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Epiphone Wildkat Electric Guitar with Bigsby Tremolo

Alnico V Pickups. Bigsby Tremolo.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          8 out of 10
 
 

"One Hot & Wild Kat!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          10 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          10 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 9/15/2007
Style of Music: Blues & blues/rock mostly
Musical Experience: Active
Location: Gian Side of Texas

 

 
Feature:
No accessories except a very crummy "instrument" cable but it does come with both hex keys needed. The master volume is tits fer sure. Easy to use and "set it and forget it" with the added versatility of the3-way Les Paul style switch on top.

Quality:
Set up super before shipping. Grover machines? Genuine Bigsby? P-90 Alnico pups? It does not get any better, especially at this price!

Value:
Like I said above - find any guitar this well made of quality tonewoods and with the appointments this guitar has for even 50% more and I'll buy it.

Desirability:
This ax is hot. Even snooty "name brand" buyers openly admire its looks and many comment on the sound, the styling overall.

Sound:
Absolute killer single coil P-90 wail. The P-90 is a legend for a reason. The small semi-hollowbody adds to its unique sound. As with others of this style there can be a feedback problem if played loud in a very small space. Good miking helps avoid this. The Bigsby sounds like a Bigsby but adds the problem of frequent tuning needed.

Ease of Use:
Very nice neck profile. Smaller body shape makes it usable by smaller players but it's not so small bigger players feel confined. Some neck dive maybe but I never noticed as I use lined straps only (suede or wool) and it's a lightweight as well. The gripes about going out of tune? Easy - don't buy anything but hardtails. Any vibrato or tremolo on any guitar is a tuning chore.

Support:
Never needed it on this ax. Have dealt with Epiphone and Gibson before and always get answers even if Gibson takes awhile.

Overall:
I can't see getting rid of this guitar for any reason. Will I buy others? Sure. But this fills the spot for rockabilly/hard blues & blues rock very well. Would I like a Gibson 335? You betchum. Can't swing it. If this were stolen I would prosecute to the fullest and ask for the thief to be sentenced to play a Wal-Mart Special for life.

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"Wildkat On Fire."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 1/29/2008
Style of Music: Alt-Country/80's Rock
Musical Experience: Active Musician
Location: Nevada, Mo USA

 

 
Feature:
The features are great, the Grovers, Bigsby, Set neck, F-holes all a plus, and of course the finish, it shines. The knobs are the key, just remember. The pickups are not easily adjusted, cause they are dog-eared, and some folks may thank that the neck pick up is a bit muddy, but the middle position is what the guitar is primarily made to be on and then adjust your highs and lows from there.

Quality:
Great Quality, can't beat the price or features unless you spend from at least 3-5 hundred more dollars.

Value:
Great value, worth every dime. I bought this guitar and it blew my mind!

Desirability:
Very Sexy, chicks dig it, guys want to have it. It is very curvy, voluptuous if you will, yet refined and classy.

Sound:
This guitar is perfect for country, blues, classic-current-and even hard rock. The P-90's deliever quite an expressive sound, very true to attack! It combines the sounds of 4 of my favorite guitars, a Les Paul, 335, White Falcon, and even a Tele! It is all in the knobs kids. By tweaking the tone and individual volume knobs you can either swing, or sting, its all there. Fo Rock or Metal players a noise compressor would be nice, cause it can feed back, but it really puts out aswell. Also locking tuners would be nice, that is if you over use the Bigsby like a Floyd Rose (which I have been known to do!). But overall from vintage to virtuoso it kills. The action is nice and fairly low, and it does require 10's, but I swear they feel as comfortable as 9's on the smooth wide neck.

Ease of Use:
Easy to get great diverse sounds, from Neil Young, Billy Duffy, Bill Gibbons, to Jerry Reed, Merle Haggard and Brent Mason.

Support:
Don't know, never had to use it.

Overall:
Overly satisfied, definetly what I was looking for and more.

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"Room for improvement."

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          5 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 5/8/2008
Style of Music: Blues, country, southern rock
Musical Experience: Retired active musiscian, hobbyist now.
Location: Stroudsburg, PA. U.S.A.

 

 
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Feature:
The original Bigsby is nice and became more user friendly once the Grover tuners made way for the locking Sperzel's. Again the Mstr. Vol. control is as useful as tits on a bull unless you only want one particular sound and never play more than one song (all my amps have volume controls)

Quality:
Was absolutely blown away with the appearance of this beast. Got the limited edition Tiger Stripe with gold hardware and the finish is flawless. Set-up from the box was quite playable (we all have our own preferences)with the neck being fast, flat and smooth all the way. The ends on some of the fret wires needed to be deburred but no big deal.

Value:
Well worth the money spent.

Desirability:
If they had only gone with an abalone inlay or even a screen printed logo on the headstock instead of the GAUDY metal piece. I guess the extra mass adds sustain and this baby sings.

Sound:
P-90's are what they are and can get a set of tubes to really groove when cranked. Master volume knob, what's that all about? would have preferred a second tone control. Swapped out the stock tone pot with a Fender TBX and greatly increased the diversity of sounds this wounderful axe can emit.

Ease of Use:
Comes with appropriate size tools and well written instructions if a musician wants to play luthier.

Support:
Have not had the need for support. Warranty registration was a breeze on-line.

Overall:
It's a keeper now. A very versatile guitar that sounds wonderful clean and can handle the overdrive as well as any (semi)hollow body.

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"A very versatile guitar!"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from iastate.edu
Submitted: 11/5/2009
Style of Music: alternative/blues/folk
Musical Experience: hobbyist
Location: Ames, Iowa U.S.

 

 
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Sound:
This is a great guitar, i play a lot of classic and blues/folk style rock, and this guitar does it all. There are a few myths out there that this guitar does not hold its tune, i have found this to be false it holds its tune just as well as any other quality guitar. The best part about this guitar is the thin neck on it, and the action it is very versatile and easy to play. I would definitely replace this guitar if it was stolen.

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"A nice sounding and nice looking guitar with one flaw in design"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          9 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from yahoo.com
Submitted: 12/4/2006
Style of Music: rock
Musical Experience: active musician
Location: Farrell, PA

 

 
Feature:
The wammy bar is cool.

Quality:
Good quality except for the fact that it is not balanced in weight and tilts the wrong way.

Desirability:
Everyone says it looks really nice or "handsome" or "sharp" or "pretty" or something like that.

Sound:
Very bassy. Sounds good all the way around the fretboard though. It does not sound great if you are intending to play in drop d tuning though.

Ease of Use:
Very easy to play, except for one thing... when you stand with the guitar, it tilts in the wrong direction. I'm trying to think of a way to fix this. Maybe weigh it down or something?

Overall:
If I can fix the weight distribution problem, then I will play this till it wears out

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