Epiphone ES339

[Jimi75]

Any hands on experiences here? I have played one some two years ago or so in a music store. It was a tremendous guitar and I couldn't believe this was "only" an Epiphone. The neck pu was a little muddy, but I think it was only that the heights wasn't correlty set up. Anyways, I would love to buy one very soon.

 

[Robert]

I have one.


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[Jimi75]

I have one.

...and I just ordered one ;-)

 

[Robert]

I don't think mine is awesome. It's okay, and I enjoy playing it. It doesn't have the deep tone as my Hagstrom Viking or a Gibson 339, but it's fun to play. I'm changing the pickups in mine to see what happens.

 

[Jimi75]

I don't think mine is awesome. It's okay, and I enjoy playing it. It doesn't have the deep tone as my Hagstrom Viking or a Gibson 339, but it's fun to play. I'm changing the pickups in mine to see what happens.

Yeah I think it's obvoius that some tweaks will have to be done. Pick Up wise I will chose another pair of handwounded Haeussel pick ups. The nut will be exchanged against a bone nut, but that's about it. It's a session and play the Blues at home guitar for me. The consideration to go for a cheaper Blues guitar is that I will sell/exchange my R7 Goldtop (no music related topic) and I feel I need something Gibson-like, because sometimes I'm just not in Strat mood ;-)

AND, this is my 40th birthday present (yes, I'm opening a new decade chapter today), so it's pretty cool anyways I think.

 

[Jimi75]

Mine arrived yesterday. The quality is excellent. I was surprised about the setup, nothing to do but tune and play. The pick ups sound really great and I like the neck one - not muddy at all. Today I will thoroughly clean the guitar and put new strings on. The playability is almost perfect, have to decrease the string heights a little bit. Also the intonation is great, I had nightmares regarding that but my worries were in vain. Further it looks beautiful and it is flawless. A little head heavy but that is a well known fact for ES and SGs. Will post a vid soon.

 

[Robert]

Congrats, glad you like it!


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[Jimi75]

Took my ES-339 out to band rehearsal yesterday. The guitar sounds so nice and fits so extremely well with Bluesrock. It cuts perfectly through the band sound and it stayed bravely in tune. Especially for the bluesier tunes this is the perfect weapon. Still can not believe the bang for the buck. The semi hollowness delivers something really special that forms the single note. As always you can not compare the bedroom sound to the real thing. This is where an instrument and alos an amph have to "survive". I am of course aware of the fact that my Two Rock is part ofthe beuatiful sound, but even at home playing the ES through a software based amph, it still sounds fantastic. Again, I am happy I made the move and bought it. I had no predjudices against guitars produces in Asia/India, but I know there's lots of "dumb knowledge" out there. I think these folks in Qingdao, China, where the Epiphone factory is located do a very good job. I definitely do not feel the need to mod something. Looking forward to gigging with the Epiphone.

 

[Jimi75]

Quick video, riding the neck pick up on a Blues progression...

 

[riverrick]

Nice job Jimi. Great sounding guitar.

 

[oldguy]

FanTAStic sound, Jimi! Both the guitar and your playing, very cool.

 

[tjcurtin1]

+1! Sounds terrific - Epiphone ought to sign you up!

 

[Jimi75]

Thanks guys. Will do a more detailed video soon. Just felt very bluesy today. Would love to endorse Epis, but there's so many great players out there on YouTube playing their Epis...

Anyways, the guitar is very inspiring and I love the fact that it brings some good old Blues out of me.

 

[Robert]

Nice job!

 

[marnold]

Listened to that on the YouTubes the other day. Sounded really nice! Hard to tell how much of that is the guitar and how much is the player. I vote both.

 

[Jimi75]

Thanks Marnold. In this particular video I really just played some random stuff, so actually the beautiful tone comes mostly from the instrument. It's a great sounding guitar and I will post a more dedicated vid soon. Only yesterday I have readjusted the neck one last time - I gave the guitar settings some days to grow on me and now I've found the sweet spot for both, the neck and the pick ups. Totally in love with that guitar. This is definitely the best bang for the buck.