EPIPHONE MADE FANS WAIT DECADES FOR THIS & PRS CAN'T STOP RELEASING "STRATS"...
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Meant to upload earlier but got too caught up in seeing whether Slovakia and Georgia could pull it off lol. They couldn't 😢 Anyways, GUITARS!!
Pretty close for Slovakia though
Would have loved to have seen those teams in the quarter finals
As an English man I apologise on behalf of my national team for what can only be described as an “utter dog shit” performance… performances even
Bass is better. Im officially done with this stupid ass guitar suck off circle
Soccer is too boring. Suggested rules changes: Wider goals, no offsides, quarter point for shot on goal, can kick or throw the ball back in when ball out of bounds, penalty minutes like hockey (2, 5 and 10 minute penalties), and free substitution - meaning can re-enter at any time (again, like hockey).
"Ideally weekly" gets me every time
H...I just took delivery of a SE CE 24 satin charcoal this past Wednesday. I managed to find one that for all intents and purposes, is brand new. I'm absolutely loving the comfort and playability of it. Being up in age (60), arthritis limits which neck contour is comfortable for me. I'm working hard at getting some of my youth playing back, and having fun watching UA-camrs...you, Charlie Long, Robert Baker, Cam Cooper...SO many others out there helping me have fun coping with aging. Just wanted to send you a big TY shout; and keep on keepin' on🤘
I own an original 70’s Grabber and G-3. In the bass world, from my observation, they seem to be one of the most sought after and popular Gibson basses ever.
No way! That Epiphone G3 is my dream bass. I love how the G3 sounds and looks and Epiphone has been killing it with their designs. I cant believe how precise it looks to gat I have in mind.
More Hardtails PRS!!! That is my only complaint!
I always loved their wrap around
I'm with ya! I blocked the floating bridge on my SE Custom 24. Hardtail bridges would also make it easier to lower the stratospheric action PRS guitars come with.
Unpopular opinion: I like the design of the back of the bolt-on SE versions than the traditional PRS.
The Epiphone G3 is BIG
Yeah! Always great when askufish is back! ❤
I just got a New PRS Satin Vela for a nice deal on Reverb. Great Guitar. Pattern Regular neck is great. Vela is a hidden gem in the PRS lineup
I got a S2 Vela last month and I've never connected with a guitar like this. Truly incredible in every position!
Vela is the best PRS
I, for one, appreciated the PRS info dump.
The SE NF3 has a surprisingly tight modern distortion tone when cranked. I never expected that heaviness from a strat-based bolt-on! Especially when its clean tones are so pristine.
Great Content as always. One question; When is your baritone going to be released? im dying to get one!
A Grabber or G3 is one of my dream basses so getting one at a pretty decent price is very very exciting
There was a Grabber that made the rounds in my hometown. People kept selling it to each other for $100 whenever anyone needed money. Everyone who had it was in a punk or hardcore band at some point. I owned it for about 20 years before it finally went home to Chris Rhoades, current bassist for Jesse Dayton. But it's retired because it took such a beating.
Thanks for this video. Not interested in any PRS right now. Just still waiting for the SE Vela. How long do we have to wait?
Those pickups seem like the equivalent to the DiMarzio cruisers that have been around forever, they are pretty awesome.
you pretty much got it, doesn’t sound like a strat really at all, if you wanna get nerdy about it. it almost sounds more like a lipstick pickup. but like you said, it sounds good. i prefer it to a lipstick pickup and a lot of strat tones. a lot of the “weird” PRS and G&L pickups are actually pretty great sounding, just gotta try em
In my opinion, what PRS is doing with their SE line is one of the best things that could happen to the guitar world. A super top end brand selling cheaper import options but doing it heavily involved in their manufacturing, quality and finish? Bringing us instruments of an astonishing quality for under a thousand bucks? I got one of the first SE they released (Tremonti) and still enjoy it and appreciate it's quality, but when I play their more recent SE's at the shop I just can't believe how far they are going with them.
I'm pretty excited for the Mike Dirnt G3. Always wanted one, and funny enough one of my favorite basses is a limited edition silverburst Epiphone Thunderbird I bought in college, so I'm taking this as a sign that this is meant to be. I just hope its right around the Rex Brown model's price.
