Unexpected New Guitar Day!

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This popped up, literally 5 miles away from my house. (2 miles as the crow flies)
I talked the guy down a little bit and I just couldn't not get it! I Wanted to know how the Fishmans sound!
I'll be doing some pickup comparisons in the near future.

This thing took a little loving and adjusting and I think it's siiiick!

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Specs:

Epiphone Extura Prophecy Features:​

  • Epiphone-exclusive design combines the elegance of an Explorer and the unimpeded fret access of a Futura
  • Angular-shaped mahogany body with eye-grabbing flame maple veneer top
  • Multi-voice Fluence humbuckers provide vintage and modern humbucker tones, plus hum-free single-coil textures
  • Mahogany neck with an ergonomic asymmetrical SlimTaper shape
  • Fast-playing 12-inch-radius ebony fingerboard with 24 jumbo frets
  • Grover-locking Rotomatic tuners supply rock-solid tuning stability and lightning-fast string changes
  • LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece provide optimal tone and near-endless sustain
  • Graph Tech NuBone nut adds sustain and clarity
  • Distinctive single-ply binding and a sharp-looking aged gloss finish
 
So I took it to rehearsal and surprised the band with a new axe! They liked it a lot. I busted my ass to get that thing all cleaned up, set up, fixed a wiring short, new strings, new intonation, etc... before rehearsal because I wanted to see how it would sound in our mix.
Sounded really good ! I'm Pleased!

Here is your first sound byte.

 
Here are my initial thoughts on these Fishmans

I'm liking them so far, but they are still new to my ears. (I've got 2 hours on them now )

The Epiphone Fishmans so I've learned so far (someone correct me if I'm wrong here) are proprietary, so they are similar to classics and similar to moderns, but they are their own voicing...

They have 3 voicings, a Gibson paf, a modern, and humless single coil, all activated by push-pull pots. I use the modern, because I don't like the other 2 voices /settings whatsoever.

When comparing them to passives, these are a bit hissy, they have a smoother bottom end, and clarity string for string is much better.
You strum a chord even at my gain levels and can still hear each string pretty distinctly.
They have a pleasant voice, for what I play anyhow.
I hear a pretty good copy of Evanescence tone (here in the garage) just as an initial thought.

I think these Fishmans sing for leads, they interact with my noise gates a bit differently than I'm used to.

Compared to the Blackout EMTY pups, these don't have the low and mid BAWLS that the EMTY has
These have pleasant harmonics, but they aren't as strong as with the EMTY. These will feedback barely, in a good way.

There's a dynamic kind of sponginess to their tones that I can't wrap my ears around just yet, but it's a good thing I think.

I can hear myself using this guitar for leads when I record my next set of songs. Using the other explorers (Duncan Blackout EMTY, and Duncan Distortion) for the tight, dry chonk chords.
 
Clockworkmike said:
That's a badass Explorer! Epiphone really went all out for it with their Fishman pickups and the bottom cutaway is closer to the neck, so you have more full fret access. Very nice score!
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Actually it's got a lot more bells and whistles than my Gibson does lol
Full binding, 24 frets, abalone(inside) perloid inlays, locking tuners, graphtech nut, push pull pots for the Fishmans, fancy bridge and stop bar, ebony board.

Only things Gibson has is nitro, (if that's your thing) and plek-ing. Aluminum stop bar.
 
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