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RevDrucifer said:
I'm hoping next year I can snag a white LP Custom, but what I REALLY want to do is grab 2 more outside of the white one to have refinished; one as a gold top Custom and one as a silverburst because I ain't buyin' a fuckin' Epiphone and I'm not spending $7K on one.
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Nice LP's!!!

Truthfully I wanted one of the white customs too or either the trans pink or the clown burst quilted maple 135's but this popped up in Houston at half the price of those. I already dealt with japanese shipping on the E-SA168, was a headache, so I grabbed it. No regrets. I've tested many pickups in that thing for someone of limited gear $ like myself the only problem is they all sound good in that guitar!
 
Matt300ZXT said:
I only advise people to get the sahweet dubbel kreem. But, that purple with gold pole pieces look right in that axe. Then again, I love
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Once I can get purple and gold it was just a matter of procuring the gold open face cover. The dubble kreems are sweet though, would've mated this guitar pretty welll. I actually need to wring that SD out for a while cause I swapped pups out of it into the Viper and just tossed those in there to fill the hole. The neck is a Seth bridge. I wanna try this combo and keep the pole pieces on the Seth low. They are always brighter than I like. I'd rather have a 57 than the Seth, that's my experience so far.
 
VonBonfire said:
Once I can get purple and gold it was just a matter of procuring the gold open face cover. The dubble kreems are sweet though, would've mated this guitar pretty welll. I actually need to wring that SD out for a while cause I swapped pups out of it into the Viper and just tossed those in there to fill the hole. The neck is a Seth bridge. I wanna try this combo and keep the pole pieces on the Seth low. They are always brighter than I like. I'd rather have a 57 than the Seth, that's my experience so far.
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I have faith you will make the right decisions, brother. One day, you will convert to strictly DiMarzios. And on that day, I'll be there to welcome you into the fold.
 
VonBonfire said:
Nice LP's!!!

Truthfully I wanted one of the white customs too or either the trans pink or the clown burst quilted maple 135's but this popped up in Houston at half the price of those. I already dealt with japanese shipping on the E-SA168, was a headache, so I grabbed it. No regrets. I've tested many pickups in that thing for someone of limited gear $ like myself the only problem is they all sound good in that guitar!
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Man, I got mine from Gakkido in Japan, all I did was pay the price on Reverb, no additional customs payment or anything (Gakkido informs you they cover it all and handle it) and a week later, 6 days if I remember right, the guitar was in my hands! The most work I did was chasing down the mailman because I found the delivery slip on my door stating they’ll be back the next day, to which I then started hauling ass trying to find them.

Dude was in another apartment complex and actually drove back to mine after he finished his route to give me the guitar!

This is what I’d like to have one refinished with-

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A little more sparkle than the average gold top color.
 
I've never played an edwards, are they kinds of like the burny and Orville where they are sort of related to gibson and can use the same headstock etc? Les Pauls are my favorite guitars.
 

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I hit the LP hard today. All day, just getting cracked out on my Paul knockoff. I need a better neck pickup cause this Seth sucks no matter how I slice it. It has to be a dimarzio since they come in purple and gold. @Matt300ZXT @JohnnyGtar air norton, liquifire, or SD2? Other? I gotta SD in the bridge, yeah buddy it sounds good but I wanna raise it a little higher tomorrow.

 
I'd go with an Air Norton. I was really close to putting one of those in one of my guitars, but went with 36th Anniversary PAFs and never looked back. I LOVE that pickup in the neck.

The SD/PAF 36th Anniversary is the combo in my Les Paul and that's probably the first time I've found myself intentionally playing rhythm parts on the neck pickup, and of course solos.
 
Matt300ZXT said:
I'd go with an Air Norton. I was really close to putting one of those in one of my guitars, but went with 36th Anniversary PAFs and never looked back. I LOVE that pickup in the neck.

The SD/PAF 36th Anniversary is the combo in my Les Paul and that's probably the first time I've found myself intentionally playing rhythm parts on the neck pickup, and of course solos.
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The liquifire seems a little smoover in the top end. I was trying to find some decent reviews but everyone had super strats not Pauls. Those both seem like good pickups.

JohnnyGtar said:
BLUESBUCKER - DP163.
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Thanks Johnny I'ma go look right now.
 
VonBonfire said:
I hit the LP hard today. All day, just getting cracked out on my Paul knockoff. I need a better neck pickup cause this Seth sucks no matter how I slice it. It has to be a dimarzio since they come in purple and gold. @Matt300ZXT @JohnnyGtar air norton, liquifire, or SD2? Other? I gotta SD in the bridge, yeah buddy it sounds good but I wanna raise it a little higher tomorrow.

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DIMARZIO BLUESBUCKER - DP163.
PERIOD.
THAT IS ALL.
STOP READING THIS AND ORDER A BLUESBUCKER RIGHT NOW.
 
