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I've put a few clips on YouTube showcasing this guitar, but this one seems to capture the spirit of the guitar (plus I love the TV show, Better Call Saul) so I thought I'd add it here:
Nice video, @RevMatt
My band, Red For Dissent
To me, the early 90s PEG designs (Berlin, Vienna, LA, NY, Milan etc) were more original, and the more recent PJE stuff is more of a high end take on classic and established designs.
I love both eras - the early stuff felt very natural to play and was visually distinctive, although for me, the build quality on the newer stuff ups the game a bit.
Having owned over 60 90s Eggles I now don't have any, just the 3 PJE electrics and 1 acoustic, so that confirms where my preference lies, but if money and space were no object I'd have a collection from both eras...
Pretty much a tele, with a translucent butterscotch, master grade neck, and a custom neck (the soft V but re-carved towards a slimmer C shape instead of the V at the neck end).
Fender CS, LSL custom build and the PJE custom are options....
Something like this one but with a nicer figured one piece ash body (if possibly - the one shown is a 2 piece) and the reshaped neck:
https://rebel-guitars.com/patrick-james-eggle-guitars-oz-in-butterscotch/
Obviously a considerable outlay, and probably less resale than either the fender or LSL (though the fender would be £1k more to purchase, the LSL roughly the same). NOT that im considering a sale lol - just that any guitar may not actually suit ultimately so needs to have some factor in the choice.
Some will have seen my recent PJE Oz for sale post... I loved that guitar and really couldn't fault it for looks, tone and quality, but between that and my 96, I found myself more at home with the geometry of the 96. So, my aim was to sell the Oz to fund a 2nd 96 that would replicate the features I loved about the Oz (droptop with stunning quilted maple, Vintage neck with 12" radius and medium fret wire etc), but also needed to be an SSH pickup configuration as my other 96 is an HH...
With remarkable timing the sale of the Oz collided with the availability of @JohnnyBGid82 's 96 droptop, and here it is:
And now, residing with its siblings (there's also a PJE acoustic, but not pictured):
Thanks to @JohnnyBGid82 and @wizbit81 for making it happen, and also to @joeW for the shared enthusiasm!
More seriously, that's a fab trio. Why do I always prefer everyone else's guitars to mine?!
PJE has to be the U.K’s premium builder, met him once - throughly nice chap
Thought it was time to update this thread with an additional NGD post (although the actual NGD took place about 2 months ago - I've been busy!)...
Sadly this NGD came at a cost - the green Macon Jnr shown earlier had to go to help fund this one, but I'm still left with the 2x 96s - the droptop HSS and the reverse HH, and now with a Macon carved top to complete the collection...
The Macon CT is an absolutely stunning guitar, bought used from Sound Affects in Ormskirk. The guitar itself dates back 2019 and came in superb condition (excusing the aged nitro finish). Spec is as follows:
- 1 piece mahogany body and book matched maple top finished in lemonburst
- Mahogany neck with ebony fretboard
- Mojo Pickups
- Ebony pickup surrounds and knobs
- Gotoh tuners
- 2 piece ABM bridge
It's really a stunning guitar, both to play and also look at - tonally it's great with a very versatile range (with the addition of coil splits). So the fact that it's taken me 2 months to add it here is by no means a slur on the guitar itself - I've been craving one of these for a good few years and it was worth the wait!In terms of sounds, they do sound different although I'm not sure how well I'll describe it... Both guitars sound superb although the carved top does better suit my preferences - I would say it's a smoother and fuller sound than the Jnr which I would say was a little more brash (although use of the tone and volume could smooth out the Jnr).
A Macon is the best single cut I’ve ever played and I only sold mine to my band mate as a huge favour as he is a singlecut player. It’s his no 1