jimmi accardi Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 $325 used from Guitar Center! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Other than the famous string rattle (only heard acoustically), I'm loving this through my Fender Deluxe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesidae Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Awesome. Beautiful. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyseven Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Congrats man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jimmi accardi Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 I'm very impressed with how much you can back off on the guitar's volume controls without thinning out the tone. On all my other guitars I lose the body of the sound when backing off on the volume pots. This thing is a tone monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ess Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Other than the famous string rattle (only heard acoustically), I'm loving this through my Fender Deluxe! FYI I found a string rattle on mine was due to the toggle switch. When it is in the middle position it is sloppy and rattles on certain notes/strings. In the top or bottom positions it is firm and I don't get the rattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 P90 pickups rule! - I have a MIK NAT Casino that I love. HNGD to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 I tried the Casino through a Tube Screamer (with the drive pot completely down - just a gain boost) and the pickups seem too hot for the pedal and sound too muddy/distorted through the pedal. When I turn the volume pots down to about 4 or 5 on the Casino I don't have the problem. So I tried it with a volume pedal first before I hit the Tube Screamer with the Casino's volume pots all the way up. That cleaned it up nice. I'm still experimenting. I've always loved P90s but on a full hollow body - this thing needs some taming. I name all my guitars so I'm naming this one The Blonde Beast! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 PS... I wasn't expecting a MIC guitar to be this good. Maybe I just got lucky but it plays as good as my Strat, Tele, SG and 335! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Well, it's "Made in China," BUT...by an American company, with all the oversight that affords. So, as long as they don't purposely "drop the ball," (Why would they?) I expect they'll continue to make a great product, and even improve, as they seem to do, continually. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 CB, What kind of amp are you playing your Casino through? I tend to avoid pedals on a guitar like this. I use a DRRI and the Casino sounds beautiful through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Here's my new Casino next to my old 70s Silverface Deluxe - (sorry for the double pic post) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 CB, What kind of amp are you playing your Casino through? I tend to avoid pedals on a guitar like this. I use a DRRI and the Casino sounds beautiful through it. Yeah, I run mine through either a Fender "Blues Jr.," Hot Rod Deluxe, or my Vox AC-30, and in the case I can find a venue that will allow my Twin Reverb, to be used at it's "Sweet Spot," I've used it with that, as well. But, those places (now) are few and far between, around my "neck of the woods," unfortunately. Works well, in ALL of them! I have played mine through a "Blackface" '64 Deluxe Reverb, and it was "Superb!" So, I can see how you'd love that particular combination! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Thanks CB for the reply. I set the amp volume on around 5 with the treble on around 5 and the bass on 1 or 2. But this forces me to lower the guitar's volume pots down to about 5 to get a clear rhythm/picking sound without breakup. The other option I see is having the Casino's volume pots cranked and lowering the amp but the pickups seem a bit too hot for that (or I could use a boost pedal in front of the amp for leads). Any suggestions? Thanks again, Jimmi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 I just found my old Altair Power Attenuator from the late 70s in my closet. More things to try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I like the "Old School" approach, of finding the "Sweet Spot" on the amps volume and tone, then backing off the volume, on the guitar, for "clean" and cranked back up, for leads. I worked like that, in my mispent youth, and loved it! Of course, we didn't have "pedals" save the Fuzz Face, (Vox) Tone Bender, or DeArmond or Vox Wah Wah's, back then...AKA The Stone® Age '60's! Had a nice (recent) experience, with that "Old School" approach, from a regional, and Awesome "Blues" band, called "Trampled Under Foot" (TUF) where their guitarist used only his guitar, and a Twin Reverb, at it's "Sweet Spot." NO pedals, at all, save his tuner! It sounded SO AWESOME, and very familiar, as well! So, it was a nice, and welcomed reminder, that keeping it simple, is still a viable alternative! Cheers, CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 CB, I'm just experimenting with this because the pickups are so hot. I'm checking out the variables. Anyway, I've been playing as long as you. I used to play a Gretsch Nashville with The Laughing Dogs in the late 70s - hollow body, but nowhere near the growl of this thing. I usually go through all this with every new guitar and then end up just straight into the amp. Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz99R7VtRaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Seven Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Congrats!!! I love mine ~ Got this one for $350 on CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Johnny, that looks great! Is it a MIC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi accardi Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 Johnny, I see you also have a Deluxe. How are you setting the amp and guitar knobs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 beautiful guitar jimmi !!! P-90s thru a Deluxe sound great, and i'm not a P-90 guy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Zeplin Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 $325 used from Guitar Center! Very nice. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do mine, 2011 MiC that I just picked up last month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Seven Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Johnny, that looks great! Is it a MIC? Thanks! Yes, it's an '07 MIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 CB, I'm just experimenting with this because the pickups are so hot. I'm checking out the variables. Anyway, I've been playing as long as you. I used to play a Gretsch Nashville with The Laughing Dogs in the late 70s - hollow body, but nowhere near the growl of this thing. I usually go through all this with every new guitar and then end up just straight into the amp. Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz99R7VtRaw Fun stuff! Actually, I didn't play guitar, at all, for nearly 30 years. Just got the "bug" again, in about 2000. Been playing, or at least attempting to[tongue], ever since. CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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