https://photos.app.goo.gl/ksEzmzUSsKKARp6SAhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/a8rim6Ss9oXtrG2u5 https://photos.app.goo.gl/taHn8Lk9jZd786SG6 https://photos.app.goo.gl/9NpLTmMijm1M6x54A So I've had this a couple of weeks now. Bought it off a really nice guy on Ebay and drove to a half way point between us to pick it up.
I've had a glaring hole in my guitar collection for some time , what with not having a P90 equipped guitar. I felt I was probably missing out on some different tones.
It's a Grainger Attis and the build quality is simply outstanding. It plays really nice, sounds really nice and looks stunning in person too. Neck is perfection and the fretwork supered. I've never been a natural fan of gold tops, but this does look nice to be fair. It's got Bareknuckle old guard P90's in it. The neck pickup is lovely and warm sounding, but I initially found the bridge pickup very trebly and a bit harsh. I realised then that the tone control is important for this and sure enough it's making some of the finest tones I can imagine. A good array of great tones to be had, so I was missing out after all, just had to learn how to use P90's was all.
I've got a healthy guitar collection of some high end instruments, but this one has the longest natural sustain of anything I have for some reason, which surprises me a little with it being a bolt on neck. It's also the most stable for tuning . I put a new set of NYXL 10-46 on it straight away and it hasn't budged since, despite me playing the hell out of for the last couple of weeks. It's got Hipshot locking tuners, but I was a little sceptical about the bar across the strings on the headstock, but turns out it works without causing any issue at all. The bridge is of Graingers own making and it's a very well made thing. Perfectly machined and looks like a fairly heavy affair, which probably contributes to that magic sustain.
All in all, I'm pretty damn pleased with it.
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Couple more pics of the headstock
It does have stunning wood grain to be fair.
I can live with the tone control thing, as the middle position works well, but I can defo see the point in the tone control just for the bridge. The neck just don't need it much. It even does a lovely joe pass without tone control. It's just the bridge that's bright.
I'm assuming that this is common with all P90's and that's why you have a solution for it?
A simpler solution would be to adjust the polepiece screws and overall height of the bridge pickup.
I'd leave it for a while. If it still bugs you in a fortnight, then, consider adjusting things.
Have fun with it!
[Edit: love that G on the back of the headstock!]