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Topic: New Epiphone lap steel |
John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 2:10 pm |
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Looks interesting. No price listed anywhere I could find (yet).
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 2:25 pm
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I'm wondering if that gig bag will fit my 8 string.
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Lee Holliday
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United Kingdom
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John Rosett
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Missoula, MT
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 2:46 pm
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I think that it comes out to $285 US. Not too bad a price, but the originals don't seem to sell for much more than that.
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Bob Thomason
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 4:19 pm
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All the originals I have seen run in the 500-700 range
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 5:01 pm
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Nice job on the demo by Fats. Wonder who is doing the voice over. Sounds a little like Terry Herd, host of the syndicated "Into the Blue".
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Michael Maddex
From:
Northern New Mexico, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 6:50 pm
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Looks like it may be coming in at ~US$250:
http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-EPI-EFCL-LIST
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Bob Thomason
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2015 7:18 pm
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I want one .Always loved that body shape
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Lee Holliday
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 12:34 am
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It will be interesting to see how much they screw us in the UK price wise, as everything is loaded when it lands here.
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Andy Volk
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Boston, MA
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 12:41 am
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For that price we have to wonder about the quality of the wood, pickup etc. Cool look and design though and great to see people taking a chance on putting a reasonably-priced new lap steel out there.
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 2:35 am
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It will be interesting to see how much they screw us in the UK price wise, as everything is loaded when it lands here.
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Generally, they seem to just change the $ to a £ so if $250, probably around £250 over here (if anyone even bothers to import them). I had to special order my Epiphone Mandobird mandolin. |
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 7:01 am
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| Andy Volk wrote: |
| For that price we have to wonder about the quality of the wood, pickup etc. ... |
Such is the case with with cheap offshore instruments. Too often the focus is building to a price point with quality being a secondary thought. Certainly some are better than others, and it is encouraging to see a new steel on the market.
That said, Epiphone in general does pretty well in the cheap instrument market space. The basics of the steel look promising. It has an acceptable scale length, the string spacing looks decent, and the string height does not appear to be too low. I like the fact that they made old school knobs for it and the reproduction headstock logo is a nice touch too. My best guess is that its probably going to be ok out of the box and possibly worth some upgrades.
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Lee Holliday
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United Kingdom
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 7:15 am
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geoff I went for the eastwood Mandola in the shape of the Valco map of America guitars.
Although I draw the line at Rods & Levers!!!
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Andy Henriksen
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 7:23 am
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| That's pretty sharp. I like those knobs and the fret markers. |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2015 8:37 am
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| Looks great and sounds good! |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Bob Stone
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Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2015 3:47 am
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| Good to see Fats is still kicking. I had forgotten about him... |
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Steve Allison
From:
Eatonton,Ga. U.S.A.
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Posted 21 Dec 2015 6:54 pm
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| If it just had 2 more strings..... |
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John Rosett
From:
Missoula, MT
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Posted 21 Dec 2015 7:28 pm
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| Steve Allison wrote: |
| If it just had 2 more strings..... |
I'd like to get one and convert it to 7 strings.
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 24 Dec 2015 8:27 am
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I like the sound in the clip. Is it the pickup or the amp?
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Jim Williams
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Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 8:00 am
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I have one on pre-order...looks pretty sweet. I would like to have the tube amp to go with it.
I'll post more info on it here when I get it, if I don't back out by then!
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Last edited by Jim Williams on 5 Jul 2016 8:11 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Jim Williams
From:
Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 5 Jul 2016 8:02 am
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| Miles Lang wrote: |
I like the sound in the clip. Is it the pickup or the amp?
Epiphone 500B "Blade" Humbucker |
May be some of both, that is a tube amp and according to the youtube:
Mr. Kaplin played the Century Lap Steel through an Epiphone Century Amplifier with no effects.
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