HOT or NOT: Epiphone Nighthawk Edition

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  • HAWT

    Votes: 4 33.3%

  • NAWT

    Votes: 8 66.7%
  • Total voters
    12
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FenderPusher

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Epiphone Nighthawk Electric Guitar Features:

* Mahogany body
* AAA flamed maple top
* Mahogany neck
* SlimTaper D neck profile
* Ebony fretboard
* 22 frets
* 25-1/2" scale
* 12" radius
* Slant NHT humbucker (4-conductor)
* NSX single-coil middle pickup
* NHR mini-humbucker (4-conductor)
* 5-way pickup selector
* Master Tone, Master Volume, Push/Pull coil-splitting
* LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge
* Grover tuners
* Nickel hardware
 
I almost like the 2nd and last ones, but the goofy pickup angles and that weird bridgeplate are a turnoff for me.
 
Here's a question for everyone. Wouldn't you want to slant a humbucker the other way to get the treble strings a small amount "bassier" and the bass strings a little brighter sounding if you're going to do that?

Also, I have yet to play an Epiphone I would own. I want a Gibson Blueshawk like Tiltstas, though.
 
I'm torn on these. I like the shape and size of the hawk series, and the bridge is excellent as well, but I'm not crazy about the oddball shaped rear pickup. It must be pretty hard to find replacements, and the bridge humbucker sound is very important to me. I know SD makes an angled pickup liek this, but I've never seen any other aftermarket models. This seems especially important with low to mid range epiphone pickups being fairly meh in my opinion.
 
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Hmmm....

I hate the inlay, especially since it will be MOT.

Looking at the bridge it looks like they might be string though the body, but I can't tell for sure. I like the general idea, but I don't think they pulled it off very well, though I would definitely be willing to play one and give it a chance.
 
If the bridge is anything like my blueshawk, it is a string through with ferrules on the back of the guitar, kind of like a telecaster. The bridge saddles adjust for height and intonation like on the an american standard tele. The whole thing is pretty flat and doesn't really get messed up with resting my hand on the saddles. I can't really say more about it, as I have never had any issues with it to investigate much further than that.
 
Mark Wein said:
Here's a question for everyone. Wouldn't you want to slant a humbucker the other way to get the treble strings a small amount "bassier" and the bass strings a little brighter sounding if you're going to do that?....
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'tis for the chugga chugga:wink:
 
Oh yeah, I recall Rio Grande made slant buckers. FYI- The slant humbuckers in the original nighthawk series were not very high ouput, and had more of a telecaster like bright tone to them. Kind of an odd duck.
 
Pass. Were the original Nighthawks big enough sellers for Gibson that an Epi model is even warranted? I've never seen anyone play one...
 
Definitely hot. In any of the available colors.

But I would think so. It's where an LP and Tele met up and made sex. 25.5" scale and slanted bridge pickup...
 
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Kind of interesting that it is wired with 4 conductor pickups, so you could wire push pull pots with coil splits on the neck and bridge. Might be a very versatile guitar with that done.
 
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