The bass was well put together, and was well balanced. I was have heard good things about it, so I tried it out. Yesterday I was at a local shop, and saw that they had the new Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar bass. The guitar does sound cool, and when I crank up the fuzz, it feels like I am in 1967. I have some parts coming already, but am still looking for original knobs and some trem parts. The narrow bound neck, and the odd shaped pickups convinced that this is actually a copy of a Vox Aristocrat My strategy worked, and she is now mine.īased on my internet research, I do not believe that this guitar is not a Japanese copy of any Gibson or Epi. I pointed out all of the guitar's faults, and then whipped out two $100 bills. So I went back to the shop, dealt directly with the owner. I also got an idea of how much it would cost me to restore. After doing some research, I found out that this "Epiphone" is actually a Matsumoko (Aria) built guitar from 1974-5. The price was $300, but I knew that was too much. The guitar had been well set up, there was no neck bow, and it played and sounded pretty neato 60's cool. Henway, they had this lil' puppy sitting there, with a a sign that read "USED: Must Go" and a bunch of missing/wrong parts (gibson speed knobs, Kramer (!) neck plate, no pickguard, missing tram parts). Well, I had no idea, until I spotted this at a local mall guitar shop: the kind that sells Samick guitars to parents who do not know any better. My birthday was coming up, and my Wife was bugging me: What do yu want for your Birthday? I mean, NOT a Guitar. So the next day I went back to the shop and dealt directly with the owner. After doing some research, I found out that this "Epiphone" is actually a Matsumoku (Aria) built guitar from 1974-5. The price was $299, but I knew that was too much.
There was no neck bow, and it played and sounded pretty neato 60's cool.
Henway, they had this lil' puppy sitting there, with a a sign that read "USED: Must Go" and a bunch of missing/wrong parts (gibson speed knobs, Kramer (!) neck plate, no pickguard, missing trem parts). Well, I had no idea, until I spotted this at a local mall based guitar shop: the kind that sells Samick guitars to parents who do not know any better. So my birthday was coming up, and my Wife was bugging me: What do you want for your Birthday? I mean, NOT a Guitar.