Epihone Masterbilt Century DeLuxe Demo

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

Great demo - you're about the only one that shows this guitar doing what it does best, which is swing jazz!

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@jamesfleming2181]

second that!

[@stephentool1316]

@@LGuitarB I feel it would also excel at T-Bone Walker/ Charles Brown type of West Coast blues.

[@trevorburch3421]

Hello from UK Laurent, and thank you for your really helpful vid of your “impulse buy” Epiphone Century Archtop. Although now almost 80 and primarily a home jazz pianist, I’ve always loved the design, history and sound of an archtop. I now have an Epiphone Masterbilt Zenith c2016 which I love, although my fingers can nowonly manage abbreviated chords. Such a pleasure to hear you do justice to it……I also, when amplifying, use a Fishman Loud Box! Thank you again……please keep posting, it’s such delight to hear such good playing. Best wishes, Trev

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you very much for your comment! Those Loudboxes are good, aren't they? Great that you're still playing at 80, I hope to be doing the same 20 years from now 🙂

[@lawrsvanvalkenburg]

Keeping my eyes open for one of these but WOW,,, the used prices for these here in the states is wild.

[@maurizioalcuaz1728]

Quanto saresti disposto a spendere per una degli anni 40?

[@greatvanzini]

​@maurizioalcuaz1728 my es150 was 1000, my L50 , 800 & my es125 was 850 back in the day. I should have kept them.

[@maurizioalcuaz1728]

@@greatvanzini buonasera non ho capito se è interessato o no.

[@greatvanzini]

@@maurizioalcuaz1728 Lo siento. Mi dispiace. Non avevo capito che volevi venderne uno. Mi sono sbarazzato di tutti i miei vecchi perché mi preoccupo troppo. Quindi non ne sto cercando nessuno in questo momento. Ma grazie per avermelo chiesto. p.s I greatvanzini & Lawrs sono tutti io, LOL. I am sorry. I did not understand you were wanting to sell one. I got rid of all my old ones because I worry too much. So I'm not looking for any right now. But thanks for asking. p.s The greatvanzini & Lawrs are all me, LOL.

[@OldJong]

I have exactly the same! It is excellent and a very nice part of my collection. I love to play it acoustically as well as amplified. Both good natural sounds. It stands proudly beside my Gibson 175 in my guitar rack.

[@LGuitarB]

I really is a beautiful and well-made guitar, yes.

[@edwardmorton6691]

Brilliant playing, and the guitar handled it very well indeed. I'm in the process of buying one second hand, and I can wait to get it. Thanks for the demo.

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@maurizioalcuaz1728]

Ciao se t interessa ne ho una del 1939

[@xucomartin]

The polyester foam thing saved my life and solved a big problem for me. I see that we use the same guitar and the same hairstyle or haircut

[@LGuitarB]

"Haircut" implies it's voluntary :-D

[@MS-iq4eo]

Nice demo , thanks

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@jamesbonney2954]

this was very helpful - thank you! And great playing!! I hope we have a chance to play together again sometime! Cheers Laurent!

[@LGuitarB]

Thanks Jim! I surely hope to have a chance to play with you guys again as well :-)

[@gleeb6248]

And I heard you two playing together...a great music evening...I wanna hear you guys again 😎

[@LGuitarB]

This guitar would fit your music very well, but it's become so expensive and risky to take a guitar there....

[@jodymoon]

thanks for this great demo of this beauty!

[@priyanshjig]

beautiful, enjoyed.

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@shuklajayant]

Beautifully played. Great sound

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@adventureswithapo]

Incredible! I love it!

[@jeremyhickersonsalem]

this guitar was made for Freddie Green-style comping, as you demonstrate.

[@furtherdefinitions1]

Playing the guitar for the music it was basically designed for

[@ericsharp3849]

Lovely playing, and a great guitar. My guitar rack is also full, otherwise I would be wanting one of these!

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you! (I DID buy another guitar though, last Friday :-o)

[@MrSlimbullfrog]

The guitar sounds great, especially with you playing it. It’s too bad they discontinued them

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you very much!

Cool 👍🏻

[@silver-hammer]

Good review, makes sense for once!

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you!

[@jefferyclark351]

Great review man ! Fantastic playing. I just bought one of these and what kind of strings would you recommend for just strumming rhythm. Thanks a lot for the great video. Jeff Clark from ROCKDALE Texas

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you! :-) I'm using 011 here, but I specifically bought this guitar for its better lead tone than my other amplified acoustic, so you might try 012 as well for a somewhat more powerful strumming sound.

[@davidemura4444]

so, in your humble opinion, is it any good for actual jazz?

[@LGuitarB]

Certainly, if you're looking for an acoustic jazz guitar sound. It plays light as well, so any fast jazz melodies can be played well on them. But it is an acoustic sound, so it's a different sound from jazz guitars as were used by Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass or Barney Kessel or so. For that you need an electric jazz guitar.

[@mikorsoudotcom]

Wasthis done with the new Canon cam? Not bad.

[@LGuitarB]

Yes it was :-) For acoustic recordings I found I can even use the camera's microphone (which I didn't here yet for the song, but I noticed it when editing the recordings), it's a really good quality sound.

[@Saladzingers]

Thank you for this Laurent! Can I ask you what strings you’re using? I’ve seen these advertised second hand with phosphor bronze but wonder if they will be too heavy.

[@LGuitarB]

On this one I have 0.12 Elixir Nanowebs

[@Viktor.73]

Классно

[@LGuitarB]

Thank you! (and thank you for Google Translate :-) )

[@ULTIMA-GENIUS-PREMIUM-HD]

Fake! L'image ne correspond pas au son!!

[@LGuitarB]

It's not fake. However, I recorded the sound through a separate microphone from the camera, which signal I had to synchronise with the video later. I may not have done that accurately. Furthermore, the same song can be heard in the link in the description (only the lead there is played on a different guitar).