Edwards re-launched their Gibson models!

Couldn't resist (thanks, @DrewJD82 ) and just ordered one of these little beauties from Japan.

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TheTrueZoltan! said:
Couldn't resist (thanks, @DrewJD82 ) and just ordered one of these little beauties from Japan.

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Congrats!!!!

I keep hearing rumors of them stopping with the Gibson models and now you’re seeing crap like “pre-lawsuit Edwards from before they changed from using Duncans to their house brand pickups”……I don’t believe there was any lawsuit that brought that on, probably just ESP saving money, but that’s the kind of wording that artificially boosts resale prices.

Anxious for a report once you get it, man!!!
 
DrewJD82 said:
[...] now you’re seeing crap like “pre-lawsuit Edwards from before they changed from using Duncans to their house brand pickups” [...]
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I deliberately ordered the cheaper model without Seymour Duncans, because I intend to stay true to myself and install some excellent EMGs anyway. ;)

It will probably be a few weeks before the guitar arrives on my doorstep. Well, anticipation is the best form of joy, isn't it?
 
TheTrueZoltan! said:
I deliberately ordered the cheaper model without Seymour Duncans, because I intend to stay true to myself anyway and install some excellent EMGs. ;)

It will probably be a few weeks before the guitar arrives on my doorstep. Well, anticipation is the best form of joy, isn't it?
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Hahahah it is, except when you unpack a badass guitar that actually meets your expectations or exceeds them!!
 
TheTrueZoltan! said:
I deliberately ordered the cheaper model without Seymour Duncans, because I intend to stay true to myself and install some excellent EMGs anyway. ;)

It will probably be a few weeks before the guitar arrives on my doorstep. Well, anticipation is the best form of joy, isn't it?
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Congrats! Don't sleep on those Edwards Pups. They came in my last two and they are surprisingly decent. :idk

That said, I know the EMG Spell has been cast heavily upon your soul. :LOL:
 
Actually, I’m going to be listing my 81/85 set in about 6 weeks once I get the Mojotone Hellbenders. I cannot wait to get those EMG’s out of the Edwards. Every time I pick it up I’m like “Fuck, I forgot how great this thing is….” then I plug it in and I’m like, ‘ah yeah, there’s all of 2 amps I enjoy hearing EMGs through and they’re only high gain amps”

And I think I have another 81/85 set sitting in a drawer. @TheTrueZoltan!, which EMG’s are you getting for it?
 
Edward’s are really nicely made and had all Gotoh hardware and Seymour Duncan pickups . The higher end ones also had nitro finishes.
The guitars were only ever meant to be available in Japan because they have different laws regarding the copyright of shapes as brand marks.
I haven’t seen one of the new ones yet but if it is just a pickup downgrade it is still worth it because they were outstanding value. Build quality is way better than Gibson and more like you would expect from a Japan made Ibanez.
 
Eagle said:
Edward’s are really nicely made and had all Gotoh hardware and Seymour Duncan pickups . The higher end ones also had nitro finishes.
The guitars were only ever meant to be available in Japan because they have different laws regarding the copyright of shapes as brand marks.
I haven’t seen one of the new ones yet but if it is just a pickup downgrade it is still worth it because they were outstanding value. Build quality is way better than Gibson and more like you would expect from a Japan made Ibanez.
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I don't know the whole history on these outside of knowing they've moved production around over the years. I'm assuming the earlier years, or somewhere in the middle, they weren't as high quality as they are now. I've had more pushback over the Edwards when talking about it's quality than any other guitar I own with people saying they're essentially Epiphone quality. I have yet to play a single Epiphone that's come close to the quality on this thing, so I can only assume they've changed production standards over the years, or there's a bunch of butthurt Gibson guys that can't accept you can get a LP/LPC for under $2K with amazing quality.
 
DrewJD82 said:
I don't know the whole history on these outside of knowing they've moved production around over the years. I'm assuming the earlier years, or somewhere in the middle, they weren't as high quality as they are now. I've had more pushback over the Edwards when talking about it's quality than any other guitar I own with people saying they're essentially Epiphone quality. I have yet to play a single Epiphone that's come close to the quality on this thing, so I can only assume they've changed production standards over the years, or there's a bunch of butthurt Gibson guys that can't accept you can get a LP/LPC for under $2K with amazing quality.
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There was a few tiers of quality with Navigator on top and grass roots at the bottom.
 
Eagle said:
Edward’s are really nicely made and had all Gotoh hardware and Seymour Duncan pickups . The higher end ones also had nitro finishes.
The guitars were only ever meant to be available in Japan because they have different laws regarding the copyright of shapes as brand marks.
I haven’t seen one of the new ones yet but if it is just a pickup downgrade it is still worth it because they were outstanding value. Build quality is way better than Gibson and more like you would expect from a Japan made Ibanez.
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How do the Tokai models rate compared to the Edwards Andy?
 
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