Epiphone Masterbilt Century Series | Reverb Demo Video
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Drawing from their rich history of creating incredible archtops, Epiphone has recreated the big band-era guitars of old in the forms of the Epiphone Olympic, Zenith, and Deluxe. Coupling the style of their 1930s counterparts with 21st century electronics, the new Epiphone Masterbilt series is an unbeatable homage to the company's past.
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I'm an electric player and never cared a bit for acoustic guitars. I got one of these Olympics and long story short, it's the first thing I reach for at home and what I spend most of my time playing when I'm not on stage. Love it!
Do you still reach for your Olympic first? I have 8 nice guitars hanging proudly, others stored, and so far it's a toss up between my cheap but awesome old acoustic, my super loved and modded Squire SE and my new (5 years in a shop "new" ) '66 Century. I suspect in 4 years my EPI will still be a go-to for me.
Beautiful
Epiphone has really stepped up their game over the last couple of years, especially with their acoustics. I really quite like these.
TheOkayestGamer I still have a sg 300 XD
TheOkayestGamer But its quite good if you put new strings on Every while
They sound horrible
Love the Wes Montgomery - In your own sweet way. One of my favourites
Those are some gorgeous guitars
i just ordered the zenith classic f hole, vintage natural! cant wait to try it out!
Joseph Gordon Levitt + Jon snow = Guitar demonstrator
Wow, I want them all! So sweet!
Man, I want all 3 of 'em. Awfully sweet sounding, and looking, blues boxes.
Epiphone is getting up there with quality and craftmanship that equals and even surpassed some of the giants Gibson and Fender....
gibson just doesnt have quality control
yeah, just look at the union jack sheratons where the tailpiece and the red stripe are not parallel. Total joke
Maybe, in terms of quality control, but certainly not in terms of the quality of woods and components. These, for example, are not great. They have laminate back and sides and the solid tops are pressed, not carved, as the originals were.
Oh yeah, I gotta git' me one-a-dese!!! I like the model with the center hole.
sounds sooo good with some drive
Might be worth picking one of these up just for something kinda different. I like the headstock
gorgeous! heavy drooling here!!!
Django's Swing 42 at the end was a nice surprise
Great demo video you guys! Really appreciated 👍.
I've been looking to upgrade my acoustic guitar and I started researching mid-price Taylor's (particularly the Koa GS mini) and Martins generally. On Sunday, I went to my local music shop to continue my research and I saw the Zenith sitting there. I am a sucker for f-holes and arch tops in sunburst. I started jamming on it and I fell in love with the neck and tone. It sounds very nice. I want to see if I can try out the other models before deciding if this is my new choice of acoustic guitar. It's either these or a Seagull Maritime
40 seconds out of 6 minutes for the Olympic??? Of course, the one I wanted to hear.
Ronni Sullivan same:(
Oliver Aguilar:
What hate? First solid body Epiphone electric guitar was bought 54 years ago. Last Epiphone bought was the Masterbilt DR400MCE 3 weeks ago.
I play flat top guitar in the Bg genre. Took it to our bands jam session for under fire from Martin owners. No carping on any issue. Put a set of J 17
D'Addio strings tho. Epiphone playing their A Game on lo end acoustics IMHO
Sounds great
I'd love to get one without the active electronics.
Nah, you wouldn't... At least the deluxe I tried was heavy, had a stupid thick top and absolutely no acoustic sound. Unless you put passive electronics in it, it's going to be a useless pain in the back. These are all about the looks.
if sounds like that, me too
The only way you'll get any appealing sound out of it is plugged in
@@drewlee8756 And then you'll get a piezo sound from an absurdly heavy archop. Great :D I mean in case you stick with the original pickup...
@@deserterghost I regretted buying my deluxe, how they compare this junk to the masterfully built 1930s era epi archtops is beyond me.
The Wood Brothers! Great stuff.
I saw one of these at ishibashi shibuya, it looks damn good and it sounds the part too
wow great playing!
The Zenith gives me real Robert Johnson vibes
4:16 Oh hell yeah 🤘
About time!
why is there so much hate on epiphones?
good question oliver... I've no idea
one answer stupid people
because a lot of them are overpriced junk perhaps??
Brand snobs.
@@TheGalwayFarmer No, I think you'll find that is Gibson ;)
Do zenith sound like normal acoustic guitar without plugging in? I’m talking about round hole one. Thank you for your time and help.
Btw the clean shaven look of Joe is also good looking 😳
Why didn't you mic the archtops?!?!
Every other demo of these has been the same so I'm guessing they don't sound that great acoustic. They are probably laminate tops so wouldn't have much volume. The focus seems to be on the electronics. Acoustic archtops have always been a niche (jazz), of a niche (archtop), of a niche (acoustic archtop).
