Joan Jett epiphone 299

[rahbro]

Low key want this really bad.

http://www.altomusic.com/products/epip ... 4JEALw_wcB

[Nick]

Saw that too .....I want it but for many reasons I don't need it.

[Bacchus]

That's very cheap for something that has so many odd or non-standard appointments, like the weird pickup ring, the headstock shape etc.

[Doog]

Funny-looking Epiphone fr; whats the white shit around the pickup etc.

Pure into that, the kinda "bevelled" body shape rules

[sunshiner]

It's a reissue of the vintage mid 60s Epiphone Olympic which was the counterpart of the Gibson Melody Maker and for a brief time had this unique shape akin to the Melody Maker of the time but with the longer upper horn. Back in the day you couldn't buy a humbucker and first aftermarket humbuckers appeared only in the 70s and were made by Dimarzio. Jett had that model of Epiphone Olympic and she found a guy who made humbuckers a signature feature of which was that white semi open cover and the white ring. They were also wired hot and the guy wound them by hand. Joan Jett already had one of his humbuckers and approached him to commission another one and the guy said "Fuck it, it takes too long to wind them by hand, I'm not making another humbucker ever again". So Jett tracked the ones he had previously made and bought as many as she could and later used them to equip her various Melody Makers and Olympics.

This particular guitar is one of tribute to Joan Jett and I highly doubt that Epiphone will ever make them again. They were made a couple years back and it's probably the last of the batch and they're trying to get rid of it.

[plopswagon]

I LOVE ROCK & ROLL

[Doog]

SO PUT ANOTHER DIME IN THE DIMEBAG, DARRELL

[plopswagon]

SO PUT ANOTHER ONE IN DIMEBAG DARRELL

DUDE! Not cool!

[sunshiner]

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