Yeah, they have a wooden back and a plastic top. I love the way Italia's look but they're massively overpriced primarily because they can get away with it because there's nothing else besides Eastwoods that do what they do. And Eastwoods are the same, mid-level prices for entry-level quality guitars. But entry-level guitars that look pretty unique.
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:46 pm
by luciguci
Hold on, is that the Italia model that has the two outputs, one for an acoustic pickup? I like it, especially the color on it. I'd probably like it better than a Les Paul.
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:47 pm
by benecol
Yep, it's got a piezo. Because, you know, piezos sound great.
(with my apologies, not meaning to mock your new kit quite so much, glad your chum's happy, but haeting on piezos)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 11:52 pm
by luciguci
Doesn't sound bad when combined with the magnetic pickups
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Also I guess for the same amount of money, you could get the Epiphone Ultra III Les Paul, which sounds pretty great to me, especially since you don't need a stereo set up to fully utilize it.
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 1:52 am
by ekwatts
Mixing piezo sounds with magnetic pickups is a better method of getting acoustic sounds on-stage than using an acoustic. It makes a barrel of sense and sounds great.
Separate outputs, however, is dumb. Well, sort of. I can see why they did it.
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:36 am
by NickS
mkt3000 wrote:I think this guitar may have belonged to a friend of mine a while back. There's no Italia dealer here, so it's highly unlikely that it's not his old one. Same color, same model.
He already offered to buy it off of me.
Cool.
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:09 am
by Nick
I like Italias. I really still want a Mondial II (wooden model) but can't justify any more guitars.
I think it's cool, and a pretty lateral trade in today's used market if you ask me-though factoring in that nice case the strat came in I'm not sure. The Italias are not badly made guitars and in my opinion much more interesting than a black strat.
However I will say my Dad owns a 90's MIJ 70's classic that I set up for him once. It's definitely one of the nicer strats I've played.
So I guess I'm divided, but at the end of the day it comes down to what you like more.
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:48 am
by kypdurron
Over here they charge you 699 € for a Classic 70s Strat and 599 for a Italia Mondial. So given that the Strat is much older, it's no completely insane trade. And once you have some Fenders, is there really a need for another? I could see myself getting a piezo packed humbucker guitar at some point, but I wouldn't buy another Fender guitar, as long as there are about 4 or 5 around me ...
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 12:42 pm
by speedfish
daftsupernova wrote:Doesn't sound bad when combined with the magnetic pickups
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Damn, that Andy makes that thing sound intriguing. Nice score!