The semi hollow/hollowbody/jazzbox thread

[zhej]

Nothing wrong with MIC, let your ears be the guide.

Based on the stuff I've read I would also encourage you to check out some of the indonesian stuff as their factories appear to have a more stable tenureship with their workforce. I'm very happy with my Cort 335 (as posted above)

But do you think made in Ibanez that China made were all authentic?

[psychic_sushi]

But do you think made in Ibanez that China made were all authentic?

If your scoring it from audiophile, as mentioned, you can't go wrong.

But use your ears 

[zhej]

If your scoring it from audiophile, as mentioned, you can't go wrong.

But use your ears 

Is there anyway i'll know the authenticity? I mean with the use of serial numbers stuffs like that,or even in physical appearance?

By the way, how does it sounds?

[mahavishnu]

Hey anton, awesome playing on the song Josie! i like the tone you concocted there. eto pala yun sinasabi ni Tinnie na Pete's Place.
maybe i should name mine, Ygritte from the series. not from the book hehe

[psychic_sushi]

Hey anton, awesome playing on the song Josie! i like the tone you concocted there. eto pala yun sinasabi ni Tinnie na Pete's Place.
maybe i should name mine, Ygritte from the series. not from the book hehe

Hey erwin! thank you for the compliment and for checking out the vids.

Pete's Place is a cool hang out. werent we supposed to meet up and jam there a while back? I dont frequent Pete's as much as I like, but I'm definitely gonna drop by to jam in October. jam tayo!

Ygritte... kissed by fire! You'll be naming her after a wildling that totally rocks jon snow's world 

[psychic_sushi]

Is there anyway i'll know the authenticity? I mean with the use of serial numbers stuffs like that,or even in physical appearance?

By the way, how does it sounds?

I'm sure one of our esteemed forumites will have answers for you, I'm not too knowledgeable in that area.

I've played a good one back when audiophile was still at its old pioneer branch. the last one i played at market market didnt speak to me.

again, i encourage you to try a few and make a decision informed by your ear. sometimes even 2 axes of the same make and model sound very different.

[Mark Nolan]

Someone is selling a  "Class A" AF75 at sulit.com



Well, we all know what "Class A" means. 

Meron nga siguro talagang fake na AF75. Be wary.

[yetsky]

This is my mistress...Ibanez AF75. i love it... superb tone! and i'm looking for a hard case for it. does anybody have an idea where i could get one? thanks.

we have the same guitar bro 

... AF75, hirap nga maghanap ng hardcase nyan, option mo lang pa-custom ka or sa audiophile. Got my Gator Hardcase sa Audiostudio sa Megamall last 2008 pa. Goodluck bro 

[mahavishnu]

Or try a case for dreadnoughts or other acoustics

[sparkz21]

we have the same guitar bro 

... AF75, hirap nga maghanap ng hardcase nyan, option mo lang pa-custom ka or sa audiophile. Got my Gator Hardcase sa Audiostudio sa Megamall last 2008 pa. Goodluck bro 

Thanks man, but then i kind of changed my mind on the hard case, masyadong bulky my room is small as it is with all my wife's shoes, bags, etc. My man cave is now gone.. so i'm opting for a heavy padded bag instead.

[zhej]

mga sir,noob question.
Ano ba dapat ang string ng semihollow,i just got my af75 at nakakahiya man im not sure what string should be installed.acoustic or electric? And what specific brand and guage? Im planning to use 9's because i love string bendings, im planning to buy .9 elixir, any suggestions will be much appreciated. Salamats!

[yetsky]

mga sir,noob question.
Ano ba dapat ang string ng semihollow,i just got my af75 at nakakahiya man im not sure what string should be installed.acoustic or electric? And what specific brand and guage? Im planning to use 9's because i love string bendings, im planning to buy .9 elixir, any suggestions will be much appreciated. Salamats!

sir in my opinion, it depends sa type ng music mo, kung jazzbo ka, swabe ang Flatwound Strings jan guitar mo, warm na warm tunog nyan. kung blues or any other genre (hindi mo naman gagamitin af75 sa rakrakan e  kawawa yan ) basta heavy gauge strings sir 10s or 11s (kahit hindi flatwound). For me masyadong magaan ang 9s sa AF75, I'll go for 10s. Pero gamit ko GHS Flatwound 11s sa E-A-D strings tapos Elixir 11s sa G-B-E.  But still its your preference pa din kung ano swak sayo, hindi naman ako expert e  . goodluck! 

