Both have that growly, bitey sound when distorted and a nice, woody hollow tone when played clean. Played clean and with the tone control down, it's really nice for jazzier sounds. The neck pup sounds big, with lots of low end. The bridge pickup seems to be a bit weaker than the neck one and has a bit less 'colour' in it's sound. The pickups are OK but even so I see why so many people like P90's. It has mini-pots and a cased-in 3-way switch, but they work as they should so I shan't complain. The tuners are unbranded cheapos with Grover-ish heads but they stay in tune surprisingly well despite the abuse I put the strings through (I have since long lost all of my plectrums so these days I play with 5 cent coins). You can open and close the truss rod cover without removing any screws, simply by sliding it to the side, which is handy.

It feels like a pretty classy (but not to the point where you have to baby it) instrument somehow but maybe that's just the hollow body vibe. The body, neck and headstock are all bound, which is nice. It's a 24,75' scale and the fingerboard is flat (I'd guess 12' radius) with big, but not massive, frets. Better, I think, than the modern Casino reissues. The neck (mahogany), which is fantastic, chubby (a lot different from my CIJ JM) and glossy without being too big or sticky, joins the body at the end of the 17th fret, which gives you good fret access. The finish is a bit more orange/amber-ish than in the picture, which I don't really like, and they only make them in this one colour, which is a bit of a let down. I don't know if the Casino has that, but it makes all the sense in the world to me so I'm glad that it's there It's very, very light because of this. The construction is the same as the Casino/ES-330 in that the body (all maple) is completely hollow, except for a small wooden block that the TOM is mounted onto. The neck binding has some small 'stripes' in it, but again, I was actively looking for things to complain about. Not even noticeable unless you look for it. The only place I've found where the finish looks rough is in the tiny space inbetween the end of the neck and the neck pickup. I've wanted a Casino or an ES-330-ish guitar for a long time now and this thing has filled that empty space with excellence!įirst of all, the build quality is next to flawless. So about three weeks ago now I decided to get one of these: DISCLAIMER: When you read this review, please consider that I've never spent more than minutes at a time with either a hollowbody or a P90-equipped guitar before.

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