Is a 60's Epiphone Olympic a "Vintage Bargain"?
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- Hey friends,
Today I'm reviewing my TWO Epiphone Olympic model's from the 1960's. These guitars are GREAT value for the money and feel every bit as genuine vintage as a Gibson.
The first model I showcase is a 1967 model, and is up for sale on reverb with full list of specs here: reverb.com/ite...
The second is a modded 1965 model, weighing just under 5lbs, mahogany body and neck, 24.75" scale, single coil pickup, wraparound tailpiece, neck is a few mm over 1" thick at the 12th fret, the '67 is just a bit thicker
Gear Used:
(Guitars as mentioned)
Vox AC15C1
Shure SM57
Sennheisher E609
Aston Spirit
Apollo Firewire Duo
Pro Tools 11
Polytune Mini
J Rockett Archer
ISP Decimator II
Thanks for watching!
This was my first guitar. My parents bought it for me in 1967 for $70. The Epiphone tube amp that went with it was $88. The neck warped all to heck by the mid 70's. I still have the pickup in my collection of old guitar parts.
I own a 65 Olympic 2.
Its an awesome all original guitar that sits in my collection of over 150 various guitars.Havent looked at it years,but this video made me dig it out and have a look..Love this old actual Gibson built guitar.
Ive said the following about vintage USA Epiphones..
There was a time when Gibson built Epiphones in the USA .
"THE GISONS WENT OUT THE FRONT DOOR, THE EPIPHONES WENT OUT THE BACK DOOR "
so i went and bought one after watching this vid, i restored it and it's great. i copper shielded the pick guard and the inside cavity and there's literally no noise or hum whatsoeve, the shielding worked amazing on this. then i set it up with nashville tuning because johnny marr did that with his coronet, and it's super cool for that especially if you put it through loads of delay and chorus to do that whole thing..
Sounds brilliant thanks for the demo. I have wanted one of these for ages. I think it’s what Jon spencer plays from blues explosion. Great playing too thanks.
Sounds really good. A more single coil chunkiness. More open sound
Sick video man! Im about to get myself a 64’ in a few days !! So much of what you’re playing reminds me so much of a band I listen to called Counterparts, right up my alley!! Also fellow Canadian here in Alberta 🤛🏻.
it's surprising when you play the supersonic riff how oasis 'epiphone' it sounds tho
You sold me this axe. I only knew the modern version. What do you know about the pickup? it is a single coil all right, but what else do you know?
That's awesome! (Did i actually sell u mine? or do u mean I sold you on getting one of these?) There's not much info online about the pickups, after opening one up just appears to be a typical alnico magnet. A bit on the noisy side because A: its a single coil and B: pickups from the 50's and 60's or even just cheap pickups in general aren't typically wax potted etc. Not to say these are 'cheap' sounding, but they're not incredible by any means. Replacing them is a bit hard due to a unique string spacing/ routing size, I managed to swap a GFS hot rail into mine but had to use some spare pickguard material to make a wider base plate for underneath the pickup so that fits the screw spacing on the pickguard. Most of what I love with these guitars are the thick neck, vintage vibe and a good light weight overall. If you're going for the 'tele' sound its hard to beat a tele, but these are still a great alternative for the Gibson lover.
P.S. Sorry for the late response!
@@simonaustin1136 you sold me on buying one.
THanks for the info on the Pups, it is obvious it´s better to customize, and put my own.
I´m not going for a tele sound, I prefer a Gibson sound on a budget, hehe, and smaller, lighter, cheaper body. Thick neck, not a problem!
Keep safe (y)
@@fernandoreynaaguilar1438 for sure! Thanks for the comments, definitely recommend a hot rail or something for that intention, all the best!
I got my '66 Olympic as a parts-stripped neck and body for super-cheap on ebay, then set it up with Strat tuners, and a P-90 in the bridge slot. It apparently left the factory as a single-pickup Olympic, but was routed like yours for a neck pickup. Question: Does the routed neck joint on yours make it easy to bend it out of tune?
Epiphone is releasing this model again!
Where did you hear this? I would totally buy one
Not with this kind of pickup I don't think. they are re-making the Crestwood, Wilshire, and Coronet, which are this body style, but with mini humbuckers or P90s.