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I like P90s in (semi) hollowbody guitars. But I couldn’t become friends with the Epi Casino I had. It was a nice one, made in Korea, factory equiped with a Bigsby (cool!) and although the sound was killer and the neck was to die for, the limited upper fret access turned me down on that guitar. I sold it and kept my eyes open for something with better acces to the higher regions. About two weeks ago I bumped into a second hand Epiphone Wildkat. It’s quite a different guitar than the casino. More sort of a thinline. But i liked the way it felt, so I took her home.
Sound wise the neck and bridge pickups were out of balance. The neck pickup overpowered the bridge pickup. I solved this with a dogear shim from Lollar. With the shim installed, and a little tweaking with the pole pieces, the balance is next to perfect.
Something else regarding sound; I read about people finding their Wildkats sounding too dark for their taste due to crappy wiring; my Wildkat doesn’t sound that dark to me, I won’t touch the electronics for the time being. The DC resistance is quite high though, about 11.7 kOhm per pickup. The Fender Blues Deluxe can stay pretty clean (ish) but they do drive my Marshal 2266C nicely
Tremolo wise the Bigsby has to be used with care, dive bombs are out of the question. But I’m not a heavy trem user anyway, with my use I experience hardly any tuning issues. At least not enough to bother me and start looking for a roller bridge.
I’ll try to make some sound clips the coming days for a brief impression… so here are the pics
… and hanging around with her friends ;-)
Sound wise the neck and bridge pickups were out of balance. The neck pickup overpowered the bridge pickup. I solved this with a dogear shim from Lollar. With the shim installed, and a little tweaking with the pole pieces, the balance is next to perfect.
Something else regarding sound; I read about people finding their Wildkats sounding too dark for their taste due to crappy wiring; my Wildkat doesn’t sound that dark to me, I won’t touch the electronics for the time being. The DC resistance is quite high though, about 11.7 kOhm per pickup. The Fender Blues Deluxe can stay pretty clean (ish) but they do drive my Marshal 2266C nicely
Tremolo wise the Bigsby has to be used with care, dive bombs are out of the question. But I’m not a heavy trem user anyway, with my use I experience hardly any tuning issues. At least not enough to bother me and start looking for a roller bridge.
I’ll try to make some sound clips the coming days for a brief impression… so here are the pics
… and hanging around with her friends ;-)
