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Tony Lemieux

GearIQ 617 Joined Apr 2018 Contributed to 1 artist

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Nice small bodied acoustic electric 12 string
This guitar has a super fast neck, I upgraded it to be like a 335, burst bucker pickups, pick guard, and a graphite nut for better tuning, now it's amazing!
Great standard good sounding, good playing, solid quality, not too expensive acoustic guitar
This guitar isn't that bad, it's my spare acoustic electric, we set it up pretty well, plays decent, sounds decent, the other reviewer said it had a bright sound, I find it to have more of a bassy tone plugged in, maybe bright acoustically....
Love the look of it, very classic, almost gold top looking in the copper under the lights, hard to see the sparkle in dim lit lighting. Flat neck radius better for slide than standard radius. I thought it would be the closest to a Clapton strat with the maple fretboard, vintage noiseless pickups and mid boost electronics, and I was kind of right, though I really never use the electronics lol. I have pedals for that. Sounds really good, different than my 60’s model strat, less spanky I guess because of the pickups, they maybe have more mids, and they are silent👍
Just got this guitar and tried it at a rehearsal, might be my favorite guitar, and I own several Gibsons and Fenders! Looks great, plays great and sounds great, great sustain, it’s a very light guitar, about 7 lbs, even stays in tune👍👍👍I love the pickups, the new Probuckers they use are perfect. I’ve heard Firebirds are Strat Killers, now I know why, they’re bright and punchy enough to sound kind of like a single coil, but not harsh, and silent because they’re actually humbucker pickups, so they can also rock like a PAF. I could play a whole set of different kinds of songs without changing guitars, and did at the rehearsal, never felt the need. I also compared it to the exact Gibson model when I bought it(a used 2017) and preferred the look and sound of the Epiphone! The higher end Epiphones coming out of their factory are definitely knocking on the door of the Gibsons…
Pleasantly surprised at the sound and feels great, plays well for a 12 string. Pickups are very low output but have a very good sound to them, almost acoustic sounding in the chimey middle position. Quality not bad for a very inexpensive guitar, my first tele thinline type as well, love the resonance.
From the moment I picked it up it had that rich Martin sound! I had played a different version from the Road Series and liked it also, but wanted an electric with a cutaway. This one sounds fantastic unplugged or plugged. Sounds great fingerpicking, makes you want to keep playing it(the sign of a great guitar tome) Handles strumming very well too, not super loud like a D model, but still very rich and full. This is my first ‘nice’ acoustic I’ve owned, though I have many nice electrics. Definitely gets that Zep, Stones, CSNY ect. nice woody tone.
I replaced a very similar Epiphone Gold Top with a Gold Top version of this one. It’s very lightweight, which is good, it’s chambered, it’s also almost like a short scale but it’s not, it’s a big shorter than the Epiphone, but full scale, not sure how that works. It was well played when I got it which is a good sign, but not worn out. Feels good, despite not having binding on the neck. The neck is a slimmer depth 60’s neck, but also kind of wide width, pretty easy to play once set up. I swapped the pickups out because I like the brighter 50’s wound, but the stock pickups were good, about 7k reading. Love it now!
Mine is a 2007 Chinese sunburst model, looks perfect, feels amazing when set up properly, I actually love the unplugged sound a lot! I’m thinking maybe some of the Beatles recorded sounds around the Rubber Soul/Revolver period that we think are an acoustic are this guitar unplugged 🤔 But the stock pickups are way too high output with not enough punch and treble, very dull and woofy sounding, so I’m swapping them for some Lollars(on the way). The electronics are cheap also, might need to replace some of it…

Amplifiers 9

Just got it and played it for the first time, maybe the best sounding vox I've ever played!????????????????
I like amps on the edge of breakup, then adding drive pedals to go up from there, this amp is great when I get it up around 6 or so, but a little harsh at lower volumes, I think I’m gonna change the speaker to see if that helps, but love the amp 👍
Sounds like a good plexi, three power levels, very versatile, a great pedal platform, gets up to a light vintage amp distortion on its own (not a metal amp!)

Effects Pedals 40

Very transparent, and the extra drive boost works great too.
This is a very large versatile high quality pedal power from Voodoo Lab
It is what it is, a great sounding vintage analog delay👍 Bucket brigade for days, warm repeats, a little limited if you want a long millisecond of delay, but self oscillates pretty well.
This is a very smooth sounding fuzz, sounds awesome boosting other drives, even other fuzzes
I really don’t use the all strings at once thing, it’s too small and far away and I don’t see it that well, but tuner works great!

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