Crapping on D'Angelico's? - Page 2

jzucker · #31 04-08-2011, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by teleman3726

You know, I played both recently - a MIJ and a MIK. Maybe it's me, I didn't find the former to be any great hell. The MIK was quite good by comparison. Who knows? :P

methinks you have an agenda.

FatJeff · #32 04-09-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jzucker

wow, that's not good IMO. At least vestax is known for really high quality instruments on the level of the high end ibanez guitars.

Think about it. Would D'Angelico really want his guitars made by Sammick? Come on now...Regarding fenders, that's a dumb comparison. Fender was known for making ultra cheap guitars using the latest and cheapest manufacturing techniques. D'Angelico was quite the opposite...

I take it you've never played a Samick. They are quite good guitars. I've owned two and both were great-playing and had excellent tone.

jzucker · #33 04-09-2011, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by FatJeff

I take it you've never played a Samick. They are quite good guitars. I've owned two and both were great-playing and had excellent tone.

Of course I have. I bought my 16 year old an RL3 several years ago. It sounded great. Nice $500 guitar.

ezeewmusic · #34 04-11-2011, 10:15 AM

I have played a MIK D'Angelico. Excel - 17" with the set-in humbucker. Guitar 'n Jazz has them. There are some minor issues with the finishing, but the sound/tone is very good. The set-in humbucker gives a nice fat Wes-like woody tone. I am trying to do a comparison with a friend that has a Gibson L5 Wes Montgomery.

jzucker · #35 04-13-2011, 07:45 PM

yeah, i think you're probably right. I guess the thing that bugs me is the new guitars that comins designed but somehow are associated with d'angelico. That just seems wrong to me but I understand that dangelico is a known brand label.

jzucker · #36 04-15-2011, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Posativek

there gonna lose even more value, because people will say that the jap ones arent as good as the american made ones. Then probably the american ones will lose money because people will say the jap ones are better.

The first time you used the term jap you claimed you did not know it was offensive. You were chastised multiple times for this. Now the only ignorance you can claim is that you are just that. IGNORANT.

P.S.

Try spending a few of the hours you are typing these messages practicing.

Reporting your posting...

teleman3726 · #37 04-15-2011, 06:48 PM

Apart from the odd ill-chosen word and one glaring grammatical error, what was so offensive about his posting?
I thought his views were - while his own - generally reasonable.

mr. beaumont · #38 04-15-2011, 07:55 PM

Agreed.

I edited the word out of his post. It's not excusable because he's done it before and was asked to watch it.

hot ford coupe · #39 04-15-2011, 08:42 PM

Thanks Mr. B.

Drifter · #40 04-16-2011, 12:10 AM

He'll probably get the Blues now.

M-ster · #41 04-16-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Drifter

He'll probably get the Blues now.

JImmyD · #42 04-17-2011, 03:57 PM

I purchased two of the DA's Excels back in 2007 or 2008. They are AMAZING instruments for the price point. They were the steal of 2008 IMO. Yeah they needed some minor setup work, but after that they became very well playing and sounding instruments.

Friends of mine (luthiers included) flipped over them and bought 4 more. They cannot to this day believe how good an instrument they are. These are pro players who have had their pick of instruments during their career.

The only thing that ever happened to one of these six instruments is the tailpiece fell apart on one of them. DA promptly replaced it.

I just can't argue against the DA Excels. Oh yeah, they even started sounding better the older they got and the more they got played...

YMMV,
Jim