Price Paid for DiPinto Galaxie: $549 USD
Description of DiPinto Galaxie: Electric. Made in Korea. Specifications:
Body: Poplar
Neck: Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22
Scale: 25 1/2""
Pickups: Four DiPinto Single Coils/ Same PUs wired as Humbuckers (2).
Selector: Five Position Switch
Controls: One volume, one tone
Bridge: Floating intonatable bridge with removable cover
Tuners: Enclosed Gear pearl button machines
Colors:
• Red or black with Red tiger pickguard
•Greenburst or Magenta Sparkle with white pearl pickguard
•Custom colors: Cream, Sunburst, Silver Sparkle & Black
Lefties Available:
• Red Red tiger pickguard

Tone of DiPinto Galaxie:
Comments about DiPinto Galaxie: Although I raised the bridge position PU as high as possible without ruining the action, the output leaves a little to be desired. However, the neck position PU delivers plenty of power. I play through a Carvin SX 200 (don't laugh, I get a lot of compliments when I play out), dirty, this guitar has a nice chunky sound with good mid-range sound. Clean, it sounds nice and warm with plenty of brightness in either position.
Quality of DiPinto Galaxie:
Comments about DiPinto Galaxie: This thing always stays in tune. I had it set up once last year and it's playing like a champ.
Overall Opinions of DiPinto Galaxie:
Pros: After years of buying equipment on a limited budget, I noticed that I always found myself unhappy with the Mexian/Asian imports produced by the big, name-brand guitar makers. Eventually, I got tired of that and decided to try a local luthier in Philly, Chris DiPinto. The Galaxie is what I bought, and like all DiPinto guitars, this is a really inexpensive, quality, stylishly retro-modern hip looking guitar that stays in tune and has good tone. I love it! All of his guitars are available in custom editions produced in the Philadelphia area. Enjoy! PS. He's made guitars for, I believe, Thurston Moore, Rick Neilson, Tom ? (Also from Cheap Trick), the guitarist on the Conan O'Brien's Late Show and that band that only plays instrumentals and they all wear Mexican wrestling masks—Los Straitjackets, I think.
Cons:

Submitted by:
Allan Martin Kemler (akemler@napco.com)
Playing Experience:
over ten years
Musical Tastes:
alternative blues classical classic rock country folk heavy metal jazz pop

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