I have for most of my life been in one player guitar bands. I cannot say if has been by design or fate. Being the lone guitarist and having eclectic tastes in music I have relied on a diverse collection of guitars to paint a sonic spectrum of tone. One aspect of this spectrum is mixing acoustic and electric characteristics.
At one point I was using an ES 335 for this task. While the ES335 is a great guitar, it is not going to give you a pure acoustic guitar sound. The other drawback to the classic Gibson is the ES 335 is prone to feedback when pushed to the limits with gain.
It can be a risky proposition when a company famous for its acoustic guitar–building prowess ventures into the wild-and-woolly territory of electric guitar manufacturing. Several large and well-known companies have made admirable attempts in the past and failed miserably, despite offering decent instruments. Taylor entered the electric guitar market in 2005 and has already enjoyed more success than previous contenders by offering a diverse lineup of electric models that provide guitarists with useful features, outstanding playability and competitive prices.
Epiphone has created a guitar which features the best of their classic and best loved models, introducing the Epiphone Emperor Swingster. Starting with the same body and neck as used on their Emperor-II guitar and made famous by the jazz master himself, Joe Pass, Epiphone swings into action and turns it into a serious rock-a-billy slinging, country flinging' instrument at the same time retaining a modern and contemporary feel.
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