Actually the top is solid, as stated on the Epi's website
Same difference IMO. Sometimes you can get a good sounding laminate or pressed solid top, but the plates alone for those guitars cost twice what these Epiphones cost. So it could be a "solid" top but not carved. I would love to try one though, or hear a video where they play it acoustically.
I played the Olympic at my local music store. It wasn't the loudest but it had reasonable volume and it sounded phenomenal unplugged (I didn't play it plugged in at all)
They did! Check 3.10
Wow hearing it with distortion is exactly what I needed to hear and exactly the way I will use it. You take that shitty brittle pieseo and add distortion and it sounds legit!
I don't have a Masterbilt, but I do have a 2017 (end of 2016 line I think) '66 Century. Purchased new Jan 2022. So sat around the shops here in NZ for a long time....or somewhere else, then here. She's named Zola. Only a half thick body, but MASSIVE at the waist. Very light, very comfortable. Near Strat comfort somehow. About as big a body as they come, plus that tall Kalamazoo headstock. She's a big guitar. Chinese, but I think they're nearly all from China and it's a good factory. Fret finishing work was TERRIBLE, but I knew I'd sort that myself. ABS Nut is sad and has to go, but that'll wait. I almost understand poor fretwork finishing for price point, but other companies like Godin turn our nice frets for the money. Squires are finished better and are below the $1000 price point in my experience. The frets took me 10 hours and they're great now. It's a tough call but Zola might be my favs guitar. I do have some nice partscasters and mods that I built and am proud of, but Zola just sounds so good plugged or unplugged, distorted or clean. P90 is awesome.
Where are the volume knobs in the zenith guitar (round hole)
I own this guitar and love it. the knobs or wheels, rather) are located in the pore (round hole). You can adjust you guitar while playing easily which is pretty cool.
this dude looks like a more surfy joseph godon levitt
The Wood Brothers: Postcards from Hell
😊😊😊
👍👍👍
can I pls start a debate here? look I'm a kinda beginner but I wanted a new guitar with steel strings but I'm not sure should I go for a LAG or a epiphone guitar? pls help
I know it's a while since you asked, but I'd say epiphone. Hope I helped!
question:martin djr and epiphone century ,,how to choose....
What’s the last song he’s playing I know it but I can’t seem to nail it!
Not sure what the market is for these.My very first guitar 50 years ago(yikes)was an archtop called a Zenith--not an Epiphone though.We called them cello guitars back then.
Probably people like me who are into wierder looking guitars from the early 1900s I normaly play rock stuff but i have a soft spot for old jazz guitars but than again origonals arnt terribley expencive either as frankly the demand is near nonexistant
affordable? 700£ which one is the cheapest? help pls I would love one with f holes 😊
Want the olympic soooo bad
They look like nice guitars, but maybe a more traditional approach to the electronics would be nicer? Just put a floater on them
What is he playing at 4:16 man!!! Please help!
Cool guitars, nice review, great playing.
But that piezo pickup suerly does not deliver "true acoustic sound", sorry.
Which song is the first he plays?
what's the song played on 5:02
Swing 42 django reinhardt
I’ve tried a few of these in music stores. I wasn’t impressed. The sound seemed dull and muted. I guess I’m spoiled that I’ve tried a few vintage Epi arch tops from before they were acquired by Gibson. So much better, all solid wood and carved tops. The tops on these are solid, but pressed, not carved, and the backs and sides are laminate. I’m interested in an arch top as an acoustic guitar, not as an electric.
What is the first song?
West Coast Blues by Wes Montgomery!
Still got my olympic that i got from andertons. Still unplayable. Looks cool though
What song is playing around 1min30sec?
Wes Montgomery - In Your Own Sweet Way
Thank you so much Matthew :)
Hmmm. Not sure what these are supposed to be... dont sound remotely jazzy through the inbuilt piezo pickup. They dont really sound like regular acoustics either, although all the Epiphone demos seem to show singer-songwriters strumming them like dreadnoughts.
what song is he playing around 3:48?
Wes Montgomery West Coast Blues.
mattiboo thank you!
Sounds waaaay too bright to do justice to any Wes tunes IMHO. Good playing though.
A good comparison has to made made with same type of way to play, same song, not in this way
Get a G7 capo, money well spent !
I like how epiphone is hinting that these are somehow better than the originals, which is utter rubbish, the originals were much better quality, and sound way better.
WTF @ 4:20 wHy
when I want to hear the worst sounds ever, i always find a reverb review. Crap plugged-in sound.
and an epiphone lol
Agreed.
I’m sorry, I don’t want to be rude. But I don’t see any serious professional musician using these guitars. I think these guitars are for “wannabes”. I appreciate the effort and the creativity on building something with a vintage look that feels nice and affordable but I don’t find the sound to be quite attractive.
Stupid comment
These guitars look the part but the truth is they're absolute rubbish. I played three the other day at GC and they all sounded awful. Overbuilt and clunky. Don't waste your money.
What song is he playing at 1:30?