Soapshire is back on sale at 123

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:11 am

http://www.music123.com/Epiphone-Limite ... 2.Music123

looks like they started pumping the white model out again. you guys this is a fucking awesome guitar. i love mine and play them all the time.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:12 am

joey just pointed out that now the neck is bound and blocked. my 2 are just blocked

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:13 am

soooooooooooo anyone want to buy white wilshire?

HOLY SHIT AWESOME NECK

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:13 am

I was asking cause that's what it looks like, unless it's just the white painted neck.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:21 am

I WANT to buy one, but I has only dimes and nickels..

Definately the coolest EPI out there atm.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:25 am

It's a good deal with the free hardshell case both MF and Music123(same place) are doing it.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 3:29 am

it doesn't fit in my jagstang case i know that

too wide

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:41 am

thats a great fucking deal. Rob, how are the pups

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:49 am

the pickups in the white one are way better because they are better.
but i like the feel of the red one better so i play it more, sound be dammed

if i ever sell them ill put the stock pups back in the white one and keep the JB / JSHB for other projects

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:53 am

btw. the JS single coil sounds fucking amazing in my duo caster

the stock jagstang pickups are great pickups, its just they sound like shit in the jag stang.

they both sound awesome in 2 other guitars......

i put a SJAG-1 seymour duncan vintage jaguar pickup in the jagstang and its so trebley that it cancels out all the muddy bullshit you get with the JS. it sounds great in it. great pickup+best neck ever made = fun ass guitar in the pizzastangmasterII

mellowlogic · Post by **mellowlogic** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:54 pm

Fuck this is tempting, especially with the free case....

Post by **Mike** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 7:52 pm

robroe wrote:btw. the JS single coil sounds fucking amazing in my duo caster

the stock jagstang pickups are great pickups, its just they sound like shit in the jag stang.

they both sound awesome in 2 other guitars......

i put a SJAG-1 seymour duncan vintage jaguar pickup in the jagstang and its so trebley that it cancels out all the muddy bullshit you get with the JS. it sounds great in it. great pickup+best neck ever made = fun ass guitar in the pizzastangmasterII

True dat. The Jag-Stang pickups are immense.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:11 pm

I love that neck pickup in the JS. I've decided I won't mod my '51, but if I got my hands on a spare JS neck pickup, I might reconsider.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:06 pm

I don't think you'll find "JS pickups" as such Paul, but the neck unit in the Jag-Stang is the Fender Japan 57/62 single coil, named after the two MIJ reissue strats they were in. They were sold in aftermarket sets of 3 for a time during the '90s and should be around on eBay, failing that try getting the neck pickup from a '57 or '62 CIJ RI strat... probably way easier (and cheaper) to find than a "Jag-Stang neck pickup"

A common misnomer is that it's a Texas Special neck pickup, because that's what teh kurdtz' JS had... but that would be pointless as it's the BRIDGE pickup of a Texas Special set that sets it apart from vintage-style pickup sets, and the production JS's lower output bucker did not necessitate a fancy piece of specialty coil.

Fender's Mexican and overseas factories do not get specific pickups for guitars if they've got something passable lying around. The MIM '72 Tele Custom RI uses a '69 Thinline RI pickup (as well as 250k pots for an .8k neck position bucker, but that is more personal preference... I lol'd anyway).

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:23 pm

Not available in Blighty, it would appear, otherwise this would join the long list of 'guitars I might buy for my birthday'.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:30 pm

paul_ wrote:I don't think you'll find "JS pickups" as such Paul, but the neck unit in the Jag-Stang is the Fender Japan 57/62 single coil, named after the two MIJ reissue strats they were in. They were sold in aftermarket sets of 3 for a time during the '90s and should be around on eBay, failing that try getting the neck pickup from a '57 or '62 CIJ RI strat... probably way easier (and cheaper) to find than a "Jag-Stang neck pickup"

A common misnomer is that it's a Texas Special neck pickup, because that's what teh kurdtz' JS had... but that would be pointless as it's the BRIDGE pickup of a Texas Special set that sets it apart from vintage-style pickup sets, and the production JS's lower output bucker did not necessitate a fancy piece of specialty coil.

Fender's Mexican and overseas factories do not get specific pickups for guitars if they've got something passable lying around. The MIM '72 Tele Custom RI uses a '69 Thinline RI pickup (as well as 250k pots for an .8k neck position bucker, but that is more personal preference... I lol'd anyway).

I remember hearing this before. I always thought they were Fender's attempt at a cheap Texas Special. Were the 57/62 sets just three of the same pickup, or were they a set of three different valued pickups?

yeepers · Post by **yeepers** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:31 pm

Man, I love the look of that guitar. My friends disagree though. If I could find one, I'll put a black pickguard on it, and then replace the pickups with some nice P90s. Too bad I gots no monies...