NGD: TV Yellow Special

[1allspub]

Picked a TV Yellow Special last week at my local Sam Ash. Very impressed. Fit & Finish is excellent and the neck (50s) is the best neck I've felt on an Epi in a long time. P90s rock and genuinely sound like good P90s (doesn't mean I won't eventually swap in some aftermarket ones, but that's just because I am an inveterate tinkerer).

Anyway, when I first saw these in all the winter NAMM vids back when the world was still normal (LOL!) I knew I'd have to have one. Finally got it!

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[mdubya]

Picked this up last week at my local Sam Ash. Very impressed. Fit & Finish is excellent and the neck (50s) is the best neck I've felt on an Epi in a long time. P90s rock and genuinely sound like good P90s (doesn't mean I won't eventually swap in some aftermarket ones, but that's just because I am an inveterate tinkerer).

Anyway, when I first saw these at in all the winter NAMM vids back when the world was still normal (LOL!) I knew I'd have to have one. Finally got it!

Congrats!

I can't see the photos!

 

[shupe13]

Congrats.

 

[sibyrpunk]

Congrats!

 

[DrBGood]

Unfortunately, for some reason, I can’t upload pics.

Here, I'll do it for you

 

[cliffenstein]

Glad you’re liking it...I love love LOVE mine!!!!

 

[DrBGood]

Got mine June 26. I left for a month a week later. Came back home for two weeks and now again I'm away for another month. I set it up played it for all those 3 weeks, but I have yet to change the strings for my prefered gauge (9's) and treat the fretboard. When I come back, it's like NGD again

 

[rbraad68]

Here, I'll do it for you

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did you replace the tuners? i'm looking to buy one there outta stock ofcourse thinking about just reserving it and waitng....

 

[DrBGood]

did you replace the tuners?

Nope, they're perfectly fine.

 

[rbraad68]

damm im looking at it now it's showing klusons on it. i just pulled the triger so hopefully i don't have to wait three months..

 

[cliffenstein]

I changed out my tuners to Kluson locking revolution ones...but then I noticed some neck dive and put the stock ones back on...the stock tuners are so great...I'm glad I went back to stock.

 

[rbraad68]

I changed out my tuners to Kluson locking revolution ones...but then I noticed some neck dive and put the stock ones back on...the stock tuners are so great...I'm glad I went back to stock.

what is neck dive?

 

[cliffenstein]

what is neck dive?

When the guitar is on you with the strap on and you let go of the neck, the guitar at the headstock slides down toward the floor away from your arms.

 

[DrBGood]

I changed out my tuners to Kluson locking revolution ones...but then I noticed some neck dive and put the stock ones back on...the stock tuners are so great...I'm glad I went back to stock.

Neck dive on the Special ? Those tuners must have been massive !

 

[rbraad68]

ahhh ok.. i just ordered that tv yellow p90 guitar .. the 399 one and i dont see one thing that needs upgrading!!!

 

[cliffenstein]

Neck dive on the Special ? Those tuners must have been massive !

no, not at all...they were a direct fit and you could hardly tell a weight difference when holding the individual tuners, but my particular Special is only 7.25 lbs and the difference in weight was just enough to cause it. It didn't just "bang...to the floor"...it would just slide out of reach a bit and I didn't like that. So I put the stock tuners back on and put a new set of strings on, doing the old "manual lock" method, like so:

 

[cliffenstein]

ahhh ok.. i just ordered that tv yellow p90 guitar .. the 399 one and i dont see one thing that needs upgrading!!!

Like the rest of the 2020 Epiphone lineup, there is definitely no NEED to upgrade anything.

 

[rbraad68]

Like the rest of the 2020 Epiphone lineup, there is definitely no NEED to upgrade anything.

that thing looks like a beast of a guitar! i can't wait to get thie thing. there outa stock though so the wait begins :=

 

[cliffenstein]

that thing looks like a beast of a guitar! i can't wait to get thie thing. there outa stock though so the wait begins :=

They stll have them at Zzounds...that's where I got mine at:

Epiphone Les Paul Special

Sporting two soapbar P-90 pickups, the Epiphone Les Paul Special packs a punch. This guitar has a chunky, rounded neck carve fit for a rock star.

www.zzounds.com

 

[mdubya]

The graph tech nut on my Gibson version (stock on both Gib and Epi) has sold me on this type of nut material. FWIW- unless they are damaged, it is almost never the tuners that cause tuning issues, it is almost always the nut.

I don't think I have hardly had to tune my Gibson Special since I got it in December, just fine tuning when going between drop D and standard. It is always in tune when taking it out of the case. Impressive.

Enjoy your Specials, chicos.