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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: kellar on March 02, 2008, 09:36:34 AM

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: kellar on March 02, 2008, 09:36:34 AM

Anyone tried it out? I am a little curious about the nano mag it has. It definitely has some interesting options.

http://www.thomann.de/gb/epiphone_les_paul_ultra_ii_faded_cherry.htm

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: Jonny on March 02, 2008, 12:58:13 PM

What's a NanoMag? </newbquestion>

I'm guessing it's a magnet. But whatever for?

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: kellar on March 02, 2008, 01:22:16 PM

The nano mag allows you to get an acoustic sound from your Les Paul. I was quite skeptical at first, but after this reveiw I have a serious case of GAS!! :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao2CVfUwNjI

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: opprobrium_9 on March 02, 2008, 07:33:11 PM

i posted this last month  :P

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: Spitfire on March 02, 2008, 08:08:45 PM

yea, its been about for a bit, i really dont like the idea of it... piezo's sound much nicer

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: apmaman on March 03, 2008, 12:07:47 AM

Hmmmm, Now. If only I hadn't sold the original Epiphone pickups I had when I put BK's in. I woulda sold that one and got one of these. Cheaper than getting an acoustic pickup fitted....

Oh well. Sounds fantastic though.

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: Scotty477 on March 03, 2008, 01:11:16 AM

Twenty quid will get you a set of Epi humbuckers on evilbay, if you pick the right auction.

Not saying they won't sound like sh!t but you can then sell the guitar with 'Epiphone' pickups  :wink:

With regards to the Ultra 2, it looks - ok .. sounds -  too good to be true. The real question though is who would use it for it's acoustic capability?

In my experience  a gigging guitarist will upgrade at some point to a higher end guitar and with all due respect to Epiphone this isn't a high end guitar.

I used an Epi LP live for a few years before I bit the bullet and got my Gibson LP. I had the Epi LP as a backup for a long time, so I'm not knocking Epi LP's here.

Now if it was a new model Gibson LP that had the nano mag, I would seriously consider buying one - as I use an acoustic live a lot -  but there's no way I'm going back to an Epiphone as my main gigging guitar.

Just my opinion here. I'm not a Gibson LP snob, they're just far better instruments than Epi LP's - particularly in a live situation.

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: Spitfire on March 03, 2008, 10:14:41 AM

gibson do offer an LP with a piezo... the new slash sig

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: apmaman on March 03, 2008, 11:48:54 AM

Quote from: Spitfire

gibson do offer an LP with a piezo... the new slash sig

Thats almost £3K though!!

Title: New Epiphone Ultra II
Post by: blue on March 03, 2008, 11:53:24 AM

or you could fit a Fishman Powerbridge to whatever Les Paul you want