I was actually about to start a topic about my recent 2-week-long internet boner for semi-hollows.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 6:00 pm
by dezb1
Don't understand why people pay Gibson prices when some of these epiphones are so bloody good.
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 6:03 pm
by Beau
dezb1 wrote:Don't understand why people pay Gibson prices when some of these epiphones are so bloody good.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 9:03 am
by ekwatts
The little bit on the back of the Royale headstock says "Manufactured in the Epiphone Custom Shop, China" which I thought was a funny little touch. It'd send some corksniffers into space.
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 3:20 pm
by Beau
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 3:47 pm
by Noirie.
I thought that was Fran for a sec
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:48 am
by theshadowofseattle
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:05 am
by Johno
Shad, that guitar is giving me gas, never seen one in black before... looks great
Anyway, love semis with Bigsbys....
Here's mine
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:16 am
by lorez
Noirie. wrote:I thought that was Fran for a sec
That made come chuckle.
Love the guitar & definitely needs the guard off.
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:25 pm
by theshadowofseattle
It matches my John 5 tele, so I don't think I'm taking the guard off mine.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:30 am
by westtexasred
I wanna red on like Benjamin Booker
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:57 am
by theshadowofseattle
I replaced the stock input jack because it was ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. Other than that, I'm very happy with the SHAD SIGNATURE EDITION RIVIERA.
The middle pickup volume is like a "Strat to P90" dial. It's insane. At 0 you have this rich P90 sound with INCREDIBLE attack, but at 10 you have a convincing strat-5-way 2 and 4 quacky setting.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:27 am
by ekwatts
Yup. Probably one of the best guitars I've ever owned.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:15 am
by westtexasred
There is a red one at a locale GC for $349 I'm thinking about getting because I don't own a guitar(anymore).
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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:16 pm
by singlepup
You musn't deprive yourself of guitars.
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:52 pm
by Bacchus
theshadowofseattle wrote:I replaced the stock input jack because it was ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. Other than that, I'm very happy with the SHAD SIGNATURE EDITION RIVIERA.
The middle pickup volume is like a "Strat to P90" dial. It's insane. At 0 you have this rich P90 sound with INCREDIBLE attack, but at 10 you have a convincing strat-5-way 2 and 4 quacky setting.
Anyone know how this works?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:47 pm
by luciguci
3-way switch controlling bridge/both/neck, middle pickup is always on so its controlled by its own volume knob
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:31 am
by Bacchus
Sorry, that seems obvious now. I misread shad's post and though it was some sort of trickery that took out windings from the pickup or used some sort of varitone to actually make it more stratty.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:45 am
by theshadowofseattle
westtexasred wrote:There is a red one at a locale GC for $349
I paid $399 for mine new on MF, but I saw one on the wall at Sam Ash two days ago for $540-something. I musta got a SICK DEAL.
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:03 am
by ekwatts
I paid £350 for mine. Prodealz.
Although Thomann had their last one up for sale at £300 about a week after I bought it.
