Brian Krashpad
New member
A couple weeks back one of those super-cheap boltneck Epiphone Juniors came up on local craigslist. Only it wasn't the ubiquitous $99 single-bridge-humbucker Junior.
It was the slightly-less-ubiquitous P-90 version that they don't currently make, but probably streeted for $99 too, when they were still in production.
Some net acquaintances of mine have had these, and said that they're actually playable. And I do like P-90s. I'd had a Melody Maker with a single bucker-sized P-90 in it, but with just just the one pickup I missed having a tone control, so I sold the MM to a bandmate.
It seemed like this might be a great cheap way to see if I could get along with a classic Junior setup with a P-90 and both a tone and volume pot. Also, the seller was asking way less than $99, so I knew I could always resell it and couldn't possibly lose money.
So, I bought it. It is in fact playable, holds tune, and the stock dogear P-90 sounds like a P-90 should. And with the wrap bridge with a waggle top, the intonation is even fine.
Here she be:
Adding one more guitar, even though it was literally the cheapest guitar I've ever bought, was still adding a guitar, and that messed up my "collection" collage, so I re-arranged it from 3 columns into 4 columns, so there wouldn't be any blank spaces. And here is the result:
You may now all ruthlessly mock my latest inexpensive import axe, or the fact that I even have a guitar collage. Or anything else you like (hell, I'm on percocets, I don't give a ****). Or you are welcome to ask any questions you might have about any of the guitars pictured, or indeed any other matter, and I shall do my best to provide an answer.
It was the slightly-less-ubiquitous P-90 version that they don't currently make, but probably streeted for $99 too, when they were still in production.
Some net acquaintances of mine have had these, and said that they're actually playable. And I do like P-90s. I'd had a Melody Maker with a single bucker-sized P-90 in it, but with just just the one pickup I missed having a tone control, so I sold the MM to a bandmate.
It seemed like this might be a great cheap way to see if I could get along with a classic Junior setup with a P-90 and both a tone and volume pot. Also, the seller was asking way less than $99, so I knew I could always resell it and couldn't possibly lose money.
So, I bought it. It is in fact playable, holds tune, and the stock dogear P-90 sounds like a P-90 should. And with the wrap bridge with a waggle top, the intonation is even fine.
Here she be:
Adding one more guitar, even though it was literally the cheapest guitar I've ever bought, was still adding a guitar, and that messed up my "collection" collage, so I re-arranged it from 3 columns into 4 columns, so there wouldn't be any blank spaces. And here is the result:
You may now all ruthlessly mock my latest inexpensive import axe, or the fact that I even have a guitar collage. Or anything else you like (hell, I'm on percocets, I don't give a ****). Or you are welcome to ask any questions you might have about any of the guitars pictured, or indeed any other matter, and I shall do my best to provide an answer.
I make an effort, however informal, to "rotate through" them and to try to avoid playing the same one in successive shows/practices.
