Finally played an Edwards.

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Went into a small boutiquey vintage guitar store today. In the presence of several pricey vintage LP's and Strats was an Edwards Goldtop for $800. That actually seems about 100 bucks too high for a used one, no? Anyway, i liked it but it was light, felt like a chambered or weight relieved LP. But other than the headstock the fit and finish was GREAT. Yes, it was as good or better than plenty of new LP's. It had a little buzz here and there on the neck but the action was pretty low and it felt like 9 gauge strings. I didn't get to plug it but it sounded pretty good acoustically considering the action was low with wimpy strings on it. :lol: :LOL:

For the price and what you get it seemed like a great deal. I have 2 Anderson's which i love, but i know I'll have to add a LP along they way sometime. I'll have to seriously consider one of these now since Gibson's are soo damm expensive.
 
I had a friend that had one and I thought at the time it was a cheap LP copy and then I played it and was blown away with the tone of it.
 
Digital Jams":32t8yj3g said:
I wish I still had the Sykes that I had, cool guitar.
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Which are the one's to avoid? I see those JP models at around $1000, they look sweet. And yes, those Sykes models look like goodness. :rock:
 
check out an Epi Elitist LP (I have one and love it). Great finish and fret job compared to my MIJ Ibanez Presting RG1570.

It's a heavy LP as well, the real shit...
 
danyeo":s5kioaz2 said:
Digital Jams":s5kioaz2 said:
I wish I still had the Sykes that I had, cool guitar.
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Which are the one's to avoid? I see those JP models at around $1000, they look sweet. And yes, those Sykes models look like goodness. :rock:
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Sah5150 was selling his Sykes awhile ago all upgraded and ready to go, that would have been a good buy.
 
I just recently picked this up and could not be any happier with the results!!To very little to dial in a killer setup!I did pick this one up from a forum member but it's not here yet :(
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danyeo":354b5rc6 said:
Digital Jams":354b5rc6 said:
I wish I still had the Sykes that I had, cool guitar.
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Which are the one's to avoid? I see those JP models at around $1000, they look sweet. And yes, those Sykes models look like goodness. :rock:
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Anything 112-CE and higher are the customs and upper models.
 
I'll take my Agile 3100 over the Edwards CE-112 I had. The Edwards was sweet but I like the Agile better.
 
jmgman69":2ib0tsfp said:
I just recently picked this up and could not be any happier with the results!!To very little to dial in a killer setup!I did pick this one up from a forum member but it's not here yet :(
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Oh dude, you'll like it! :D

As for the comparisons to Agile, Epi; etc.... there are no comparisons IMO.

Edwards is by far a better guitar for the dollar.

The only "LP-style" guitars that compare are the Lawsuit-era Ibanez' and Burny Super Grade
 
lookslikemeband":3ct0r800 said:
As for the comparisons to Agile, Epi; etc.... there are no comparisons IMO.

Edwards is by far a better guitar for the dollar.

The only "LP-style" guitars that compare are the Lawsuit-era Ibanez' and Burny Super Grade
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The Navigator series is better than the Edwards series. Don't forget old Tokais and Grecos, either.
 
lookslikemeband":21u2nzum said:
jmgman69":21u2nzum said:
I just recently picked this up and could not be any happier with the results!!To very little to dial in a killer setup!I did pick this one up from a forum member but it's not here yet :(
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Oh dude, you'll like it! :D

As for the comparisons to Agile, Epi; etc.... there are no comparisons IMO.

Edwards is by far a better guitar for the dollar.

The only "LP-style" guitars that compare are the Lawsuit-era Ibanez' and Burny Super Grade
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I played some Agiles when Rondo music was still here in Union NJ. I thought they were all crap, IMHO. I mean, really shitty guitars. Not sure if other models are better than the ones i played. But i played a bunch of them.
 
I'm extremely happy with mine. I want to get an Edwards gold top.
 
lookslikemeband":3967ikaq said:
Oh dude, you'll like it! :D

As for the comparisons to Agile, Epi; etc.... there are no comparisons IMO.

Edwards is by far a better guitar for the dollar.

The only "LP-style" guitars that compare are the Lawsuit-era Ibanez' and Burny Super Grade
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OK. I have no idea what I'm talking about. While nbarts and motorpud can both agree that the CE112 I had was sweet(they both also owned it), my Agile 3100 smokes it in every way. Sorry to hijack.
 
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