Take My Money! New signature Epiphone Jared James Nichols 'Old Glory' LPC

Fortheloveofguitar · March 2019

Now available for pre order from Andertons only at this stage so I’ll be hanging on as I won’t give them my money

Also with them you have to full price of £599 upfront. Most others will only charge around £50

stonevibe · March 2019

I want one, but am now in two minds as not sure I'll ever get around to playing it. I have way too many guitars already!

johnl · August 2019

Mine should be arriving tomorrow morning - will stick some photos up here when it does.

jumping@shadows · August 2019

I played his proto a couple weeks back (now apparently lost by the airlines on his return trip home!), and it was pretty cool

I’ve offered to refinish and age one for him, plus fit a ‘50s P90 so we’ll see where that goes, and he also gigged my ‘60 Les Paul ;-)

https://youtu.be/y-_ihT4ufnw

IntoTheRough · August 2019

jumping@shadows said:

I played his proto a couple weeks back (now apparently lost by the airlines on his return trip home!), and it was pretty cool I’ve offered to refinish and age one for him, plus fit a ‘50s P90 so we’ll see where that goes, and he also gigged my ‘60 Les Paul ;-)

https://youtu.be/y-_ihT4ufnw

Nice! I follow him on Instagram and find his style perfect for that bitesize format. Not an attempt to diminish him in any way, but I find he plays in almost the ultimate rock guitar-shop style. Pure rawwwk! Always gets a great sound and I bet he's got more in the bag than I've seen.

johnl · August 2019

Will get some photos up tomorrow but so far I am very impressed - for the £570 that GAK had it at this is a ridiculously good guitar. The "Blues Power" plate was hiding some pretty horrific drillwork so I've just reversed mine for the time being - the Seymour Duncan P90 actually roars and it's a huge comfy neck. It's a pretty fun and surprisingly versatile guitar.

equalsql · August 2019

He is one damn fine player. That magic thumb of his squeezes some amazing tones out of any guitar he touches.

Philly_Q · August 2019

johnl said:

Will get some photos up tomorrow but so far I am very impressed - for the £570 that GAK had it at this is a ridiculously good guitar. The "Blues Power" plate was hiding some pretty horrific drillwork so I've just reversed mine for the time being - the Seymour Duncan P90 actually roars and it's a huge comfy neck. It's a pretty fun and surprisingly versatile guitar.

What have they drilled? Just two little holes for the mounting screws, or has it actually got two whacking great holes as if it once really had a stop tailpiece?

johnl · August 2019

Just two small screw holes for the mounting screws but they've managed to strip a fair bit of the finish (both about the size of a 5p) around each hole. Not a major issue but bit of an eyesore

sawyer · August 2019

It's a shame they didn't just supply the plastic plate separately so you had the choice to put it on or not. Love the look of the guitar but that plate puts me off.

Vintage-T · August 2019

What's the weight of it? Looks like it's do me for a gigging guitar, but weight is always an issue for my stupid back.

johnl · August 2019

I haven't got any scales here - it's not light but it's not a boat anchor. I'd say it's probably in the 9lbs or so region when compared to my R8 which I know is 8.5. It's full mahogany so not a light guitar by any means.

Yamaha77 · August 2019

Looks great but would have to fashion up a replacement plate as that's pure cheese.

OilCityPickups · August 2019

Its a beautiful looking instrument ... I've always loved the idea of single pickup carved tops ... especially with a P90,

however that plate is truly horrible. I would be inclined ... if it were mine, to get a simple brass plate with a bit of engraved scroll-work made up to fit that area.

Philly_Q · August 2019

Maybe they should do what Gibson sometimes do with LP or 335 scratchplates - supply it with the plate and a pair of screws so - if you're insane - you can just fit it yourself.

zepp76 · August 2019

OilCityPickups said:

Its a beautiful looking instrument ... I've always loved the idea of single pickup carved tops ... especially with a P90,
however that plate is truly horrible. I would be inclined ... if it were mine, to get a simple brass plate with a bit of engraved scroll-work made up to fit that area.

That was my thoughts exactly with regards to a brass plate although the engraved scroll work wouldn't be cheap. I had a brass trigger guard for one of my rifles hand engraved and it cost the best part of £350!! Here's a photo of the work

https://i.imgur.com/QjmFgq9.jpg

Maybe a simple engraving of the name "Epiphone" in nice writing, that should be possible with an engraving machine and would be much cheaper.

Fortheloveofguitar · August 2019

What does it play like?

I was very keen to get one of these but since buying my R8 nothing gets close to it so thought I may be disappointed

Plus the fact I would remove that plate but by the sound of things it would look worse without it due to shoddy drilling

johnl · August 2019

Right - excuse the fingerprints - a matte black finish is a fingerprint magnet:

With the plate reversed I don't think it looks too bad.

It plays fantastically well and sounds great - it doesn't feel as nice in the hand as my R8 but it also doesn't feel like a cheap guitar by any means. Having just volume and tone forces me to engage with the controls more often than I sometimes do and you'd be surprised at how many different tones are possible just with those two.

All in all it's an absolute bargain - you're not going to be able to sell your R8 because you've got one of these but for under £600 there's very few reasons not to own one....

Edit: one other thing worth mentioning - there's no markers on the frets past 15 at all - not even dots in the binding which surprised me.

stonevibe · August 2019

I still fancy one of these, but want to try one first.

TTBZ · August 2019

Love the idea of this/single pickup LP, shame about the bridge plate. Epiphone get all the fun guitars, that 1955 P90 Custom they did a while ago is still calling my name!

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