I still have a 1975 all original ebony G-3 that I bought in the 90s. Super lightweight for its size.
I just ordered a Kramer Barreta special, you should do a review on it
I played a Grabber in 1980. Wish I still had it.
My brother inherited a Grabber from a friend that passed. Looks pretty cool imo
Not sure if Hunter had already shown that HB in the back, but that color looks perfect on that guitar
i have 2 PRS SE models. swamp ash special and the NF3. great guitars. Im waiting for an SE version of the NF 53. that would be my next PRS purchase. if not i see a Mccarty 594 single cut in my future.
i won't be happy until epi releases V basses. ideally, shipped to my doorstep. in hot pink.
THANK YOU!!
As a PRS “fanboy” it’s irked me since the silver sky drama or whatever started that everyone ignored that they had made “strats” in the past, which no one had a problem with then.
I have a DC3, the SAS (which is basically the NF3 in swamp ash), and 3 EG4’s and 3 SE EG’s they’re such awesome instruments .. but no silver sky 😂
All these new SE’s are soooo good, I wish I had money again 😅🤘🏻I appreciate you covering this 🤓
Waiting for the new lineup of lp jrs from epiphone and Gibson. Especially the ones with p90s.
Alls I can say about the NF3 is you need to try one. Generally not something I'd mess with either. But, I gave the Gunmetal Grey with rosewood fretboard a shot. Had them send it in one of the new cases. Wow. It's not going anywhere. Zero regrets. Tuning stability is excellent, and I've got the the action so low its humorous. How it's not buzzing or fretting out, I'm not sure? Plays like absolute butter.
I feel like the Grabber has always been a sought after bass. Though I have one so I might be biased 🤣
I'm just excited to have a G-3 reissue at all, signature model aside. Decibel Sound Implements has made a handful of custom builds based on 'em (I have two) but it'd be nice to have something "official" that doesn't break the bank.
Regarding the Gibson RD's you could have a look at the Hagstrom Fantomen. They have good Specs, they do have the original 25.5 inch scale length and recently released 3 new coulours at a reasonable price. I got the Blue one and its a versatile beast! ✌🏻
The NF3 has a decent sound. Its giving telecaster over stratocaster, but let it be its own thing instead of a stratocopy. 3 humbuckers has a lot of variety in it
I love poplar bodies. There is something about them. They are heavier than alder, but they do not seem to accentuate any frequency (just like alder or white limba). It is harder than basswood and equally cheap. Hey, if it is good enough for Steve Morse, it is surely good for me!
There are two guitars in waiting for that WILL happen; Myles’ SE PRS, and Rabea’s Sterling Sabre. Next year, guys. Next year. At least Rabea’s confirmed his is in the works.
The grabber is my favorite bass ever made, and people want some pretty high prices for originals in rough shape
I prefer the bolt-on design of the SE line to the one on the Cores.
I want PRS SE to bring back the Kestrel bass or make an updated version. I love mine. They also need more options for their singlecut guitars such as more options with tremolos, maybe even a piezo version (since Epiphone dropped the ball on the previous Alex Lifeson Les Paul).
seeing the crack on the heel of the sky blue PRS DG really hurts my heart.
I still have an eg PRSse from Korea. Nice enough axe for me to have never sold it...one of the few survivors.
PRS SE right now is ruling the range in those prices. They are just crushing quality for value.
The first Grabber and Ripper i remember seeing were the ones Gene Simmons had in the early days...
The NF3 is stunning, I need one! The Silver Sky is probably the best “Strat” under a grand, until now…
I approve of your request for an SE Myles Kennedy model too, and I think it’s about time we get some new Tremonti models as the standard charcoal finish is kinda boring, and the older models (stealth / plain wood etc) rarely come up on the used market in the UK.
Any news on the Harley Benton V2 signatures???
Yes 😉
So long as the Epiphone G-3 has pickups actually based on the old Bill Lawrence ones from the 70s, and not whatever horrible sounding ones Gibson put in their last reissue, it should sound awesome.
Yeah a Myles Kennedy SE model would be awesome. Give Pringle another pat for me
The SE NF3 is definitely not a Strat or Silver Sky sound-wise, but it looks much better than the Core NF3 and you don't see a lot of triple mini-humbucker guitars outside of the Firebird VII, so it's still kinda cool.
