> I'm really a bassist (hence the Jazz Bass) and never owned a good guitar.
I was
> quite impressed with the Epiphones, the neck feels lovely with a nice low
and
> consistent action. It's by far the best guitar I've owned and after a bit
of
> practice I realised I am a much better guitarist than I had thoght (this
is of
> couse is relative). The sound is good, all for 40,000, although I've seen
them
> for 35,000. I'm not very tall, and although I am fairly strongly built I
have
> very small hands - Les Paul Customs and Standards are too heavy and thick
for
> me. The Studio is perfect, as an SG would be. I can't even play a
Precision Bass
> and the neck is too wide, I have to use a Jazz Bass.

I used to play bass quite a bit when different bands of friends of mine
needed a bass player and not a guitar player. I could do it real well too
seeing as how I'm a guitar player and always had it in my head how I WANTED
a bass player to sound behind my playing(loud,distorted,and obscene)but I am
first and foremost a guitar player. My hands aren't huge but I do dig the
bigger guitar necks than the smaller. However bass necks are a different
monster for me and that Fender J-bass neck is MUCH cooler to play on than a
P-bass.By the way,the neck on my SG is thick as shit.


> As nice as it would be I'm not prepared to pay 200,000+ for a real Gisbon,
there
> are so many other things I want - another synth and some better sound
equipment.
>

Yeah,I want to buy one of the new Fostex digital 8 track machines and they
are cheaper than hell right now but I really want this new gibby first. Me
and my wife have no kids and we live very cheap with her family so.....I
like good guitars.She likes traveling. We indulge each others whims on this
shit so I have cool axes. I just gotta find people who want to play old
school hard rock and metal and can do it on the nights that I'm not working.

What color is your epi anyway? I couldn't see the link for some reason or
another.

Brian