Product: Kawai ep-200/ep-300
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
04/06/2008
at
06:45pm
by
Jeremy Miller
Features
:
8
1976 production model,
22 frets
laminated top
3 volume 3 tone
3 dynasonic style dearmond pickups
passive
unsure on the wood type
original sunburst
hollowbody jazz guitar
kawai style tremolo (thats very nice)
original not sure
tiny neck very good for jazz
Sound
:
10
Very well suited to the music I play (rockabilly/jazz/ country)
I have guitar crossfire analog delay pedal,ice box chorus, ibanez ts9 reissue, behringer distortion modeler, and morley pro 2 volume/wah pedal. Into a labseries L2 head into a 15" realistic speaker.
it does have a little bit of noise but thats because I rebuilt it and I'm not an expert with electronics
neck pickup is awesome for jazz with just the right amount of bass
Bridge pickup gives almost the exact gretsch 59' 6120 with dynasonics, great for rockabilly and country.
I love the gretsch tone and since I spent $100 dollars for this beauty I didn't care how it looked and I made this into what I wanted. I can't find a tremolo bar for it anywhere If anybody has one let me know (decoy3a@yahoo.com)
I dislike the frets they need a leveling done, but thats it
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
7
this guitar hasn't seen a factory since before I was born so I don't know how it was set up.
Pickups are great I have set them the way I want.
the action is awesome except for the one fret.
Reliability/Durability
:
7
I wouldn't put this guitar through to much stuff as it is old and is already starting to crack in some places. I use it live every week and love every minute of it.
whats left of the finish is fine.
strap buttons are great I haven't had a blow out yet
Now that I have fixed the electronics I can depend on it
gig without a backup all the time
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I don't know anything about kawai
Overall Rating
:
8
been playing about 17 years,
other gear( Eagle Strat, gretsch synchromatic, series 10 professional, fender princeton, labseries l2, crate palomino v16, 1972 silvertone solid state 3w, and a pignose reissue.
I would get another one if this one got broke, I will get another one anyway
Love the sound, action, and weight Hate the pots don't stay tight so they roll when turning them.
Compared to a gretsch electromatic, I got this one because it was hanging up as a decoration and it was cheap.
I wish it had a bigsby
awesome pickups from tiesco, anybody looking for that gretsch sound grab a set of these pickups you won't be dissapointed and you won't spent $200 on TV jones