FINALLY ALMOST TOOK 3 weeks
Heyyyy... give him some slack. He doesn't have a real job, so he has to tend to to his "honey-do" list.
We need a Timi Hansen Grabber bass
Gibson needs to make those Norlin era Sonex 180 Deluxe guitars again with just the bridge pickup.
Mike Dirnt was one of my bass heroes growing up, particularly his sound on Dookie was my favorite. The amount of money I'd spend to get one of these is unfunny 😂
What about the possible Epiphone in flames sig?
Stratish
I will from now on refer to scale length as "chug potential" 5:18
“Lesser known bass shapes”?? Are you high?? lol
That’s literally one of their most legendary basses EVER. The Grabber & Rippers have been played by some of the biggest artists ever for decades.
I really hope they will re-release the Ripper as well! The G3 is an awesome bass, but my favorite is the Ripper. However, I doubt that the pickups will be anything close to the originals (which are 99% of the reason to get a G3 or Ripper).
In all honesty, the NF3 looks like the non-Signature version of a Silver Sky, exactly like PRS did with the NF 53 and Miles Kennedy.
HELL YEAH! MY QUESTION MADE IT IN! PURPLE EVERTUNE GAAAANG!!!
I’d be interested in seeing a Myles Kennedy SE, but overall, I’m a little sick of PRS. The value just isn’t there anymore. I’m actually selling a few that I don’t ever plan on replacing right now.
'78, my bro! Gibson introduced Silverburst in '78, not 1979.
as a big fan of all the idiosyncrasies that come single coils, I kinda hate the NF3s, but I don't think that that inherently makes them bad. I like humbuckers for the output and sustain, but I often find that they feel too neat for a lot of my playing, while single coils feel a lot rowdier to use, but they sacrifie a lot of that output and sustain. So while I feel like it does sounds like a single coil, it sounds far neater than a regular single coil, at which point I'd rather just play humbuckers to at least push my amp a bit harder.
When can we buy your signature guitar?
I think PRS is doing great for the most part. Im still salty that my Mark Holcomb SE didn't come with locking tuners when I bought it. Granted I did buy it when it was on sale for 20% off but the fact that its been this difficult for me to find locking tuners in the right color for the guitar is really irritating me. Don't get me wrong,I still love my Holcomb SE,thing sounds good in Drop C,B and even A#,but the lack of availability of locking tuners for it especially in the right color kind of hurts it a but in my opinion. I've just about done every single thing someone has recommended for me to remedy this situation but the problem persists,even 7 months after buying it. Come on PRS,stop making it this hard,dammit
Locking tuners are a non issue. They mean nothing. 11/12 guitars I have don’t have locking tuners. And the one that has them is faster to restring. Thats it
@Ottophil if it's a personal preference then I do believe it's an issue. While it maye be a non-issue to some,I think it's more subjective than anything
So I assume Mike has left fender?
Hard sell on the like button. Here ya go.
Vaccaro guitars is bring back the aluminum neck basses. They made by people who were in charge of Kramer in the 70s and early 80s.
I always associated the Grabber with Gene Simmons so it would be really cool if Epiphone re-released it.
Never met a PRS pickup I liked
Epiphone does have a natural and Ebony single pickup grabber, seen it load on a website. But just the pic showed up no price or specs. It was non movable humbucker though.
The last reissue had a sinle Thunderbird pickup in the 'sweet spot', can't say that'd rock enough. Great for modding though.
@@YokRzeznic looks like epiphones version of a MM type humbucker. Looks to be wider than a thunderbird. Has a switch for coil splitting too.
@@sinakaedwards2009 Mustn't have got them in my country!
@@YokRzeznic The Epiphone grabbers have not been released yet. They will soon though.
@@sinakaedwards2009 ok, it's hard to follow what you're saying
Thanks for being the middle man between me and the industry so I can retain my nearly dead level of gear acquisition syndrome.
Had zero interest in a Silver Sky since it was an unabashed Strat copy, but I have serious GAS for an NF3
Need G3
the grabber is $999, original headstock but no movable pickup, anyways it’s going to be sick
Where is the video for charvel phil sgrosso
Paul is rushing everything into production because he's starting to realize that switching from WMIC to Cor-Tek isn't going to end well; tried to warn people, no idea why but they didn't listen. Cort will never be a good company, they moved to Indonesia because they weren't allowed to produce in Korea anymore. You know you're an S tier jerk when you get kicked out of KOREA for human rights offenses.
