NGD

mikeyrob73

I had made  the decision to not buy any guitars for the rest of the year and save the cash i had aside and add to it till i had raised the funds for an R8, but this came up at a nice price locally and after briefly playing @CountryDave GSP Junior when he was over i had GAS for a fat necked Junior. New Epiphone Junior with the new shaped headstock picked up this morning, and first impressions are great, its got a fat neck, it sounds like a Junior and it plays really nicely. really well made and put together guitar, frets are spot on, very impressed 

I know i know this thread is worthless without pics so here you go 

captainbeeffart

So you fell at the first Hurdle. congrats enjoy the new guitar.

Fortheloveofguitar

I’ve got one and swapped out the P90 for a humbucker. Use it as a slide guitar, they’re great 

CountryDave

Happy NGD.  I too decided I wasn't buying any new gear at the start of this year.  Think I've had 4 new guitars since then, although two didn't hang around very long.

Still loving your old PRS Zach Myers and have recently added a nice Cabronita partscaster after collecting from @simonbeckwith. I sold the 350 mile round trip to Mrs CountryDave as a day out and distraction from working at home for the last 3 months.

I think that everyone needs to try a Junior at least once.  They are like a telecaster in their simplicity and the fact you can get an awful lot of nice sounds out of them (but as always, the best is wide open through a nice amp).

mikeyrob73

Yeah fell at the first hurdle 
i have to admit to being super impressed tho, if I was being really really picky the fretboard is a tiny bit rough but apart from that I can’t find fault at all 
@CountryDave its all your fault for bringing that junior over !! 

mcsdan

Excellent, Happy NGD. Got to love the simplicity of a junior. Looks great too.

Philly_Q

Looks good!  Everyone should have at least one Junior, although I've probably got a few too many.

mikeyrob73 said:

I had made  the decision to not buy any guitars for the rest of the year

I say that every year and haven't managed it yet, although I don't buy as many as I used to.  Nothing so far this year, and we're more than halfway...

DiscoStu

The new headstock makes a massive difference. Great looking guitar.

merciful-evans

congrats & enjoy

mikeyrob73

Yeah the new headstock shape makes a massive difference to the look 

Whitecat

Classic as ****. Congrats!!!

mikeyrob73

One piece of advice guys. 

No NGD when your supposed to be working from home lol 

roberty

Awesome. The new Epi Jr's and Specials tick a lot of boxes. Really curious to try them 

simonbeckwith

Great to meet you @CountryDave , enjoy 

JezWynd

Nice score. 

mikeyrob73

Day two update in this one, hardly put it down yesterday and have a good few hours with it today, it’s excellent, for a couple hundred quids it’s a bloody bargain. Well impressed with the new Epiphone inspired by range. 

gilby

mikeyrob73 said:

Day two update in this one, hardly put it down yesterday and have a good few hours with it today, it’s excellent, for a couple hundred quids it’s a bloody bargain. Well impressed with the new Epiphone inspired by range. 

Got similar thing going on here. I took delivery of an Epi' 50s standard this week. Peach are knocking a fair bit off the rrp and I think they are really good value. Think a junior is on the cards soon too.

mikeyrob73

@gilby how you finding the 50s LP? Please tell me it’s terrible and I shouldn’t waste my money etc 

gilby

@mikeyrob73 ;

Sorry, it's not terrible at all

gilby

mikeyrob73 said:

@gilby how you finding the 50s LP? Please tell me it’s terrible and I shouldn’t waste my money etc 

I'm enjoying it so far. It does need a tweek to get action down a little but is very playable, I've not attempted myself as if it shows any need for fret dressing it will have to be someone else anyway..
I'm definitely not a fender modern C guy. The neck isn't huge but a fair handful with a definite D shape. Nice even toned fret board material (Indian laurel I think) 
There is a thin gap showing in the finish around the body binding, like a thin line of undercoat between. It got mentioned on one of the you tube reviews (trology?) so it wasn't unexpected.

https://imgur.com/a/29yvJFL

Epi 50s standard https://imgur.com/gallery/4VEKOax

 At 460 for a mass produced guitar I'll live with it.
Sounds great to my ears so no plans to be silly with pick up swaps.
My les paul forum are rumour mongering a forthcoming '59 if you want baseball bat neck though