[manilacoke3]

Just got an Epiphone '59 ES-335 Dot VS Limited. So I welcome myself to this thread! haha. I'm currently stringed with 10's which is a Gibson standard but also thinking if 9s would work on 335s.

[psychic_sushi]

Just got an Epiphone '59 ES-335 Dot VS Limited. So I welcome myself to this thread! haha. I'm currently stringed with 10's which is a Gibson standard but also thinking if 9s would work on 335s.

9s might be too slinky and twangy on a short scale, IMHO. It's nice to have additional body and oomph on a semi-hollow guitar.

vegetablejoe has a les paul that's strung with 9.5s, which is a good guage for folks who are accustomed to 9s on fender scale necks (I'm assuming you're a 9s guy?).

[manilacoke3]

yeah, been playing strats and teles on 9s for a while now. but there's something bout that big airy tone that the 335 bears and i know the string gauge is a major factor. so far the 10s on the 59 feels like a freshly installed 9s on a strat, a bit tight and thicker too. I wonder how these 10s would feel when they get broken in? I'll have to try those 9.5s!

[the_Nong]

mga sir,noob question.
Ano ba dapat ang string ng semihollow,i just got my af75 at nakakahiya man im not sure what string should be installed.acoustic or electric? And what specific brand and guage? Im planning to use 9's because i love string bendings, im planning to buy .9 elixir, any suggestions will be much appreciated. Salamats!

in my opinion, well, based on experience.. if you are in standard tuning i would suggest use 10-46's. electric, since it's a semi-hollow electric guitar, Elixirs are not bad, they really shine (if you're not acidic), DR strings are not bad too.. but if you are in E flat tuning (like what i am in), i prefer to use Ernie-Ball 11-48's. Dunlop's are 11-52's kinda heavy, D'Addario's naman are 11-49's, kindi getting there. we should consider the 'tension' of the neck when installing heavy-gauged stings to avoid neck warping, etc.

also consider the tone factor of string gauges.

my two cents lang..

[Mark Nolan]

So, I put my AG85 up for sale coz I need some extra cash, but this awesome guy offered a deal I can't refuse.

I just couldn't pass it up. So I traded my AG85 with this:






AF105F-NT 

[fender101]

For the price (10K?) pwede na. I strongly suspect they are made in china and rj just stamp their name to it. the rj factory razed by fire years ago. they just import them guitars from china where labor cost is floor-level.

Actually sa korea gawa yung mga RJ guitars now-a-days. Bought an ESS-339 copy and it sounds good for its price And im planning to change the pickups soon 

[the_Nong]

my only "arsenal".. next to the 2006 epiphone black beauty 3 is her sister "Lucille"...

[giftmones]

Lol minsan nagblurred yung tunog ng es335 ko bat ganun.

[grasyaps]

Lol minsan nagblurred yung tunog ng es335 ko bat ganun.

i think thats the beauty of the beast. the hollowed body and the laminated top creats that rounded and almost half muted sound, which to my ears are the tone you should expect from one, at least for me it is. else, ill play a strat if i wanted it bright and chimey

[grasyaps]

had this.



but the the make was awful so i let it go. i did tell myself however that ill have one again.

[vegetablejoe]

decided to reward myself on my natal day last month. i had absolutely no plans of aquiring anything until I stumbled upon a gorgeous sounding Cort Source 335.
...
my wife just named her "Dany" after Daenerys Targaeryan, coz the fiery red color reminds her of the mother of dragons (We're huge GOT fans)

Congrats, Anton. And belated birthday greetings....

Hmmm, in that case I should name my natural blonde Epi "Cersei"... not that it's a tramp...

[giftmones]

i think thats the beauty of the beast. the hollowed body and the laminated top creats that rounded and almost half muted sound, which to my ears are the tone you should expect from one, at least for me it is. else, ill play a strat if i wanted it bright and chimey

So yun po talaga ang nature ng tone ng es335 haha di ako sanay. Hirap magadjust. I thought they wpuld sound really clean lol.

[vegetablejoe]

From a/b'ing 335's at micsis' shop once, I observed that some 335's are brighter than others; and some like my Epi Dot can seem dark-sounding.