Cort/Cor-Tek - JUST SAY NO.
Didn't Gene Simmons play a Ripper bass in the early days? It's on the front ALIVE album cover
I’m sure that Grabber is gonna cost 1400. Oi.
I wonder what tonewood those Strats have in em?! Do we know.
2 minutes ago? That's crazy
8:04 People love to talk down on poplar, but that’s what EVH’s Kramers were made out of. Food for thought.
You can say the same about Basswood, which comes on very expensive EBMMs, but it's the fact that they're so cheap and soft woods that are used on the cheapest of cheap guitars when they don't want to opt for Alder, Ash or Mahogany.
HE REMEMBERED HIS PASSWORD
No PRS has sounded strat to me… my sky is getting new pups cuz they just don’t chime. JM explains how they are ‘mellow’ like a vintage Strat… you can hear the diff when he changes guitars live- lifeless in comparison, but a PRS neck is gold for me, best of both worlds.
The NF3 doesn't sound like a proper single coil. You can definitely tell it's not.
Also, the neck pocket in the NF3 guitars is routed way too large. That quality issue is what made me pass on getting one for now. Hopefully that gets resolved soon.
It's not a long time to talk about bass... not all of us want to dwell on shred & chug. More power to whatever ya fancy, however.
Man the straight bridge pickup on the NF3 looks whack
How do I even pronounce the name. Agufish or Ajufish?
Thoughts ?..Yes, no...wait..whaaaaaat 😅
Come om Epiphone? much thanks for the new models finally listening aftrer a decade and a half to your customers. Dont continue to follow suit to were after you get it right we have all gone elsewere. we want sliding pickup on bass, we want the different scale length on the RD, We want the weird/quirkey Norlin specs! I mean isnt that the point. Thanks for the latest inspired by Gibson collaberations. P,S. make the Norlin specs. available as well as sliding pickup on the Grabber!!!!!!!!
American Musical Supply has them for $1,000
In my experience Basswood is even softer than Poplar and picks ups dents and dings easily. That’s one reason why I stick away from Basswood guitars no matter how good the reviews. Basswood guitars with poly finishes just don’t look great when they pick up battle scars, they just have unsightly cracks. But YMMV and maybe Basswood with nitro acquires a good patina over time.
Every other company releases a strat copy and world rejoices. PRS releases strat copies and everyone loses their mind.
Not into PRS, so I remained my calm usual self.
@@maidenthe80sla same. I’ve seen guitar players beg for something slightly new or different and when someone does it they burn it down and go back to the same old stuff they were complaining about.
Babyyyyy
That PRS is NOT Strat sounding. There is not any bell like chime. All faux takes on a Strat PU are the same. They sound very bright but nothing else. Zero chime!!! A Firebird has been doing this bright thing for decades but though it is extra bright 99% of most guys still think they are just a mini HB without screws popping thru the plain PU covers.
PRs pickups just leave so much to be desired…I don’t understand the hype 😫
Now I'll be honest - i tried a truckload of PRS 's out, and I've come to the conclusion that they have no soul. Understand; i don't say this to be mean! One was just very much like the last, how do you get excited about homogenous sameness? I know, I surely can't.
Poplar is an inexpensive wood that dings easily. Most inexpensive guitars are made of poplar. It looks like it has maple neck and rosewood fret board. Again alot of inexpensive guitars have this too. So my question is how is the NF 3 worth $800. Are the pickups that expensive? They sound okay in my opinion but to me this guitar is not worth $800. I don't see anything special about the pickups. They have to be what is making this guitar so pricey. I can get an inexpensive guitar with a poplar body maple neck with rosewood fret board and regular inexpensive pickups for a whole lot less than $800. Yea in my opinion PRS can keep the NF 3. I will not be purchasing one.
Prs se is going after Epiphones fuckin throat rn
I've always found the Grabber bass just ugly and not cool. Just my opinion. Looks like a Boat anchor.
I am also a totally nonbiased and unabashedly shameless Alter Bridge fan who agrees that WE NEED AN SE MYLES KENNEDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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