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Nah, Phase 4 w the wraparound bridge has the best tone. I have two phase 3s as well. They’re cool but the trem system and bridge kinda kills the tone slightly.
Awesome! Love this. I have a ‘70s hi flier phase 3, which I love. It’s brutal. Straight all out punk machine. I have to turn the volume dooowwn with that guitar no need for distortion pedals at I see why Kurt loved em.
good comparison. I have never seen and been able to see that the univox has a higher output range. those pickups give the guitar extra punch. maybe the Eastwood with P90 could match the sound. Great video and beautiful guitars
Awesome comparison! I have a Eastwood phase IV with P90 and it has more output level that the one you're using with humbuckers. I have it on sale on Reverb if anyone is interested, by the way... I guess you can find it searching for Eastwood hi flier. I'm selling it from Spain. Awesome guitar and so easy to play!
Based on the claim by the late Steve Albini the In Utero producer as mentioned by Aaron Rash, the Univox Phase 3 is definitely the guitar was used by Kurt in that session.
So I have a phase 3 76 univox, pretty much flawless condition with the original case, strap and bar. The neck is unique, the radius is very flat, it's almost too easy to play. I'm considering releasing it to the wild.. the pups are really tasty although a bit microphonic.
Univox for me too. Will hopefully pick one up one day. I recently got a Harley Benton mr classic. It looks similar shape. Incredibly cheap, pretty good and even the p90s sound decent at gig levels. Doubt I’ll bother with a mosrite but univox is affordable still I guess
I have an eastwood with maple neck and can say the pickups sound good if the intonation wasn’t out of wack.... it doesn’t have a lot of sustain without diy tweaking... resonates and buzzes easily, definitely needs to be set up well.... would love and OG hi-flier but they go for a pretty penny these days
By buddy Tim bought a new Hi-Flier in '76 & never played it. I bought it from him in '78 for $100 when he needed rent money & I've had it ever since. I re-engineered the Trem so I can now do a deep dive or pull up a whole note, let go & it stays in tune. The moron at Mastery Bridge said it couldn't be done, and he had actually sawed one in half trying. I also swapped out the 3-on-a-plate tuners for 18:1 Grovers & junked the cheap, scratchy old pots in favor of Bourns "Blue" pots & Switchcraft switch & socket. The original Humbuckers stayed. I also have a Strat & a Les Paul. The Uni is my favorite solid body by far.
Just got mine eastwood univox its very fun to play Would have gotten the OG 70s one but they cost over $1500. But the eastwood hi flier is still pretty good.
Thank you for telling me and have you tryed to get Kurt's first guitar I have one I am keeping one and I am going to get another one it was a Ibanez with a checker board pickguard it cost me 1,500 when I get one I will sell it to you for 800 to 1,000 the year form the 70s and it is very rare to find and have a good day jq keep your work up
with the comparable guitars you have access to do you ever say ouuuu where's my eastwood lol be honest? the next re issue is about to drop and with content you provide you would be the person to ask.
bro, how can you strum the guitar the way I strum, if I strum like you, I'll hit all the strings except the ones I want to hit, please, how do you do it?
They sound the same distorted. I love the Univox because the clean sound is awesome. The Eastwood clean doesn't even come close. It was meant for nirvana heads and and punk players to rip it out. But I love the sound of my Phase 3 super clean and pretty much only rip it out for my nirvana nerd days
