Epiphone's questionable pricing strategy on some of its higher spec models seems to have backfired with prices now dropping and up to 40% discounts not uncommon. Now at just £799 this Shinichi Ubukata ES 355 was a steal so we bought it! 😁🎸👍
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00:00 intro & coming up
01:04 I bought an expensive epiphone
05:06 it's a cool looking guitar
05:56 what does it weigh?
07:45 neck profile & measurements
08:24 fingerboard, frets, hardware, etc
11:26 pickup readings
12:30 under the hood
14:26 this is what it sounds like unplugged
15:38 this is what it sounds like plugged in
17:50 the varitone
18:44 let's play something
21:56 let's play something else
24:22 volume & tone controls
26:44 let's play another thing
28:35 let's rumble!
29:20 back to me in the studio
29:45 a brief punk interlude
30:09 tea break announcement
36:42 let's talk about the guitar
39:42 too expensive in the first place
43:17 play out jam
Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune
Soul Food / Nobels ODR-1 / RAT
Boss DD3 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amps: Fender Princeton Reverb '65 Tweed 1 x 12
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools
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