Members ArKay Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 makes you wonder why, if those factories are using so much basswood, which they are, why Agiles have NEVER had one basswood guitar? Most of the current Chinese Shine guitars use basswood. They have a few (hard) ash and mahogany models as well though. I doubt that they used basswood when they made Epis in Korea. Un Sung seems to use mahogany/korina most of the time. http://www.unsung.co.kr/html/products.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blueshawk1 Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 Shine makes nice guitars, good lookers and good players. I have two Shine guitars, this one that has the Shine name on it; And this one that has the Douglas name on it, but is definitely a Shine; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minitruth Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 Most of the current Chinese Shine guitars use basswood. They have a few (hard) ash and mahogany models as well though. I doubt that they used basswood when they made Epis in Korea. Un Sung seems to use mahogany/korina most of the time. http://www.unsung.co.kr/html/products.html That tele thing has always given me GAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 That tele thing has always given me GAS. Do you mean this one? Set-neck, mahogany.. totally weird. Should have gotten it when a local shop had one for sale (yellow flame) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minitruth Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 Do you mean this one? Set-neck, mahogany.. totally weird. Should have gotten it when a local shop had one for sale (yellow flame) No, the one with the Bigsby and LP headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 No, the one with the Bigsby and LP headstock. Ahhhhh, you meant to quote blueshawk1! The Douglas then... or Shine... or whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lndianScout Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 they remind me of Samicks for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 they remind me of Samicks for some reason Samicks 3+3 headstock is a lot different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 I know a young guy that bought a Shine Tele copy - plywood through and through. For plywood it sounded better than expected, but not great. Looks OK though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DARKMETL/ Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 So, is there anywhere that someone from the USA would be able to purchase a Shine git from? Especially the Tele/bigsby style trem.Damn fools posting pics of guitars other people want BAD....real BAD.....now cut it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 So, is there anywhere that someone from the USA would be able to purchase a Shine git from? Rondo -> Douglas guitars.. He only has a few models though. He used to have that Bigsby tele. Might be out of stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DARKMETL/ Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 Yeah, no dice on the Douglas at Rondo anymore. Curses to Kurt. For some reason I still dig the Shine way more than the Douglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArKay Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 Yeah, no dice on the Douglas at Rondo anymore. Curses to Kurt. For some reason I still dig the Shine way more than the Douglas. Yeah, the slimmer headstock does look a lot better on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 that shine looks like a relabeled Cort m800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 5, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 5, 2007 I know a young guy that bought a Shine Tele copy - plywood through and through. For plywood it sounded better than expected, but not great. Looks OK though. Shine did a range to suit all pockets from plywood, up to this baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike.sartori Posted December 5, 2007 Members Share Posted December 5, 2007 All these guitars look so generic, with no personality. If I buy a cheap guitar I want it to look cheap! Cheap looks have personality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlexMC Posted December 7, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Ok so I ordered the SIL-510 yesterday at 2pm... it arrived here in the office at 10.30am today. Well packaged etc, no damage to box. I open it up and they've sent me the wrong colour... black with a faint greyish wood quilting showing through. Not as nice as the red IMO. Aside from that it's pretty immaculate... flawless finish, straight neck, smooth frets etc... but the inside of the f-hole is painted with a matt black paint which doesn't look so great (how are f-holes normally finished?). I'm going to call the store to arrange a swap, I think - I really wanted the red finish. Grrr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DARKMETL/ Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 ^^^^^^^^^You ordered a Shine? Where did you order from? Are you in the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Shine did a range to suit all pockets from plywood, up to this baby rondo is still doing a few douglasses like that one. not exatly the same, but close. and definitely not basswood... not bad looking for $160. the black and blue versions come with emg hz pickups but cost a little more and have a dorky looking scorpoin inlay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 7, 2007 Moderators Share Posted December 7, 2007 rondo is still doing a few douglasses like that one. not exatly the same, but close. and definitely not basswood... not bad looking for $160. the black and blue versions come with emg hz pickups but cost a little more and have a dorky looking scorpoin inlay. They obviously recycled that pattern, but the Shine was SD pups, OFR vibrato ebony board, neck thru was flame maple and walnut with mahogany wings and locking Schaller tuners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ihavenofish Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 They obviously recycled that pattern, but the Shine was SD pups, OFR vibrato ebony board, neck thru was flame maple and walnut with mahogany wings and locking Schaller tuners yeah, this line seems to range from the sub $99 to $200+ depends what the customer asks for i guess. douglas is aimed fairly low end, what you have would probably be $3-400+ and not very "douglas". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Starblack Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 I use to have a Shine W3250, its was a great guitar that I still deeply regret selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blueshawk1 Posted December 8, 2007 Members Share Posted December 8, 2007 I use to have a Shine W3250, its was a great guitar that I still deeply regret selling. Uhg! I didn't need to read that. I've been wanting to thin the herd, and in trying to come up with valid reasons to justify to myself, choosing this guitar or that one, I aimed at a 5 guitar stand I have, thinking I want to clear it off, so anything there has got to go. My Shine branded guitar is on that rack. No, don't bother looking, it isn't in the spam thread, haven't been able to bring myself to do it yet, and your post doesn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlexMC Posted December 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Ok so I ordered the SIL-510 yesterday at 2pm... it arrived here in the office at 10.30am today. Well packaged etc, no damage to box.I open it up and they've sent me the wrong colour... black with a faint greyish wood quilting showing through. Not as nice as the red IMO.Aside from that it's pretty immaculate... flawless finish, straight neck, smooth frets etc... but the inside of the f-hole is painted with a matt black paint which doesn't look so great (how are f-holes normally finished?).I'm going to call the store to arrange a swap, I think - I really wanted the red finish.Grrr! Now I am really pissed off! The replacement arrived this morning... in damaged packaging. There's a hole right through the bubblewrap and cardboard box and a deep ding in the fret/fingerboard. The bottom E string is snapped and the 7th fret is mashed up... totally unusable. So the store is sending out a THIRD guitar today for delivery tomorrow. I was supposed to receive the damn thing last Friday (and looking forward to playing it over the weekend)... hopefully they'll get this one right! I'm losing faith in mail order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blueshawk1 Posted December 11, 2007 Members Share Posted December 11, 2007 Now I am really pissed off!I'm losing faith in mail order. I don't blame you, I'd be pissed off too.Getting a guitar shipped to me always has me on edge, wondering how it will arrive. The last couple guitars I bought from private parties, I wondered how they made it without being damaged or destroyed. And one I bought from a music dealer didn't come wrapped much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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