This episode contains the 'which SG' quiz answers plus a lot of childish mucking about and fiddling with a fundamental yet highly effective 'amp switching' system as we hear what 3 different guitars sound like through 4 popular small tube amplifiers... sounds like fun!!

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When Epiphone dropped this Blonde Bombshell on us late last year I resolved to resist the inevitable GAS attack. Too much cash for an Epi SG I told myself. Repeatedly. Then a dealer dropped the price by £48 and that was all it took. Let's find out it if was worth it!

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It's affordable guitar review time this week as we take a look at the Epiphone Casino Worn in Olive Drab. A look inside the pickup cavities leads to a mystery surrounding another famous YouTuber which will never be answered. In the play-out we forget that we can't actually shred.

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This week we try three more sets of pickups including a set of Burstbuckers which we robbed out of the Gibson enabling us to do a back to back comparison. Is it true that different mahogany, headstock logo, and $3000 don't make any difference to the tone?... well let's find out!

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A film of two parts.... first off we fit a 50's wiring loom before trying out two sets of custom wound PAF's through some hot tubes. It was a bit emotional but ended on a high with some great tones and a few lessons learned on your behalf. Join us to see what happened!

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Telecasters to the rescue this week after our planned production failed to inspire and plan b became mission impossible. But you can always rely on a Telecaster to get you out of trouble and we are lucky enough to have four that have a story to tell. Join us to hear them guitar nerds!

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This week we got to spend some quality time playing our fab four semi-acoustics as we start looking at alternatives to the ubiquitous es-335. Each of these models offers quite a unique and individual voice so join us and see which flavour of '335' is the one for you!

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More guitar based excitement this week as we get our stubby fingers on the new Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 'Lazarus'. So does this AAAA maple flame top set our hearts on fire, or is it as some have suggested going to dampen our usual high spirits?... Let's dive in and find out!

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Another Gibson Les Paul joined our guitar based Ponzi scheme this week and what a balls-out rock and roll machine it turned out to be! As you may have guessed we loved it but the review didn't go off without a few gremlins... join us guitar nerds to find out more!

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In this weeks episode we review the 'tribute' Les Paul and ask the question is this budget Gibson the real deal? It sounded good, so next week we'll line it up alongside others in our collection and dig deeper in the biggest comparison yet. Don't miss it guitar nerds!

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This week we picked up a Yamaha Revstar RSE20 and dreamed of some Chris Buck inspired riffing. While the custom motorcycle culture vibe guitar lived up to expectations we had a little trouble kick starting our playing. Nice guitar though... join us for a close up look!

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Here's the second film in our bonus series created exclusively for theguitaristas.vhx.tv In each episode we will look at one of the small collection of ‘affordable’ vintage guitars I've have been lucky enough to find on my many guitar safaris.

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We are excited by the arrival of our 'Inspired by Gibson' Epiphone ES-335 but for some reason it doesn't inspire our playing. Join us to find out what the problem is and how we plan to fix it... looks like this could be the start of another upgrade epic guitar nerds!

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This week we finally take a closer look at these two limited edition Epiphone Les Paul's and try to answer the question a lot of you have been asking... is the one I got better than the other one? Grab a coffee or a beer and join us for a look and listen and let's find out!!

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This week we take a look at the 70's super-cool and funky STARCASTER. Designed to take on the mighty ES-335 this pointy alternative didn't really catch on so was it ahead of its time or just a bit rubbish?... we grabbed a Squier CV version to find out what it's like!

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Following our recent film where we introduced the art of 'arse looping' we received at least one request asking us to show how it's done... so here it is and we also grabbed the chance to mess around with our new Maestro Fuzz-Tone and our old Gibson SG Junior!

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Loads happening this week... at long last we got a Tokai Love Rock and here's a lengthy review where I appear to suggest that the fretboard is made of sugar!! We also test your patience, and the resistance of our leads and pedalboard setup... can you hear any difference?

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Here is the first film in a bonus series created exclusively for subscribers on theguitaristas.vhx.tv channel. In each of the 6 episodes we will look at one of the small collection of ‘affordable’ vintage guitars I've have been lucky enough to find on my many guitar safaris!

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Less a full on sound comparison and more a gentle meander around some of the similarities and differences of three affordable Goldtops. They all sound great but which one of these shiny beauties gets your pulse racing?... join us for a closer look and listen!

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Another great original reissue from Epiphone this week in the fish-like form of the 1965- 1970 Olympic Special now reinvented as the new Joan Jet signature. So is it still special?… time to put on the leather jacket, crank up the AC30 and find out!!

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This week we are impressed by the highly affordable Vintage V100 Lemon Drop which punches above it’s weight in the specifications dept… but sadly our attempt at playing a slow blues tribute to Greeny is a bit less impressive!

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In a blind test, can you hear the difference between Epiphone's 1959 Les Paul and a Gibson Custom Shop R8? As our review series continues we put our new 'greeny-moore-sound-test-bed' to use and throw down the gauntlet... well can you??

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Today we talk to boutique pickup Guru Matt Gleeson for the full Monty on guitar setup and pickup upgrades... can we really make our Epi 59 sound like a high end Gibson Les Paul?? Guitar nerds everywhere this one is for you!!

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Part 1 of our review/compare/upgrade series where we try to find out if this Gibson custom shop collaboration has produced the best budget version Les Paul Standard ever. Subscribe to follow the story over coming weeks as we dig a little deeper!

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