Marshall Freak said:
I've never played an edwards, are they kinds of like the burny and Orville where they are sort of related to gibson and can use the same headstock etc? Les Pauls are my favorite guitars.
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Not related to Gibson at all, they’re a brand under ESP and at least finish work is done alongside the E-II’s. There’s ALL kinds of speculation on where they’re actually made. At one point ESP built a small shop in China and used to ship all the materials from Japan to China where they were built, then sent back to Japan for finishing. The latest ‘trust me bro’ info is that they closed the China shop a little while ago and only make them in Japan now.

Personally, I don’t care where they’re built as long as they come out like mine did. That thing is fucking flawless and there’s not a single aspect I can bitch about. The only thing I’d prefer is if they were finished in nitro.

They’re only allowed to sell them in Japan, which is how they skirt around Gibson lawsuits. Word is they’re going to discontinue their Gibson models because more are ending up in the States and they don’t want to deal with any shit from Gibson. There’s definitely a lot less of them on Reverb over the last couple years, brand new ones anyway. You can still get them, you just need to look a little harder and I know a couple stores won’t ship to the US anymore.
 
RevDrucifer said:
Not related to Gibson at all, they’re a brand under ESP and at least finish work is done alongside the E-II’s. There’s ALL kinds of speculation on where they’re actually made. At one point ESP built a small shop in China and used to ship all the materials from Japan to China where they were built, then sent back to Japan for finishing. The latest ‘trust me bro’ info is that they closed the China shop a little while ago and only make them in Japan now.

Personally, I don’t care where they’re built as long as they come out like mine did. That thing is fucking flawless and there’s not a single aspect I can bitch about. The only thing I’d prefer is if they were finished in nitro.

They’re only allowed to sell them in Japan, which is how they skirt around Gibson lawsuits. Word is they’re going to discontinue their Gibson models because more are ending up in the States and they don’t want to deal with any shit from Gibson. There’s definitely a lot less of them on Reverb over the last couple years, brand new ones anyway. You can still get them, you just need to look a little harder and I know a couple stores won’t ship to the US anymore.
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This is a great post, and accurate. My LP is one of the supposed 2009 "chinese junk" models.....like your guitar I really can't find anything to complain about with it other than it would look better with lacquer. It plays flawlessly. It sings. It has a perfectly fitted long neck tenon. It's very resonant in that neck joint area. The rosewood is chocolate not that pink stuff. One piece mahogany back. Thick maple cap but ultra thin flame veneer. Not very deep looking flame as a result. But I can live with it because tone.

I've also noticed the decrease of available Edwards lately as you mentioned. About half of what it was four-five years ago. I would love to have another ES and another LP. Had my eyes on that Jimmy Page lacquered/relic'ed the other night...killer. Has that sort of 59 burst look to it. I'd have to agonize between that or a custom right now, lol.
 
VonBonfire said:
This is a great post, and accurate. My LP is one of the supposed 2009 "chinese junk" models.....like your guitar I really can't find anything to complain about with it other than it would look better with lacquer. It plays flawlessly. It sings. It has a perfectly fitted long neck tenon. It's very resonant in that neck joint area. The rosewood is chocolate not that pink stuff. One piece mahogany back. Thick maple cap but ultra thin flame veneer. Not very deep looking flame as a result. But I can live with it because tone.

I've also noticed the decrease of available Edwards lately as you mentioned. About half of what it was four-five years ago. I would love to have another ES and another LP. Had my eyes on that Jimmy Page lacquered/relic'ed the other night...killer. Has that sort of 59 burst look to it. I'd have to agonize between that or a custom right now, lol.
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Man, as soon as I saw this ES I knew it’d be the one I’d get when I eventually get to the point of wanting one-

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The matte finish gives it a bit of a modern take while still being classy AF, IMO.
Hopefully they change course and just keep making them while telling Gibson they’ll try to keep better control of stuff. The second those get discontinued the prices will shoot up to over $2K across the board and THEN people will finally start shouting the quality of them from the rooftops.

I’ve had enough debates about their country of origin that I won’t even participate in it anymore. You can play any E-II model and very clearly tell they use the exact same finishing materials and QC, but ya get slack jawed yokels trying to tell you it’s impossible to tell the difference between the clear coats across different brands by the look and feel.
 
RevDrucifer said:
Man, as soon as I saw this ES I knew it’d be the one I’d get when I eventually get to the point of wanting one-
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Yeah seen that model before those are a nice looking guitar. Not cheap but not crazy Gibson prices. I go back and forth playing my Edwards ES and LP and they both just sound so good. The LP has that clarity and sustain but a semi has a sweet airy top end when you get the amp cookin' a little bit.

Some other Japanese ES guitars I've looked at but can't handle in person are the Seventy Seven brand. I was this close to a full Japan made Exrubato jazz full hollow thinline, buckers but dude wanted 100 more bucks and we were already at 2k doh should've just bit. Anyways, they were making full Japanese builds but now they have the "Japan Taste" models which I think are along the lines of Edwards type China machine, Japanese assembled. Their ES has a micarta fretboard, which I thought was interesting but the Tochi model is still a high end guitar. Here is the 77 guitars JT (japan taste) custom.

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