
Moman adds thai he values the input of his musicians and tries to stay tuned in lo what they are feeling Although he plays guitar on both the Jennings and. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there.īy the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price). 135 Kay Parlor 1950s Sunburst Acoustic Guitar 1972.

These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. 125 Vintage Stella Parlor Guitar 1970s Sunburst, Made in USA.
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It is all maple, with rosewood fingerboard. From the country known more for tulips and windmills than 6 strings, Egmond deserves some recognition for the company’s significant contribution to the guitar universe. Once you have heard the stuff you won’t go back.Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required. It’s all about the look, the attitude and most importantly “The Sound!” And they have all that and bags of it. These guitars and amps and the recording gear they went through, create that sound we love, and can’t be recreated in a piece of software. Clapton recorded with Danos and Silvertones. Jimmy Page used a Twin Twelve in the studio. Jimi Hendrix’s first guitar was a Silvertone DC2. You then also don’t sound like everyone else when you use them and that gives you an edge. These git’s don’t sound like a Strat or a Les Paul. They’ve got bags of character, style and a sound that – to me – is unsurpassable. We will have the odd Fender, Gibson or Greatch but we will mainly be searching for Silvertones, Kay’s, Harmony’s, Danelectro, Teisco’s, Kents, and all sorts of little manufacturers from the golden age of guitar building. I’m really into vintage American, European and Japanese copies of the big brands and that’s what I will be mostly stocking instore. We want to import quality kit mainly from the US and Europe for re-sale in Ireland, the UK and Mainland Europe. Offer budding or experienced musicians and producers killer vintage guitars and basses to start with and in the mean time great we will be hunting down and finding vintage amps, synths, effects and recording gear. We feel that all music is recapitulation and a reinterpretation of what has gone before, that the only thing that changes is the perspective of the creators and the knowledge that a good tool will always hold its value and can enable someone to paint a picture relative and fresh in its time. We love the processes and tools used in the past and the present to produce great music.

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