HNGD !!! P90 Guitar Search *completed*

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HNGD !!! P90 Guitar Search *completed*

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I've been looking for a P90 based guitar and during my online searching I stumbled upon this today, I'm sure its not to everyones taste but I freakin love it..
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The Revstars are really cool, I remember seeing Amy Shark playing one live and it sounded great. I'd have a look at G&L's ASAT Specials. I have an ASAT Super and their MFD pickups are wicked.

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That looks cool AF. Reg had a Revstar with Seth Lovers in it and it was a cool guitar. If they'd do a fat neck on one I'd be totally in.
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Those Revstars are very cool! They were above my budget though, and I wanted a chunkier neck. So I went for a 2020 Epiphone LP Special. I expect those Revstars will have better build quality though. My LP needed a bit of fret dressing, bridge adjustment, and nut slot adjustment on the 6th string.

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https://www.musicworks.co.nz/electric-g ... den-green/

That's the one I was considering. Loved that look.

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Just get that SE ONE. There's so few of them in the world and they're so good you can't lose.
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Slowy wrote:Just get that SE ONE. There's so few of them in the world and they're so good you can't lose.
Yeah I know... so tempted.

The higher end Revstars like this one have a chunkier neck.
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They look nice, but getting pricey and have skinny 60's neck.
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Blue though... looks loverly :D

I would have to sell my Cabronita to buy this, hmmmm not sure I could part with it, will have to sleep on it.

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It seems blue costs over twice as much :)

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I'm thinking I may just put some nice HB sized P90's in my SE first, that would be the cheapest thing to try first.
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I wonder if there's such a thing as adapter ring for p90s in humbucker routes.

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kdawg2a wrote:That looks cool AF. Reg had a Revstar with Seth Lovers in it and it was a cool guitar. If they'd do a fat neck on one I'd be totally in.
I think the one Reg had for sale was a 420. I'm pretty sure The 320 and 420 have a slim neck profile with medium frets. All the models above that have a medium profile with Jumbo frets. I guess still maybe not fat enough?

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