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Ex, Paco, check this out

casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
edited July 2006 in Musicians and Gearheads
http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Riviera-Sunburst-P90s_W0QQitemZ270009446557QQihZ017QQcategoryZ33037QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Epiphone Riviera with P90's. Looks sweet and I bet it sounds amazing. If could only buy one more guitar in my life, this would be it. Alas, no money and I live outside the US.
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  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Let me change that, I'd buy this one:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1966-69-Epiphone-Casino-Guitar-w-hardshell-case_W0QQitemZ230008756846QQihZ013QQcategoryZ33037QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    both nice. the crack by the jack on the reviera makes me nervous but that's a cool instrument for sure.

    but who in their right mind puts a synth pickup in a vintage hollowbody with p90s. that's just nuts.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    exhausted wrote:
    but who in their right mind puts a synth pickup in a vintage hollowbody with p90s. that's just nuts.

    At the risk of sounding like an idiot, but I have no clue what you are talking about. You mean the Casino? I don't see it...
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    in the text on the casino it talks about holes by the bridge from a synth pickup that it had at some point. it's a shame.
  • casper leblanccasper leblanc Posts: 1,246
    Ah yes, I see it now. That is a shame.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Both very very cool guitars, and those 60's casinos sound absolutely fantastic.

    The thing I don't get, if the Rivera is semi hollow like a 335, why put the ridiculous flying bridge on it, nostalgia? If there's a block in the middle, what's wrong with putting a regular bridge on it?

    The crack might be a scratch occuring during the hardware change over, those are big P90's.

    I really like that guitar too, I just don't get if it's semi hollow, why they used a flying bridge.

    WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND PUTS A SYNTH PICKUP IN A CLASSIC?

    buy a cheap $200 squire and go to down.. ARRGH!!!
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    flying bridge? are you talking about the tailpiece? that's standard riviera.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    exhausted wrote:
    flying bridge? are you talking about the tailpiece? that's standard riviera.


    yeah the tailpiece. I'm retarded, I didn't look at the bridge close enough. I see they did use a standard bridge, I'm still not a huge fan of that design, but it does help sustain, the kind I hate are like the ones on hollowbodies like Ric's with no real easy way to adjust them. This one is fine but it's still kind of a pain to restring. I detest re stringing them especially 12 strings.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    ha. the tailpiece on my casino is, of course, the same as the right handed one and thus the notches are the wrong size and i get to try to jam a 50 gauge low E into the notch intended for a righty's high E.


    but a bigsby B7 will soon eliminate that issue. as soon as i figure out which roller bridge fits in place of the import tune-o-matic.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Yeah that'll be cool. and you can teach the youngin how to break all the strings for the big finale.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • NovawindNovawind Posts: 836
    The lack of pickguards makes me a little nervous. If I was paying $1500 for a guitar I sure as hell wouldn't want to nick it inadvertantly.
    If idle hands are the devil's workshop, he must not be very productive.

    7/9/06 LA 1
    7/10/06 LA 2
    10/21/06 Bridge 1
  • exhaustedexhausted Posts: 6,638
    it's not an issue unless you're playing like run punk on it or something.

    i took the guard off my casino.
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