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Riviera P-93 is back!


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Just got an email form Guitar Center. Their online store has the Special/Limited Edition Riviera P-93 back in stock - $499 (no case). I'm fiscally handcuffed at the moment, but this is your chance to grab the one I would have bought.

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I missed them the first time around, glad they're back. I ordered one from Musicians Friend yesterday with a 15% discount; $424 delivered - can't beat that, hopefully have it by Friday.

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I'm at a point once again where I must spend or move money so that my checking account doesn't have enough to pay for a guitar... how pathetic is that?

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Man' date=' I got very gassy when I saw that model. [/quote']

 

Yeah, we ALL did, last fall..when they were first introduced. AND,

we did our absolute best, to buy out the entire run....seemingly. LOL!

 

I'm sure you'd not regret the purchase, if you ever decide to buy one.

 

CB

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Yeah' date=' we ALL did, last fall..when they were first introduced. AND,

we did our absolute best, to buy out the entire run....seemingly. LOL!

 

I'm sure you'd not regret the purchase, if you ever decide to buy one.

 

CB[/quote']

 

Don't know why, maybe because of the Bigsby and the gold, but I keep thinking of this model as my Epiphone Chet Atkins model. Kind of a mixture of a Tennessean and a Country Gentleman.

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I missed them the first time around' date=' glad they're back. I ordered one from Musicians Friend yesterday with a 15% discount; $424 delivered - can't beat that, hopefully have it by Friday.[/quote']

 

How did you get the 15% discount?

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Hope they make it to Oz, if not I might have to get someone state side to ship me one, fork the warranty. All I need now is the cash, beg, borrow or steal I'm gonna grab one.

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Just got the $424 price for a P93 from MF too. You have to ask about the "HERO" deal. It breaks down like this:

 

10% off - $100 to $199.99

12% off - $200 to $449.99

15% off - $450 to $999.99

20% off - $1,000 and above

 

I got the P93 and the $89 Epi 335 HSC for $499.80 inlcuding shipping. That was good enough for me to break out the VISA. Thanks for the heads up Crabby!

 

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If someone bought a P-93' date=' and didn't care for the Bigsby, would it be possible to take the arm off????[/quote']

 

You could...you'd have to fill in the screw hole, in the top where the anchor for the Bigsby is, and then you

could put a Trapeze or Compensator tailpiece on, in place of the Bigsby. But, yeah...it could be done.

You could actually drill two holes and install a "stop bar," tailpiece, for that matter. Anything's possible.

 

For those of us, who don't use a vibrato tailpiece much, it would be nice, if they'd make a version, with

the Stopbar tailpiece, too...or even a TP-6. That would look pretty cool, I'd think.

 

CB

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P-93 will give you more variety of tones, less feedback (semi-hollow as opposed to full hollow with the Casino),

and...more upper fret access. But, if you don't really play the upper frets that much, it's no big deal.

And, the Casino's tendency to feed back at higher volumes, CAN be controlled fairly easily. Plus, it IS an awesome

sounding and playing guitar. But then, so is the P-93. ;>b

 

Decisions, decisions! Good luck!

 

CB

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