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Originally Posted by 3rdwaverider
Your name implies that you are a surfer. Is that true?
IF so, I hope to be helping you out some day soon on my GP1800R HO! Good times ahead!
JD
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01-19-2021 11:53 AM
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When you can get past the “G” stigma on the headstock you can be greatly rewarded for far less $$$.
As usual Bro, a most stellar and beautiful rendition. Bravo !!!
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Dear Joey,
Great player for a great guitar. You've squeezed the best out of it. You know I own the same model and, just like you, I highly praise this guitar. This is a lovely guitar in every sense.
Best to you my friend.
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Originally Posted by Max405
John
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Excellent playing Joe!! Like I’ve said- you make any guitar sound great. The quality of Asian imports continues to improve and you can’t beat the value.
Wishing you many hours of enjoyment!
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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the frequensator tailpiece came from- frequency compensator!...
its designer for epi, herb sunshine said-
"i got the idea from the piano, which had different string lengths. i studied the harmonic content of the string at the bridge, and when you vary the rear string length, you changed the harmonics. it's simple really: changing the length changed the vibration patterns, and that changed the harmonics coming off the string at the bridge"
he used an oscilloscope to fine tune it!
epi marketed it simpler, saying- "the short fork on the bass side results in deeper tone. a longer fork is used on the treble for the extra brilliance desired"
the master guitarist, george van eps said- "the most openly logical improvement in years"
*quotes from the great epi guitar book- epiphone- the house of stathopoulo by fisch & fred
cheers
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Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
Thank you Bro.
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Originally Posted by Fred Archtop
The one thing I like about this guitar is its "even" tone across all strings AND up and down the neck. No dead spots.
Thank You Fred. Thanks from my heart.
Joe D
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Originally Posted by QAman
You are right. A young player can save for a month or two and get a really guitar right now. I guarantee I will run out of talent before this guitar runs out of capabilities.
Thanks again. JD
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Originally Posted by neatomic
I live up the hill from where George was born in Plainfield NJ. It was a very different time back then. Me and my son hike the Watchung mountains which is also in my backyard. At one time that was the best vacation destination in the area, because the was no malaria. When George was born the automobile made other parts of the area more accessible, mostly the New Jersey Shore - which basically put the Watchung mountains out of business.
George Van Eps was a tremendous player. Highly under-rated. Sadly he never gets much mention as he was not a single note player like Django and Charlie Christian. He basically played the piano on the Guitar. 7 strings in fact.. An absolute virtuoso.
JD
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Frequensators look cool and are supposedly sonically good but are unfortunately a bad design in the end. Not so much the thought of using forks which seems like a good idea, but you'll find more vintage Epi's w/a cracked or broken base than not. Maybe if they had made that part of the t.p. thicker/sturdier, but as is they're flawed. The hooks are prone to breaking as well, though I've seen less examples of that. Johnny Smith used one w/2 long forks when he had his Epi.
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Originally Posted by Max405
greater clarity....truer tone..eliminates deadspots!
cheers
ps- & nice appreciation of maestro van eps and his old stomping grounds!
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
the larger issue is some wound strings are too short from ball to silk...so choice of strings can be an issue...fortunately the great thomastik pure nickel jazz swing has no such problem!
cheers
ps- i'd imagine johnny smith changed his bass side to longer fork, over string length issues..he was a string experimenter..and often tuned his low E down to D...mixed rounds and flats etc
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Originally Posted by neatomic
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also the heavy gauge high tension strings of that vintage era probably contributed to that breakage..these days strings are lighter gauged and lower tension...big improvements in design and manufacturing
cheers
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Originally Posted by neatomic
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Geez, Joe, you make some beautiful music with this guitar. It looks just like mine I got in the early 2000s; but it sounds so much better in your hands. I've always said the neck is the best I have, and I've only played one better - on an ES-137 DeLuxe - the one with the Vari-Tone - that I passed up while shopping for a bass amp for my youngest granddaughter (I had just dropped 2k at that store the week before on a Golden Era D-18. I finally got an ES-137 Custom a few years later). I digress.
The Epiphone Emperor Regent remains a sleeper. A couple upgrades and you can have a first-rate gigging jazz guitar.
Congratulations, and play it in good health!
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Beautiful playing on a beautiful guitar. Nothing else matters.
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What are the differences (if any) between a Peerless made Epiphone Emperor Regent and a 17" Peerless Monarch with a floater, other than I guess the trim level? I ask because I think they'd be close, but the EER in good shape sells for a bit more than a used Peerless Monarch, which I find really fascinating.
Joe clearly knows how to pick 'em in both senses of the phrase.
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Originally Posted by citizenk74
I didn’t know you have one. Early 2000’s. Maybe from the same batch! I like the way the guitar responds to a soft touch and when I put the hammer down. I played it tonight. 25 arrangements straight through. Like a old pair gloves already. I am very satisfied with this guitar.
Thank you my good man!
Joe D
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
JD
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
I wonder if anyone here has one.
JD
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Originally Posted by Max405
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Joe,
Sounding great, as always! These Epis are great. My Korean made EER was acoustically the best sounding laminate guitar I’ve heard. A joy to play. May she continue to reward you for years to come!
Roli
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
16" 1920s/30s L5
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