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Here's a Peach Guitars YouTube video featuring the reissued Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe Regent. I wonder what it sounds like without the foam pad between the bridge and the top of the guitar?
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07-18-2023 10:55 PM
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It certainly looks the part, but don’t you think it sounds quite thin and stiff in that video? (despite that the guy demoing it can play).
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Oh my. This is too cool. If this guitar was available when I bought my Broadway, I would have bought it instead. Sadly, I don't get along with 17" archtops.... It would be cool if the NY pickups were authentic recreations, but I know that's too much to ask. They even got the old carousel knobs! When I had my broadway, those became available on the aftermarket, and I put some on it.
It's a shame they didn't go with the {COOL} original selector switch.
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It sounds pretty bright, but they are mini humbuckers after all, and it looks like he has the tone up all the way. It also sounds like the guitar could be set up better, likely needing a light fret dressing also. It sounds to me like there are some areas of light fret buzzing occurring in the Peach demo.
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It doesn’t appear to have the nice arched top like the original.
The top looks dead flat.
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Weren't classic Epi's always on the bright side, due to their thinner tops ??
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I like the tuners. The finish is almost orange. Original Deluxe models didn't have this dark of a finish. It would have looked more like the original with the Frequensator tailpiece. The pickups look funny without the pole pieces as on the original Tone Spectrum pickups. Clear round plastic tone controls would have been cool instead of the white plastic ones. So much for originality. I'm glad to see Epiphone is making archtops again but it seems like just an impression of a vintage model, not an attempt to replicate it.
Last edited by zephyrregent; 07-19-2023 at 09:33 PM.
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Sounds awful to my ears. I’ll pass.
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Oh man... I missed that. Not that I was going to buy one, but I definitely wouldn't be buying one now. Strange they would do that, with the Broadway currently in production (or perhaps just out of production?) All they had to do was make a Broadway with different pickups and knobs, basically.
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I guess the originals have their following but while the actual guitars seem fine I always felt the pickups were substandard so I've avoided electric Epiphones over the years. I think Duke Robillard uses them but swaps out the pickups.
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My my, are we finicky! The guitar sounds similar to the 50s originals to me. Roundwounds, and what do we know of the amp, speaker and settings?
"No recurve" - show me a non-hand carved guitar that has it. The tops of the '50s versions on videos look flat with a pressed bubble in the middle.
We know that Epiphone has been capable of producing excellent - for the price and in absolute - laminated archtops in Asia. Why they didn't go straight to a 175 reissue beats me. Perhaps the new Broadway and this Zephyr are just testing the waters in anticipation of the 2K+/- sticker shock that comes with the new 175. But if the product is right, the price is ok.
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Looks wise I’m starting to GAS for Epi’s more than Gibbos these days. They look bloody lovely. Tonally, I’d have to try one.
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Zephyr DeLuxe Regent
Broadway
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I ordered one today. I am an absolute sucker for throwbacks. I didn’t live through the 40’s and 50’s, but I’d gladly swap them for today’s society!
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Only marginally related but here’s my Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe. It used to belong to tk smith (he did the mod). Long story short I’m with all the Epiphone lovers. And yes I’m in favor of swapping the pickups. The aesthetics are unique and beautiful. I really wish Gibson chose to let Epiphone keep identity and heritage as a high end guitar brand rather than just making it the discount brand of its product. Imagine seeing more guitars as beautiful as this being built today.
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