June 19, 2014 Pelham blue - yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 One of the nicest guitars ever. Easy to play and you can always dial in the tone you want using a combo of the nanomag and it's own pups. Congratulations and Happy Birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PurpleTrails Posted June 19, 2014 Members Share Posted June 19, 2014 Sweet guitar! I thought about buying one of the normal Epi 339 guitars in pelham blue last year and thought it was both very playable and beautiful. Now that you tell me about this limited edition you've given me a major case of GAS. FWIW, I have a carvin with a piezo under the bridge and it gives me a really wide tonal palette. Figure your new axe is about the perfect tool for playing in church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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