Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 So, this guitar used to belong to a friend of mine but he had sold it to Pentatonic Guitars in Brooklyn. I liked it a lot when I first played it but was applying for PhD programs and had no money at the time. So, I didn't see it for like two months and thought they'd sold it. Then yesterday I noticed it on the wall again. I guess it was hanging out with the acoustic guitars or something. Anyway, 1970s MIJ Epiphone ET-278: So, my friend got it without the original pickups in it and had put some modern Epiphone pickups in it. They are actually pretty nice-sounding pickups in this guitar, actually, but I decided to do something more fun. I took the bridge pickup from my Univox Hi-Flier and put it in the bridge of this guitar which has a neck that fits my hands better. Then I put in a new pickup I had made for me recently in the neck. It's a split-coil in a humbucker form factor. It's really intended to be a bridge pickup but, actually, it sounds great in the neck of this guitar. For those of you not familiar with split-coils, they are basically humbuckers but they only use 6 poles with one on each string. Basically, think like a P-Bass or G&L Z-Coil. This one has the two coils split between the two bobbins because if you put them all on the same one you can wind up with a dead spot in the middle when you bend the and G strings in the neck. This pickup doesn't have that problem. Basically it sounds like a super ballsy single coil. Alnico V pole pieces. 6 of them are not wound or magnetized and are strictly there for cosmetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 Oh, so, yeah, this guitar sounds beastly. Great for indie rock, shoegaze (via the weird covered jazzmasterish tremolo), surf, and punk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 bolt-on or set-neck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 bolt-on or set-neck? Bolt on. A really weird bolt on. Actually, I only have one set neck electric. My Rickenbacker. I prefer neck through or bolt on. Not that I have a neck through at the moment, but there's one in the works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members letsgocoyote Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 sick. i played a et-290 i believe with maple neck maple body and a stop tail once and it was awesome but i couldnt have it. cool guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 yeah. I have no idea what the body is made of. it's actually fairly heavy. The only info I could find on it says it's made of "hardwood" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members letsgocoyote Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 maybe its maple? the one i played definitely was because it was clear finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 maybe its maple? the one i played definitely was because it was clear finish It's possible. It does have that kinda warm but clear sound that maple has. I know it's not mahogany cause i can see a bit of the wood through a finish chip and it's the color of like maple, ash, or alder. I assume it's wood from Japan. I dunno what grows over there besides cherry trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members letsgocoyote Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 japanese maple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 I walked right into that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 Man I was just playing this thing with some serious gain. Stays super quiet and really brings the stoner sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trainbridge Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 Awesome! Hngd Oh and Eric was that the one at music machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grueller Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 Nice! Here's what my grandma's ET-290 looks like. All stock, in super nice shape because it's barely ever been played. Is the neck on yours really thin? With tiny frets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members hangwire Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 So, this guitar used to belong to a friend of mine but he had sold it to Pentatonic Guitars in Brooklyn. I liked it a lot when I first played it but was applying for PhD programs and had no money at the time. So, I didn't see it for like two months and thought they'd sold it. Then yesterday I noticed it on the wall again. I guess it was hanging out with the acoustic guitars or something. Anyway, 1970s MIJ Epiphone ET-278: So, my friend got it without the original pickups in it and had put some modern Epiphone pickups in it. They are actually pretty nice-sounding pickups in this guitar, actually, but I decided to do something more fun. I took the bridge pickup from my Univox Hi-Flier and put it in the bridge of this guitar which has a neck that fits my hands better. Then I put in a new pickup I had made for me recently in the neck. It's a split-coil in a humbucker form factor. It's really intended to be a bridge pickup but, actually, it sounds great in the neck of this guitar. For those of you not familiar with split-coils, they are basically humbuckers but they only use 6 poles with one on each string. Basically, think like a P-Bass or G&L Z-Coil. This one has the two coils split between the two bobbins because if you put them all on the same one you can wind up with a dead spot in the middle when you bend the and G strings in the neck. This pickup doesn't have that problem. Basically it sounds like a super ballsy single coil. Alnico V pole pieces. 6 of them are not wound or magnetized and are strictly there for cosmetics. so much hipster in this post hipsters dont bother me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warioblast Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 What kind of tremolo system is this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Let It Burn... Posted February 5, 2012 Members Share Posted February 5, 2012 Congrats! Here's mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 Congrats! Here's mine Ooh that's sexy. The neck is thin but not ridiculously so. It's maybe slightly thinner than a strat. Frets are small but not too bad. Overall it's pretty comfortable, actually. And yeah. I live in brooklyn right next to williamsburg and bought it down the street. Pretty hipster of me. The trem is like...imagine if you took a jazzmaster trem and attached it to a roller bridge and covered the extra strung length so you can rest your hand there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted February 6, 2012 Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 Neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AimmarCair Posted February 6, 2012 Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 Nice! Here's what my grandma's ET-290 looks like. All stock, in super nice shape because it's barely ever been played. Is the neck on yours really thin? With tiny frets? Your grandma is awesome, definitely someone I'd have brunch with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 Yeah, so does your grandma rock out or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members letsgocoyote Posted February 6, 2012 Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 Ooh that's sexy. The neck is thin but not ridiculously so. It's maybe slightly thinner than a strat. Frets are small but not too bad. Overall it's pretty comfortable, actually.And yeah. I live in brooklyn right next to williamsburg and bought it down the street. Pretty hipster of me.The trem is like...imagine if you took a jazzmaster trem and attached it to a roller bridge and covered the extra strung length so you can rest your hand there. thats like the one i tried. its awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted February 6, 2012 Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 are they still blowing out the reissues ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted February 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 are they still blowing out the reissues ones? This one? http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Limited-Edition-Wilshire-Pro-Electric-Guitar-105916563-i1515770.gc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hangwire Posted February 6, 2012 Members Share Posted February 6, 2012 they had some with 3/3 headstocks and a vibrato system too... they were selling for $200, maybe even less? a while ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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