PENDING NGD: Royale with Cheese

Beau · Post by **Beau** » Tue May 27, 2014 5:39 pm

I'm about to cheese up on one of these:

Gotta replace those green tuning heads though.

I was actually about to start a topic about my recent 2-week-long internet boner for semi-hollows.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:00 pm

Don't understand why people pay Gibson prices when some of these epiphones are so bloody good.

Beau · Post by **Beau** » Tue May 27, 2014 6:03 pm

dezb1 wrote:Don't understand why people pay Gibson prices when some of these epiphones are so bloody good.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:03 am

The little bit on the back of the Royale headstock says "Manufactured in the Epiphone Custom Shop, China" which I thought was a funny little touch. It'd send some corksniffers into space.

Beau · Post by **Beau** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:20 pm

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:47 pm

I thought that was Fran for a sec

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:48 am

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:05 am

Shad, that guitar is giving me gas, never seen one in black before... looks great

Anyway, love semis with Bigsbys....

Here's mine

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 10:16 am

Noirie. wrote:I thought that was Fran for a sec

That made come chuckle.

Love the guitar & definitely needs the guard off.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:25 pm

It matches my John 5 tele, so I don't think I'm taking the guard off mine.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:30 am

I wanna red on like Benjamin Booker

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theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 5:57 am

I replaced the stock input jack because it was ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. Other than that, I'm very happy with the SHAD SIGNATURE EDITION RIVIERA.

The middle pickup volume is like a "Strat to P90" dial. It's insane. At 0 you have this rich P90 sound with INCREDIBLE attack, but at 10 you have a convincing strat-5-way 2 and 4 quacky setting.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:27 am

Yup. Probably one of the best guitars I've ever owned.

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:15 am

There is a red one at a locale GC for $349 I'm thinking about getting because I don't own a guitar(anymore).

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singlepup · Post by **singlepup** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:16 pm

You musn't deprive yourself of guitars.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 4:52 pm

theshadowofseattle wrote:I replaced the stock input jack because it was ABSOLUTE GARBAGE. Other than that, I'm very happy with the SHAD SIGNATURE EDITION RIVIERA.

The middle pickup volume is like a "Strat to P90" dial. It's insane. At 0 you have this rich P90 sound with INCREDIBLE attack, but at 10 you have a convincing strat-5-way 2 and 4 quacky setting.

Anyone know how this works?

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:47 pm

3-way switch controlling bridge/both/neck, middle pickup is always on so its controlled by its own volume knob

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 12:31 am

Sorry, that seems obvious now. I misread shad's post and though it was some sort of trickery that took out windings from the pickup or used some sort of varitone to actually make it more stratty.

theshadowofseattle · Post by **theshadowofseattle** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 3:45 am

westtexasred wrote:There is a red one at a locale GC for $349

I paid $399 for mine new on MF, but I saw one on the wall at Sam Ash two days ago for $540-something. I musta got a SICK DEAL.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:03 am

I paid Â£350 for mine. Prodealz.

Although Thomann had their last one up for sale at Â£300 about a week after I bought it.