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Wow. Pretty dang nice. It’s always cool to hear about a find like that. Enjoy it!

Smitchell - thanks for the Music-Go-Round info. Good to know. kidblast & dReit1 - thanks for talking me off the ledge! You guys make very solid and valid points. Was just playing for about an hour, it’s still a fun piece with some great sounds coming from it. I was switching between my Fender and the Wildkat, and dang this Epiphone sounds sweet! This a good site and a good community. Happy to be a member. Thanks again for all advise and food for thought. Much appreciated.

I hear you man. I am blown away at the clarity and bite of the P90’s. Like I mentioned, this may have been a GAS purchase by me, but one I don’t regret for a second. It is such a fun guitar. It certainly has opened my eyes on the Epiphone original design line. I have been looking for a used Gibson Les Paul studio, but this may hold me at least for a while. 😉 People have been mentioning to me about replacing the wire harness and pots in the wildcat. I understand there’s about 20 feet of wiring in there and the theory is upgrading the wire harness and the pots allow the P 90s to sing even more so. Any thoughts on that? I am curious, as they sound pretty darn good right now.

Thanks guys! It is a fun guitar. They had a 2012 royal version of the guitar at the store for the same price. But no gig bag. That is the one that is pearl white with the gold hardware. While it was nice and the Bigsby was a little stiffer to push out-of-the-way the antique natural one just sort of called out to me. I have to say while it’s only been a couple days, I have no regrets. Sounds great, feels great and fun to play. Yes, could not agree with you more kidblast. “Another tool in the box to play”. Well put. It certainly has its own unique sound.

Here is a pic of the new piece. Picked it up last night. It is a 2014 model (originally thought 2012). With gig bag and setup, $327.32. Out the door after tax $349 even. I’m pretty sure this was a total GAS purchase on my part 🙂 Will it replace my Fender Telecaster Modern Player Plus? Probably not. But I am digging the heck out of the guitar, And where I once thought I wouldn’t own an Epiphone, it has giving me a new respect for their guitars. It seems very well-made and rings like a bell. Thank you to all you guys for your input. It did help me along the way and I look forward to spending more time in this community.

The only blemish that I can find on the guitar is on the back towards the bottom there’s a very small ding about the size of the mark/dot a ball point pen would make. Other than that it seems very clean and well taken care of. It does come with that gig bag. The shop also has a pearl white royal that seems to be in excellent shape, 2012 model for the same price. But I just like the natural color one better for some reason. Thank you for all the solid and candid advice it is certainly appreciate it. I will be at the shop Wednesday evening so if anyone has anything to add feel free to let it rip before Wednesday night. Oh more thing. The shop has a 30 or 45 day return policy. Just throwing that out there.

Hi - I have recently taken up playing the guitar just over 8 months. While I am a bit over “middle age” I really enjoy it. But being fairly new, I am not all that educated on guitars in general. I come to this Community looking for some honest help/advise. I have been looking at purchasing a used Epiphone Wildkat Natural guitar with the Bigsby tremolo - 2012 Model. Looks in very nice shape, come with gig bag, setup and the bridge upgraded to a roller bridge. The music shop that I go to said I can take It home for $349.00 US, done, out the door. So my question is ... is it worth it, is it a fair price? Any information/knowledge in regards to the wildcat would be most appreciate it. In the past I have been told to stay away from Epiphone guitars. I cannot totally say I understand why as I’ve played this guitar several times and it seems pretty darn nice. But that said I don’t want to get beat on it either. Same folks frown on made in China guitars. I look forward to the education from people who know a heck of a lot more about the things that I do. Thanks in advance for your help and suggestions.