Best cheap twin P90 guitar?

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:00 pm

i still have this in my house at the moment, it's kay's brothers that i was repairing for him. needs a new bridge volume pot. it's the bolt on version. sounds fucking amazing. always wanted to bust out cigarettes and alcohol on it when i pick it up. i could see if he wants to part with it.

jmmc · Post by **jmmc** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:05 am

http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ ... _serie.htm

http://www.thomann.de/gb/axl_az_800_blp ... _stock.htm

quite good for the price

aen · Post by **aen** » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:20 am

ekwatts wrote:
johnnyseven wrote:How about the Squier Vintage Modified Tele Custom II? They can be picked up for cheaps on ebay and apparently they're really decent, I think Aen might have one.

http://www.fender.com/en-GB/squier/seri ... ard-black/
Had one, loved it. Really great necks and pickups.

+1. I'v heard about quality control issues with these, but mine's perfect!

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:20 pm

gaaaa! proggie i missed your post about the vintage gold top.

to update everyone on my travels: i bought a vintage gold top from a well known retailer and it was absolute pony. dirty, grubby, screw missing, scratches on the back and binding. real horror show. they are sending a courier to fetch it for a refund. the retailer seemed to blame this on vintage themselves, however this would be completely at odds with my experiences of the brand. i suspect it was roughed up ex-demo stock

anyway...

the quest continues, and i'm still very much moving away from the fender style and am after a flatter radius, 24.75" gibson type model so the tele is not really for me. i may have a punt at another vintage v100 gold top, but what caught my eye was this...

which i would couple with a set of rose pickup humbucker sized p90s . i've sent ken an email to ask if he could do me a slightly chirpier and janglier set of p90s.

what i would like to know is, what is shortscale's experience with the maestro vibrola type tremolos? are they serviceable for light use, and can they handle alt tunings? they seem somewhat similar to jag tremolos which handle different tuning fine

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:31 pm

seriously, set of these

and some of these

and it'd be dead handsome

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:33 pm

George wrote:

Sheeeitt, that looks awesome. I'm getting closer and closer to selling my Jagmaster...

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 4:42 pm

yeah buddy. apparently the bridge pickup is really powerful too if that interests you. i'm gonna scour youtube tonight. i just want more confirmation about that trems fitness for purpose

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:19 pm

I really like the maestro vibrola I had on an epiphone sg, the only problem was that it developed burrs which would snap strings at the ball ends, was really annoying. The only solution I found was to slip an extra ball end over the string to move it away from the sharp edge. Still was quite annoying.

I guess it just depends on what material that bridge is made from as I assume the epiphone bridge was obviously made from some kind of soft metal.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:19 pm

George wrote:seriously, set of these

and some of these

and it'd be dead handsome

Definitely that - though I'd be tempted to keep the bridge pup as is and drop one of those in the neck

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:22 pm

gabriel, could it handle changing to different tunings on the fly?

dave, yeah not a bad idea, especially if as it's such a high output pickup it'd split well

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:59 pm

Good idea. Kind of what I said THREE MONTHS AGO but yeah good idea.

I'm properly loving my dearmond with the mean 90 set.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:08 pm

yeah, sorry - i just had dreams of the gold top but this looks like a better option

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:25 pm

George wrote:gabriel, could it handle changing to different tunings on the fly?

I'm guessing not. No trem would. But you should still buy it, because it's beautiful.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:28 pm

Also, irregardless of how good that bridge pickup is, get the set of mean 90s.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:49 pm

benecol wrote:
George wrote:gabriel, could it handle changing to different tunings on the fly?
I'm guessing not. No trem would. But you should still buy it, because it's beautiful.

the mustang and jag trems i've owned have been able to move from standard to open G (low E unchanged) and drop D while staying almost completely in tune. i mean is it as bad as something like a floating strat trem or floyd where it's all synchronized?

also, HOLY MOLY - look at that neck heel

nope.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:56 pm

179 american dollars.

thats like 20 bucks in england money i think

I FUCKING LOVE MINE.
STRAT NECK DROPS RIGHT IN

http://www.guitarfetish.com/XV-JT40-Off ... _1291.html

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:59 pm

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benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:00 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:Also, irregardless of how good that bridge pickup is, get the set of mean 90s.

I had both, but massively preferred the Dream 90s. Less true to P90 construction, but man alive they sounded better.

George · Post by **George** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:04 pm

if i could buy from rondo music and guitar fetish i'd be really happy, but with import and shipping its not so good

also, i'm looking at some vintage output humbucker sized p90s from rose pickups. possibly alnico... 4?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Jan 03, 2014 9:16 pm

benecol wrote:
BacchusPaul wrote:Also, irregardless of how good that bridge pickup is, get the set of mean 90s.
I had both, but massively preferred the Dream 90s. Less true to P90 construction, but man alive they sounded better.

Can't imagine much that sounds more like what I want than the mean 90s but I'd love to give them a go. They're a bit janglier aren't they?