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Topic: 1937 Epiphone Electar with "the moan"
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Zayit
Member From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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posted 06 August 2002 03:32 PM
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=897090404 These are great little axes- I really like the sound of mine & this one is in better shape. They have a 1.25" horse p/u but it is THICKER than the Rick p/u of similar vintage. Anybody else with experience on these? |
Eric Stumpf
Member From: Newbury, NH 03255
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posted 06 August 2002 06:34 PM
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...one of the best sounding pre-war lap steels made! I have a 7-string model M with two tone controls (stock). It's surprising to me that more players aren't into these sweet-sounding but evil looking Epi's. Other Epiphone Electar steels of the same era without the unique pickup these have, sound somewhat unspectacular and maybe that has something to do with it. Incidentally, this model Electar was the nasty axe Bob Dunn used after retiring the home-made rig he played at the start of his recording career. Need I say more? |
Ian McLatchie
Member From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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posted 07 August 2002 05:01 AM
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Eric: I think the reason more players aren't into the horseshoe Epiphones is simple: they're too damn rare! You're maybe being generous to call the later Epi's "somewhat unspectacular sounding." The few I've tried sound just plain lousy. That's a real shame, because they're not only visually striking, but altogether some of the best made, most playable instruments I know of. A Model M with a horseshoe pickup -- that's something I'd love to own. You're not growing tired of yours, by any chance? |
Bob Stone
Member From: Gainesville, FL, USA
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posted 07 August 2002 05:38 AM
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Cool. Guess I've never paid much attention to Epis except for Willie Eason's, which is okay but not great. I do like the wide string spacing and un-tapered fretboard. It's great for slanted bar work.Interesting info about Bob Dunn! Wish I could afford to bid on this one. |
Zayit
Member From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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posted 07 August 2002 11:24 AM
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Hi Eric! Wow, a 7-string model 'M' that sounds yummy!Hi Ian: I got "turned on" to the Epi horseshoe watching Arlen Roth's video. He played a National New Yorker, an Epi horse & a pre-war bakelite on the video. The Epi horse had the best tone (in my unworthy opinion) for the blues riffs he was playing. So I watched till one came up on e-bay... Maybe Keoki or some of our other historians can tell us why there are so few. I've heard the 'patent violation' story, but the Epi horse is thicker than the Rick & blade-type rather than pole-type, so I dont think thats the reason.... Hey Bob- The wide string spacing was a bonus for me. All-the-sudden, I can do slants when I thought I was just too stupid before!  [This message was edited by Zayit on 07 August 2002 at 02:01 PM.] |
Jody Carver
Member From: The Knight Of Fender Tweed. Dodger Blue Forever
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posted 08 August 2002 06:01 PM
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Epiphone made great steel guitars,,great quality,,I had three of them. back then they were most played by the pro's. The brothers
who owned Epiphone disagreed on everything.
Thus the Gibson company took them over.The brothers were greek and tempers flared many times,,,,,too bad. These guitars were first before Fender and Bigsby etc. Im in touch with the grandson of the brothers and there is a nice book out on the history of
Epiphone. |
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