Epiphone Hollowbody Questions

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon May 02, 2011 4:53 am

holy shit burgundy mist!

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon May 02, 2011 8:41 am

my god thats cool, nice buy!

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Mon May 02, 2011 9:27 am

Hot color is so hot looking.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:20 am

Mein gott - perfect guitar.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:47 am

Excuse me while I catch my breath and post shots of another '97, just for the heck of it.

AYE.

SGJarrod · Post by **SGJarrod** » Mon May 02, 2011 3:50 pm

Pure Class!!!

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Mon May 02, 2011 6:28 pm

Thanks for the compliments. Pretty geeked and waiting sucks.

The seller actually has/had several guitars that were burgundy mist--a Riviera, a Sorrento, and another I don't remember. She's still thinning out the herd, I think. While we were there, she pulled out a '78 Strat that had a beautiful red-orange paint job. Really cool lady and we all sat around and talked about guitars for a while afterwards.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Mon May 02, 2011 6:50 pm

That does look lovely. I always fancied one of those, I just hadn't realised how much until I saw this.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon May 02, 2011 7:20 pm

that is a nice find plaidbeer and I'm glad you finally settled for it, look after her. i would be tempted to take the pickguard off but the colouring looks nice. Upgrading the tuners will definitely add to tuning stability.

James · Post by **James** » Mon May 02, 2011 7:28 pm

I didn't know it was even an available colour before this thread but burgundy mist works very well on these. Great job picking that one up. You won't regret it.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Mon May 02, 2011 10:10 pm

Epiphone have just issued a 1961 Casino www.epiphone.com

izodiak · Post by **izodiak** » Mon May 02, 2011 11:11 pm

I really love my Casino (its chineese)..

I have a mexican deluxe strat, but I play the Casino way more..
Wanted to put a bigsby, or upgrade the saddles..
But havnt got around it yet.

The burgundy color is beautiful, trully.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Tue May 03, 2011 4:32 am

WHAT A GREAT COLOR

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Tue May 03, 2011 5:13 am

hotrodperlmutter wrote:WHAT A GREAT COLOR

BEST NOOB POST OF 2011

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Tue May 10, 2011 4:15 pm

Question about strings--I used 10s on my BT Jazzmaster and was fine with that, but since the Casino is a slightly shorter scale and hollow-bodied does it make a difference? Also, should I stick with nickel-wound? Going for full on jingle-jangle.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Tue May 10, 2011 4:34 pm

I used the same strings for all of my guitars; I find the fatter necks and a little bit lower tension is nice. If you're unsure, just try both, strings are cheap.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Tue May 10, 2011 4:46 pm

plaidbeer wrote:Question about strings--I used 10s on my BT Jazzmaster and was fine with that, but since the Casino is a slightly shorter scale and hollow-bodied does it make a difference? Also, should I stick with nickel-wound? Going for full on jingle-jangle.

It will be fine, I doubt you will notice. I use 10's on my Jazzmaster & Sheraton.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Tue May 10, 2011 4:47 pm

My god, that looks like pure sex. So jealous! You better enjoy the shit out of that geet!

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Tue May 10, 2011 4:55 pm

Sparky wrote:My god, that looks like pure sex. So jealous! You better enjoy the shit out of that geet!

Thanks. I'm going nuts right now. I won't have it back until roughly this time next week (which will be 3 weeks since I last had a guitar). I'm fighting off the temptation to go buy some used Epi LP Special just to have something to play until then.

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Tue May 10, 2011 5:07 pm

I used these with the Jazzmaster:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/RRL/

Any idea how they compare with these?
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/EXL110/