NGD 1965 Epiphone Coronet - Holy Hell!

jonnyburgo

I bet that P90 can get absolutely stinking tones.

EricTheWeary

I went to see a friend of a friend's blues band years ago and their guitarist had one. I didn't really know what it was at the time but I thought it was great for the Chicago blues stuff they were doing. 
Genuinely lovely guitar. 

JayGee

Oooooh! Want!!!

Bucket

Love those. HNGD.

matt.drink73

jonnyburgo said:

I bet that P90 can get absolutely stinking tones.

Unlike any P90 I've heard mate, it's so warm and sustains forever!

Stuckfast

This is why old Epiphones are good. And where Jack White got all his ideas from.



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Funkfingers

matt.drink73 said:

Intonation is surprising pretty good for a vintage guitar with a wraparound

Your bridge looks like a replacement. The "lightning bolt" ridge on a 1965 original should have compensation for a wound G. 

I made precisely the same change on my 1965 Melody Maker.

Philly_Q

Funkfingers said:

matt.drink73 said:

Intonation is surprising pretty good for a vintage guitar with a wraparound

Your bridge looks like a replacement. The "lightning bolt" ridge on a 1965 original should have compensation for a wound G. 

I made precisely the same change on my 1965 Melody Maker.

I've also got a 1965 Melody Maker.  It came with a Badass bridge, which I replaced with an adjustable Pigtail, but I have a new/relic lightning bar bridge (plain G) which I shall put on it... at some point.

matt.drink73

Philly_Q said:

Funkfingers said:

matt.drink73 said:

Intonation is surprising pretty good for a vintage guitar with a wraparound

Your bridge looks like a replacement. The "lightning bolt" ridge on a 1965 original should have compensation for a wound G. 

I made precisely the same change on my 1965 Melody Maker.

I've also got a 1965 Melody Maker.  It came with a Badass bridge, which I replaced with an adjustable Pigtail, but I have a new/relic lightning bar bridge (plain G) which I shall put on it... at some point.

Yeah I’ve not had any luck tracking down the original, judging by the wear this one has been on a long time though. Not too fussed about it personally, it intonates really well.Stuckfast said:

This is why old Epiphones are good. And where Jack White got all his ideas from.



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Funnily enough one of the first things I did was put it through a big muff and play icky thump!

jimmyguitar

matt.drink73 said:

Philly_Q said:

Funkfingers said:

matt.drink73 said:

Intonation is surprising pretty good for a vintage guitar with a wraparound

Your bridge looks like a replacement. The "lightning bolt" ridge on a 1965 original should have compensation for a wound G. 

I made precisely the same change on my 1965 Melody Maker.

I've also got a 1965 Melody Maker.  It came with a Badass bridge, which I replaced with an adjustable Pigtail, but I have a new/relic lightning bar bridge (plain G) which I shall put on it... at some point.

Yeah I’ve not had any luck tracking down the original, judging by the wear this one has been on a long time though.

there’s one at Guitars4you
http://www.guitars4you.co.uk/oddsnsods/127-early-60s-vintage-gibsonepiphone-wrapover-compensated-bridgetailpiece/

WezV

matt.drink73 said:

Philly_Q said:

Funkfingers said:

matt.drink73 said:

Intonation is surprising pretty good for a vintage guitar with a wraparound

Your bridge looks like a replacement. The "lightning bolt" ridge on a 1965 original should have compensation for a wound G. 

I made precisely the same change on my 1965 Melody Maker.

I've also got a 1965 Melody Maker.  It came with a Badass bridge, which I replaced with an adjustable Pigtail, but I have a new/relic lightning bar bridge (plain G) which I shall put on it... at some point.

Yeah I’ve not had any luck tracking down the original, judging by the wear this one has been on a long time though.

Don't bother, unless you plan on using a wound 3rd.    its a good upgrade for most players as it is

It can't have been on it that long, they simply didn't exist a decade or so ago.   its likely its been aged to match

57Deluxe

this is why Steve Marriott used one in Humble Pie...

matt.drink73

57Deluxe said:

this is why Steve Marriott used one in Humble Pie...

That doesn't sound half bad!

Owain

Sounds amazing, enjoy