Yup, that guitar sounds really excellent, in your hands!! Looks pretty cool too!

Nice to watch a professional at work! Thank You for the insight and thanks for the follow up. Was hoping you would post some video of that guitar. Best Regards and Best Wishes!

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Hey thanks! I'm faaarrrrr from a professional but I'm glad when the stuff I post can provide info or insight to others! Thanks for taking the time to comment! 😊

There’s a country boy in there J-man! Well played as usual my friend!

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Hahaha thanks... Had quite a few things to iron out but gig went fine in the end...😁

That guitar looks so metal and you play country. BTW you play so well….that is a real musician there.

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah mean looking guitar for sure... 😎

Always love these "live in a mix" videos, J! Even a little muffled, that snap and twang wasn't where it needs to be. Another band? You is one busy busy bee!

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hahaha may as well be busy while I'm alive lol!

I bought a set of fleor alnico P90s off Amazon that I put in a firefly LP,and they sound great $35 maybe more outside the states, mettlor makes great budget pickups too.

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Thanks man... Yeah will do some investigating in order to consider my options! 😉

Update was Great!!!!!!!!!!!! Jazzmaster

@j-man9457

Ай бұрын

Thanks Brother!

I think it would be interesting to make a new p90 neck/bridge single pickguard for this and drop a tele pickup (or at least a hot single coil) into the bridge slot... If I end up picking up this guitar and doing a vid, Ill make the same pickguard for you!

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Cool, but that's funny you mention that as that's exactly what I was thinking of doing lol! Telefy it!

They have a tostar Tele humbucker one. I might consider that one. Cheers!

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Yeah they do. 2bikemike just got that one he told me, so stay tuned for the video. I'm curious to see if it's as good as the model I received!

@2bikemikesguitartopics145

2 ай бұрын

Head's up Opened it yesterday. Body and neck construction and finishing are perfect, albeit matte black. Whopper at 8.2lbs. neck angle needs a shim to balance how high the saddles sit and action height. Neck is a slim C for my little hand. Headstock is vert Fender, with only Tostar on it. Tuners had 4 loose buttons but no slop after tightening. Not string through body. Caught me off guard. Easy to make it one. I haven't setup anything yet as of this morning so I can't tell you my impressions. I want to put a different pickguard with Artec TFA65 single. I think at this early point I'll keep a bucker at the bridge, of course one I like the sound of. I'll be editing my initial look video soon and post. O ya it came in a gig bad, .3mm type. Wasn't showing in the ad.

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

@@2bikemikesguitartopics145 awesome man! Sounds promising! Looking forward to the video!

As I remarked on your previous video, I totally agree that those P90’s (ESPECIALLY the bridge, but ALSO the neck) sound rather muddy compared to other P90 guitars you’ve reviewed in the past, like the dog ear P90 on that Westcreek DC you reviewed a while back. If it were me, I would DEFINITELY upgrade those pickups ASAP if you really like the guitar. For a cheap guitar like that, it’s probably not worth investing in high end Lollars or even Seymour Duncans or anything like that… So I would recommend trying either a Fleor Alnico 5 P90 set (NOT the hot wound 11-12k ones, obviously), or the MusicLily Wilkinson M Alnico 5 P90 set. BTW, Soap Bar P90’s and Dog Ear P90’s use pretty much the same components, with ONLY difference being the housing, so in some cases, you might be able to swap the dog ear housing out for a soap bar housing and get more options that way, too. I’m guessing that Alnico 5’s are more likely to give the kind of twang and spank you’re looking for, compared to Alnico 2’s. I would also seriously recommend going with 500k pots instead of 250k pots if you want more high end clarity on P90’s, since they are by nature a lot hotter wound than Fender pickups.

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Yeah good advice, thanks! I was thinking doing a complete tele conversion... Some routing, tele pickups, get rid of the TOM bridge, and install a tele style bridge... I'd have to get rid of the angle in the pocket, and find a solution to hide the TOM Post holes etc... but definitely doable!

@zuperdee

2 ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 In other words, sort of like a Paranormal Offset Telecaster conversion? Doable, yes… But I think that’s just asking for more expense and trouble. At the very least, you’ll have to fill in and paint over the original bridge posts if you don’t want it to look ugly… Unfortunately, a ToM bridge is slightly wider than a Tele bridge (84.5mm for ToM, versus 76.5mm for a vintage-style Tele bridge, vs 80.5mm for a modern-style Tele bridge), so there’s just no way a Tele bridge will be able to cover them completely, and I’m not sure even a modern Tele bridge will be long enough to cover the tailpiece posts along the vertical axis. On the PLUS side: I do NOT think it will be necessary to change the neck angle to accommodate a Tele-style bridge-I think the saddles might just have enough height adjustment for it to work without modifying the neck pocket, especially if you have tall action height screws. By the way, a Tele bridge pickup and a P90 neck pickup is also a good combination-many Telecasters, including the original Fender Japan Offset Telecaster, and the Schecter PT Special (Pete Townshend signature model from Schecter) used a P90 neck/Tele bridge combination.

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

@@zuperdee I'll ponder my options for sure hahaha!

@zuperdee

2 ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 It also just occurred to me: You might also be able to change the neck pocket angle with a StewMac shim, assuming the dimensions conform to Fender specs.

@zuperdee

2 ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 Another idea: I see on Amazon that Censtar actually makes an offset Telecaster-style kit! I am tempted to try that route, since I’m not a black hardware/paint guy. 😂

hekk yaa brother! pop in a epiphone p90(bridge) from a LP special and i think youll find that "twank" youre lookin for woooo!! i love my "grey poupon" LP special! i have some films covering sounders on it if ya wanna check em out... still need to upload the "beatdown"/rematch between the modded grote and the "grey poupon" epiphone...grote sounds swell but the epi just ripps it a new one lol!

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

Hmmm interesting! I will check it out! 😁

@birdman316

2 ай бұрын

@@j-man9457 i got a set of more epiphone p90s on the way... might just put these in the grote and have 1 more go at the "grey poupon" LP special haha!!

You got me Jonesing for one. Shoulder issues now how much would you say it weighs?

@j-man9457

2 ай бұрын

This one is exactly 7lbs!