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Picked up a blonde Triumph Regent to keep my Deluxe company. Where's my Epiphone peeps. Lol show some love
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07-22-2020 10:46 AM
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Nice.....2 great looking Epiphones!
I can relate....
I have a '49 Triumph Regent and a '49 L-7c and there is no #1 .
I love how distinctly different they sound acoustically.
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Nice!
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I've sworn never, never to buy a guitar again. Except, just maybe, a vintage (drool) Epi. Fortunately, I won't stumble on those here on the Tundra.
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Amazing group fws6....
It's apparent that you know what you like!
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I love my 53 Triumph Regent! I owned a 49 Triumph "Cutaway" (that's what the label said-before they came up with "Regent") and unfortunately had to trade it for a gigging guitar back around year 2000 (a Parker Fly Artist-fine instrument that kept me in beans and rice). When I was able to afford it, I wanted something similar and this 53 came up. She's my go to teaching guitar and I also use it unplugged in a intimate lounge/bar gig we play.
Best wishes and enjoy it in good health!
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What a wonderful instrument! Congratulations, and play it in good health!
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Wow! Just wow!!
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Congrats! May she inspire your playing for many years to come.
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To djangolang19....
Glad your post brought a few Epiphone Triumph Regent players/owners out into the light!
How does the sound of your Triumph compare to the Deluxe?
I've always thought highly of the various shapes and sizes of the Triumph models through the years.
Here's a look at my '49......with a '47 Spartan for company.
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Hey thanks everybody, glad to hear theres other Epi fans out there. you guys got some really awesome guitars. zizala.... the Deluxe has a very sweet sound more warm and mellow but with a tremendous rhythm sound. Real fluid and rolling sound when strummed at tempo but also very rich and warm playing solo guitar ala chord melody. The Triumph is still very new to me but early impressions is that they are worlds apart in a great way. The triumph is louder surprisingly and more punchy, it sounds so big. It almost sounds as if it has a built in reverb, its very cool. How does your Triumph compare to your
L-7?
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djangolang19....
Tough to verbalize the comparison and someday I'll have to get set up and learn to record and post some sound clips.
Right now I have the L-7c set up to play amplified with D'Addario EJ-21 12-52 nickel round wounds.
The Triumph Regent has a set of older 12-53 phosphor bronze strings.
So those things alone do have an effect on an accurate comparison at this moment.
But from my experience in general terms the Epiphone is more midrangey with fatter sounding wire strings.
The L-7c seems to show a little more bottom on the bass side and a little more "string" on top....a bit brighter in the middle.
Overall for me hearing it as a player the Triumph seems like a louder, more projecting instrument, but out front it might not be the case....and the Gibson's brighter edge might actually have its advantage at times.
I'd really have to set these both up for acoustic play to be fair.
They both sound great to me....guess thats why I have too many guitars!
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Lol yes same here. It's an obsession but one I'm happy to have. How do you like your Spartan? The 16 inch Epiphones interest me. That's probably my next endeavor lol
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Could you please contrast the sound of both instruments?
Originally Posted by zizala
To djangolang19....
Glad your post brought a few Epiphone Triumph Regent players/owners out into the light!
How does the sound of your Triumph compare to the Deluxe?
I've always thought highly of the various shapes and sizes of the Triumph models through the years.
Here's a look at my '49......with a '47 Spartan for company.
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Referring to the busy "The Death Of the American Archtop" thread, just a thought: reintroduction of USA-made Epiphones. Godin proves that it's possible to make a decent laminated archtop, i.e. the 5th Avenue, for well under a thousand dollars in North America. This should be possible for Gibson, too. If they want to protect the main brand's pricey image, why not use Epiphone? I'm sure an ES-125, ES-150 and/or ES-350 style "Historic" American Epis would make a lot of Forum members happy and willing.
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