Epiphone Jared James Nichols Gold Glory Reviews

Best Epiphone I've ever played

Out of the box it is an amazing guitar

Setup:

Spot on except the action was higher than my liking, I lowered the bridge a bit and it's perfect. Truss rod didn't need adjustment, nut cut well, no fret buzz and no sharp edges at all.

Sound:

Single P-90 power, the Seymour Duncan in this sounds killer, from cleans to crunch. I don't miss the neck pickup. Played it through an Orange Dark terror and still sounded great, humming was minimal considering it's a single coil pickups.

Sound is bright, articulate, with the a dynamic range you would expect from a p-90. Cleans up when playing softly and distorts when you hit the strings hard.

Fit and finish:

The gold color looks much better in person than in pictures. It's a matt finish that's rough to the touch. Looks amazing.

Features:

Single pickup = rock and roll.

Fat 50s neck that I personally enjoy. It's thicker than my 59 Epiphone Lazarus. Ebony fingerboard looks amazing, tuners are smooth and hold tune well.

Cons:

No fret markers after the 15th fret had me guessing where to play, guess I have to get used to it.

Excellent guitar

Hello, This is a very well built guitar. The tuning machines, nut, pots, and bridge are all top quality. The Seymour Duncan pickup is amazing, the tones you can dial in great. Anyone looking for a single p90 guitar can't go wrong with this one. The gold Matt finish is beautiful.

Singing p90 experience cheapened with poor quality fret-job

A great guitar - the finish and look of the guitar is good , the stinger is neatly done, however binding does have some occasional bleed marks in . The electronics are lovely, it has very responsive pots . The Duncan p90 sings I love it.

That said the set-up was shocking out the box very high action , a bunch of fret buzz caused by 3 high frets , also a really 'gritty' feel to the frets and despite hours of polishing has never quite lost that feeling of 'cheap' fret-wire . The quality control could be better , but for the price I suppose the money saved from lack of decent set-up and quality fret-wire is how that final low ticket price is achieved .

Superb Guitar

A first venture for me into the world of P90 territory, this was a definite high place to start! Guitar is a flawless finish, brushed hardware is lovely touch too. The finish on the body is very nicely done, and has a sort of vintage "sheen" to it instead of a full gloss as per usual Epi's.. The sound overall is extremely versatile, and when you learn to work the volume and tone knobs to your advantage, its possible to get any sound you want from this thing. If there is one "flaw" I could point to ,its that the guitars gold paintjob looks incredible in photos etc, but on close inspection in person it becomes clear its a gold veneer sheet on the body, rather than the wood itself being genuinely painted gold (such as a Gibson).. Although this is the way most Epi's are made so its not really a let down but just worth noting. All in all, superb guitar, feels and sounds like twice the cost.