jmkoeln's forum posts 2

Now i got a quote from the Guitar shop........ and i estimated very optimistically.......

The price will be 700,00 to 750,00 Euros - dependig on how challenging the change of the potis turns out to be.....

That obviously exceeds the budget - but in my case...... i will take that bit of a pain and make this little dream come true:-)

Hi there!

I fell in love with the idea of rewarding myself with a small-size-semi-hollowbody guitar.... For what? I dunno! Just because i'm nice guy that needs a proper guitar:-)

The szenario: about 600,00€ (+/- 675 US$ or 525 GBP) for a ready-to-play guitar & Case. Yet it's to be played with a Bugera V5 infinity but i will get me a decent 5-15 Watt tube-amp on occasion.

The competitors: EPIPHONE ES Pro GRETSCH 2655

What i know yet: I played both (amongst dozens of others) in a large store and if i remeber right, there was little to complain about the EPI ES 339 PRO, excepting the fretboard - wich lacked the fine look and touch of the rest of the body. Alas the guitar was in a poor condition due to exessive showroom-use. The GRETSCH felt great in my hand, especially neck and fretboard were just awesome. But the potis for pu-volume reacted kind of peculiar...... very silent till 9-o-clock position and then the boost up on the last quarter of the turn, wich makes it kinda hard to experiment with the pu-ballance.

What i don't know: I really can't remeber wich of them sounded better unplugged. Since i only amplified them on the same little Bugera i own, i can hardly tell too much about the sound in detail, but with either of them i found some sweet spots.....

NOW:

If i'd buy the GRETSCH i would definitely change the volume-potis and most probably the poti-knobs, since they are just ugly!

If i'd buy the EPIPHONE i would change nothing - but that doesn't make the fretboard better...... don't get me wrong - this is still a decent and well made instrument but it felt surprisingly "rock n' roll" under my fingers.......

So with some changes made and safely placed in a Guitar case the GRETSCH would cost me some estimated 650,00 Euro-Bucks.

The EPI would be ready to go below 500,00€

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? DOES ANYONE OWN ONE OF THES GUITARS AND CAN TELL SOMETHING OF IT? IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE GUITAR YOU CAN RECOMMEND?

Thanx for participating!