Has anyone here bought an Eart guitar?

[Jbird]

I know that baimun mentioned he wanted their 335 copy a few years ago.

Well, they stopped making a direct copy of the 335 (lawsuit?) and now their '335' looks like a semi hollow version of the ESP Potbelly, a double cut offset Les Paul-ish shape. I've always liked the look of the PB shape. I know some don't care for it.

Looks likebthe new Eart 335 has a mahogany neck on a roasted maple body, and since it's a semi hollow, I would bet it's light weight.

https://www.amazon.com/EART-Semi-Hollow-Body-Electric-Stainless-Sunburst/dp/B08R3GZ6Z4/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?adgrpid=122988366700&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Gk1vZg7Im3RyRgcPkS0zM5hx7Sc4AUmNksDl3ud5HMDNfQ-2vVsaTVy6PbVicyG1iGpnTpyb0B-8tNXc8YyMP2HA7cNKj4gLk4mikq7hbEVHkYdI-bjKZE72jHCGff3Lpkj9KPCeF9unWLC_Y_FoduXQQUJYr4nC_IBPtmdsP7Fw2QsaTzlNa4nxV3niqD2QXCmQKhy5lf5HWWT8tppGsw.gvnV3NsFXa-W0VvUrZq6FAfrXtcm-OAHxcQ6orb5wIE&dib_tag=se&hvadid=580870139189&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9017279&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=b&hvrand=17296756935168524825&hvtargid=kwd-1325710401073&hydadcr=12110_13309745&keywords=eart+guitar+335&qid=1711195414&sr=8-2

 

[tiger roach]

That one looks nice! The price is suspiciously low, though.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

No, but I have been looking at their headless models. The pardon me i am
Inebriated. .

 

[PunkKitty]

You might want to consider a Firefly. I have several. They are all very good.

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[baimun]

This is the review that made me consider an Eart, but I don't care for the shape they've modified to.



One of the nicest elements was the finely polished frets which are not normal in sub 1K guitars. I'm sure that their SuperStrats are probably pretty useful too for the pricepoint

 

[MonkeyZero]

I like the look and I've never heard anyone say bad things about them. I don't own one though.

 

[Jbird]

Today (04 August 24) they were marked down to $319, and I had a $25 amazon gift card, so I pulled the trigger. Supposed to be delivered by Thursday, 08 August.

Roasted mahogany neck, roasted maple top, stainless steel frets with ball-ends, compound 9.5"-14" radius, they are supposed to be very nice guitars for the price. We shall see...

 

[smurfco]

FART

 

[Jbird]

If it's a keeper, can any pickup set be wired to be out of phase when the pickup selector is in the middle position? Or do you need pickups with certain wiring?

I kinda like the "Greeny" tone. I wouldn't be able to rewire it myself, certainly not on a guitar where everything is done thru the f-holes. I wonder if Wally still works at South Bend music & drum shop, @baimun ?

 

[baimun]

@Jbird While his shop is still in South Bend Music, he is actually hired through G&A Music in Mishawaka now.

 

[Bob411]

If it's a keeper, can any pickup set be wired to be out of phase when the pickup selector is in the middle position? Or do you need pickups with certain wiring?

I kinda like the "Greeny" tone. I wouldn't be able to rewire it myself, certainly not on a guitar where everything is done thru the f-holes. I wonder if Wally still works at South Bend music & drum shop, @baimun ?

It's not how the pickup is wired. It's taking the magnet off one pickup, flipping it upside down and putting it back on. You can also hookup one pickup wrong and that's supposed to be close to the same sound.

 

[Jbird]

It's not how the pickup is wired. It's taking the magnet off one pickup, flipping it upside down and putting it back on. You can also hookup one pickup wrong and that's supposed to be close to the same sound.

I thought maybe it was just how they are wired. All of my 80s Carvins have a mini toggle switch for our of phase when both pickups are selected. So you can either get the regular both pickup sound or flip the mini toggle for our of phase.

 

[Bob411]

I thought maybe it was just how they are wired. All of my 80s Carvins have a mini toggle switch for our of phase when both pickups are selected. So you can either get the regular both pickup sound or flip the mini toggle for our of phase.

Nope, how the guitar is wired, not inside the pickups. With the toggle, you can temporarily have one of the pickups wired the wrong way or, the right way.

Only personal experience I have with out of phase is son's set of BG Smokestacks but, he ordered them with one of the magnets flipped. I'm curious, are your Carvins noisy when you flip the switch? Somebody said you loose some shielding with the pickup wired the wrong way. Shielding catches all those invisible waves and dumps them to ground. If the positive of the pickup is connected to where the ground is supposed to go, you are dumping the collected noise to the output of the guitar, instead of ground where it magically disappears.