[kj] Look Familiar? 295 options

[fatpotanga]

Cheers Todd,
Times must have been bad to have had to part with them :(

The Epiphones always put me off with the bigsby and the colour - they should
have done an 'aged gold'

Just found these bimbling around the net
Wanna blue one..?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=47064&item=73122995
44&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V

Or one for your fridge...?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33025&item=73123623
31&rd=1&ssPageName=WD2V


On 4/4/05 10:12 pm, "fluwdot at earthlink.net" wrote:

> <<what do they actually play like?>> fat pot
> 
> 
> the real es 295??
> they play very nicely. all notes have a very rich ring with equal
> tension and volume across all strings. hence the bells of horror and
> grace!! one's picking hand attack becomes very natural and develops a
> subtlety that is exquisit for rhythm approaches and dinosaur sized
> funk and twang.
> 
> of course they have sustain for eons and likewise feedback more than
> other guitars. hence the roar of tyrannausaurus rex sized bells
> tumbling down on the village of infidels!!
> 
> if anyone is considering getting a knockoff, i.e., reissue gibson or
> epiphone, let me caution, yes fatty pot, i have had one, or two,,,
> 'err both and ... they will not sound like geordie's!
> 
> the new ones are not constructed the same, with the gibsons -
> fingerboard overlays are glued onto the top so the vibration and
> response is different. with epiphone the dimensions are off, both on
> the body and the headstock, causing different responses for both
> tension and resonance. of course the all important missing feature is
> the tailpiece which has a remarkable effect on the response, tone and
> character of sound this guitar creates. however a gibson reissue with
> an old or new old stock wrapover bridge tailpiece will pretty much
> get the tone to satisfy most.
> 
> if you have a classical guitar, like the alvarez rc20sc :
> http://www.guitarstop.com/Alvarez/RC20SC.htm
> 
> (got mine for 150 US)
> 
> then you have cheap beater that feels/responds very much like a 295
> with high access for kings and queens, the wait, song and dance -
> minus the punch of the arched-top.
> in fact the 295 was designed as the first and still only, electric
> spanish guitar, and that is basically how it plays. anyway with a
> classical you can sit around the house playing geordie licks and be
> very much in the neighborhood of walkerville. just add vodka!
> 
> the best blue collar option that i know of for one seeking the
> electrified version of that roaring bell sound is acquiring
> an early to mid 60's gibson es225cd. costing around 1,800 US, they
> are built to the same dimensions as 50's es 295 and 175's. they have
> p90's, yet have no aesthetic eccentricities like the more expensive
> models. the only modification you would need is a wrapover tailpiece
> instead of the standard fair. much better than shelling out 6 grand
> 
> you can purchase the tailpieces occasionally on ebay for around 100
> US. 
> 
> 
> or go over the top like myself:  i puchased a vintage tailpiece and
> am using it as a model to remanufacture these tailpieces for some of
> my own guitars and am making progress.  thanks to a relative with a
> machine shop.
> 
> viva le golden harp
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> 
> On 4 Apr 2005 at 18:23, fatpotanga wrote:
> 
> Slobbers at all the 295 pics.
> Having never touched one, what do they actually play like?
> Todd, didn't you used to have one?
> Actually Cliff's played THE one...
> 
> Envious sigh...
> 
> 
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