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| http://www.epiphone.com/ultraII/
I guess being non-US built it will be cheaper. But epis are seriously well made guitars for the money. |
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Location: Scotland | Nano-Mag? I think that aspect of it must be either manufactured by or licensed from Shadow. I'd need to hear this in person to be convinced. I can't see how another magnetic pickup, in virtually the same place as the existing neck magnetic, could produce an acoustic tone any more convincing than plugging an ordinary version of this guitar directly into a PA or acoustic amp, and we all know how nasty that can sound, don't we?
The video clip doesn't sound acoustic at all to me. It sounds like a clean electric guitar trying and failing to sound acoustic. In direct comparison to a heavily distorted electric tone like in the clip, it may sound vaguely acoustic, but in isolation not a hope. |
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| Agreed - but epi LP buyers are already settling for "less than" with the electric tone, so I guess it will still be a selling point and will be cheaper than a VXT.
Though I think "revolutionary" is taking liberites with the truth to a new level.
Paul - did you get all those storms and all that rain lst week over on your side? I know someone who was trapped for 2 days in Aberdeen and thought the end of the world was nigh (and not just cos he was stuck in Aberdeen). |
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Location: Scotland | We did, it took down a bunch of telegraph poles and we were without a landline or broadband service for nearly 2 weeks. Fortunately I was in LA, so I didn't care. :p |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Definitely, not acoustic. But still interesting, resonator like, maybe? Sounds like a flange or pitch effect.
Not as good an approximation as the VXT. Imitation ... more like triangulation. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I thought Schroeder was going to tell us he's dressing like me again...
As for the Ultra II . . . . meh. |
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| What's way off is the claim, under the story link, that "in 2005...invented the first Les Paul to feature a chambered body..."
Yeah, right. I have a 1998 LP DC Pro with a chambered body.
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Location: closely held secret | I though imitation was the greatest form of mockery... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | That's only if Stephen Colbert does it.... |
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Imitation the greatest form of flattery?
