Epiphone Flamekat

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:55 pm

I bought a limited edition Epiphone today. What do you think? It's an Epiphone Flamekat. It has a 50's vibe about it. It's a great player.

I lifted this pic off an ebay site. Pics of mine when I return from a business trip.

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:58 pm

Here's another pic.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:23 pm

Aha!! Nice win, Brian. I'll be interested to get your impressions of it.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:29 pm

Brian:

It's hip, except for the dice, IMO. Get some nice chrome knobs or black speed knobs and it'll settle in visually.

Setzer popularized this dice thing, and it is really a pandering to nostalgia for an era that wasn't like that at all...

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:36 pm

Aitch,

It is a great blues/rock guitar. It sounds sort of like an ES335. Lots of tonal variation and loads of sustain when needed. I really like the master volume feature.

The neck is similar to my Les Paul. The guitar is quite well balanced too. I like it. This guitar has scored high in all opinion polls that I have read. I am very happy with it. I really need to think about thinning the herd though. Gawd, I have way too many instruments.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:41 pm

I know the feeling............

winston · Post by **winston** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:46 pm

Paul,

I had similar thoughts initially. The dice thing takes a bit of getting used to. As you can see, the neck has dice inlays on it as well.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:47 pm

Kinda like "em on the neck. The knobs? Not so much.....

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue May 08, 2007 3:33 am

Well...I kind of like the dice knobs..not as practical as speed knobs but cool...I have em on my DeArmond T-400..for the Flamekat, I'd leave the dice on the tone/vol and replace the ones on the switch and master...go kat go!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:02 am

Oh, dice on the fretboard, too?

That's TOO many dice.

Just like the Gretsch "Super Chet" (1972), the numbers on the dice reflect the fret numbers. On the "Super Chet", though, they are a bit more discreet.

jdogric12 · Post by **jdogric12** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:10 am

I dig the dice. I agree about them representing an era that wasn't really like that. You never see 50's guitars with features like that.

86kubicki · Post by **86kubicki** » Tue May 08, 2007 4:16 am

True - you never saw Ritchie and the gang playing at Arnold's with "dice" guitars...

lyle_from_minneapolis · Tue May 08, 2007 5:08 am

Sorry about by cold, Brian, but that's a dice guitar!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue May 08, 2007 7:12 am

Notice that you "rolled" the dice on the position markers: 3, 5, 7, 9, 12. Interesting.

winston · Post by **winston** » Tue May 08, 2007 9:06 am

The position markers are an interesting feature. I love the guitar. Like some of you I am not so sure about the knobs, but hey it is a Limited Edition after all is said and done.