New from when the brand wasn't so confusing

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New from when the brand wasn't so confusing

Sold my Horizon and bought this Eclipse to replace it.  Also bought the 5153 last week after selling a few other guitars.

I like the four knob Eclipses better; sue me.  I would have put it in the "something neat" thread, but rules are rules.

exhibit-sbt

You grab that one on the bay?  I think I saw it there.  Dreamed about it for an afternoon, then it was gone. 

Congrats on both.  Gassss on both.

 

 

Oh but, maybe fix the black/white/black/white/black knob thing going on.  Unless you're into that sort of thing. 

Pushead

I found the amp on ebay.  I have a full set of white knobs on order for it.  Thought about blacks for a minute, but I figured stock was safer.

The guitar was from a seller on Rigtalk.  It sat for a few weeks before I picked it up.

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Blake

Wow, that eclipse looks great. Nice score!

slab

money, bro

 

that paneling reminds me of a catholic priest i used to know

 

good times

Gfunk

Cool crap, congas!

 

I love the look of those STBC ECs, but the one I had sounded like poo. 

 

Probably because it only had 3 knobs.

 

Tondog

We've got one of those on our local CL that I was kind of eye-balling. Is it full thickness?

Gfunk

No, it is a standard EC. 

 

Pusyhead, I forgot to ask what pups are loaded?

Pushead

Gfun, everyone knows the tone exists in the extra tone knob (duh) and the extended horn.  It has Suhr SSV and SSH+ pickups in it, each with a treble bleed wired on the volume pot and a coil-split wired to the tone knob.  It sounds good, but since I'm also working with a new amp, it's hard to say how it stacks up to anything else I have.  The guitar plays really nicely, though.

Exhibit, there's still a similar one (another 04) on ebay, but the guy has no feedback, to pls take careful™.

RK, though I appreciate your concern for my cognitive and mental stability, in this case it was more a quick jab at the additional brands ESP has to establish and define than actual confusion on my part.  Do you even quip?

KFW

I haven't seen one with a regular horn in so long, I forgot what they looked like. Awesome.

Jeff H.

Very nice! How you liking the 5150 3? I'm having to send mine in to Fender for some repairs right now , unfortunately. Love the amp though.

Pushead

I'm liking it so far.  Channel 1 is brilliant.  Channel 2 could use another 1-2 notches of gain.  Thus far, I'm not finding anything useful on channel 3 after about 1:30.  It get noisier, but not any better.  I'm finding I sit at one notch before 12:00 on the gain with my main RRR with the Norton, and one notch after 12:00 with the EMGs.

The mid knob is the key on all of the channels.  Huge changes can be dialed in with that mid knob.

*Edit - I should note that mine has been modded by "Kruse Kontrol" with their Super Sonic Mod.  Not exactly sure what it does, but it's adjustable with a pot on the back, and it seems to dial out mid level mud.  Not that the amp is muddy, but that's the best description I can give.

http://www.krusekontrol.com/evh_iii_mod

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D-EJ915

Looks great man, congrats

Pushead

 

Sort of the same, sort of different.  Not sure how I feel about the 3 knob setup.  Het Set is interesting.  Will have to play through the varieties of pickups when I get this thing setup to see what is working for me.

Thankee Sai Exhibit.

Dave R.

Sweet Eclipse, Push!

exhibit-sbt

Still can't believe I sold that one so spur of the moment.. :lol

Oh well, hope it treats you well post-setup!  Let me know what you think on those pickups.  I reallllly dug them but kind of got tired of changing my amp settings when I switched to that guitar.  I still wonder how passives would have been in it.

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Skoggy

Not a fan of the three-knob, but that green... Awesome looking axe, man. Congrats.

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