Post by billerickson on Jan 25, 2007 11:58:13 GMT -5
Greetings,
I've been lurking on the site for a while, enjoying the expertise available here, and waiting for my eBay special to arrive: an Epiphone Emporer Regent. After waiting forever (well, OK, it was only a week, but it sure seemed like forever!) it finally arrived a few days ago. What a great guitar -- nicely appointed, set up nicely, and sounds great. An unexpected surprise was the accoustic tone -- it won't win out over a Martin accoustic, but I find it perfectly acceptable to just kick back and play without bothering to hook up the amp.
The one thing that bothers me is that Frequensator tailpiece -- man that thing is ugly! I've thinking of replacing it with another tailpiece but want to make sure I don't adversely effect the tone. I "googled" the term, and found various complaints about finding strings long enough to fit it, and a rambling discussion on how it's supposed to balance the volume across the bass and treble strings and the physics of how it works, but no real-world experience on what happens when you remove it.
Does anyone out there have a guitar the originally came with a Frequensator that they've replaced with another tailpiece? Can you comment on how it changed the tone?
Thanks for your comments,
Bill Erickson
I've been lurking on the site for a while, enjoying the expertise available here, and waiting for my eBay special to arrive: an Epiphone Emporer Regent. After waiting forever (well, OK, it was only a week, but it sure seemed like forever!) it finally arrived a few days ago. What a great guitar -- nicely appointed, set up nicely, and sounds great. An unexpected surprise was the accoustic tone -- it won't win out over a Martin accoustic, but I find it perfectly acceptable to just kick back and play without bothering to hook up the amp.
The one thing that bothers me is that Frequensator tailpiece -- man that thing is ugly! I've thinking of replacing it with another tailpiece but want to make sure I don't adversely effect the tone. I "googled" the term, and found various complaints about finding strings long enough to fit it, and a rambling discussion on how it's supposed to balance the volume across the bass and treble strings and the physics of how it works, but no real-world experience on what happens when you remove it.
Does anyone out there have a guitar the originally came with a Frequensator that they've replaced with another tailpiece? Can you comment on how it changed the tone?
Thanks for your comments,
Bill Erickson
