Epi Joe Perry "Boneyard" LP--anybody played one??

[duhvoodooman***]

There's a guy on my local CL who is selling one of these at a REALLY good price, just a couple of miles from where I work. I don't really need another LP, but it's very tempting. Anybody here have experience with this model? Slick looking guitar, and it has genuine Gibson Burstbuckers.

[Algonquin]

Just in the shops a few years ago DVM. I already had my Epi LP at the time, but was really tempted by what I considered the shear MoJo factor. It was one that I would have liked, but at the time couldn't justify.

I also considered the Tak Matsumoto, but the Gent I know at the shop thought the top layer was not much more than a thin veneer... might be worthwhile seeing if the Boneyard falls into the same category.

[Tone2TheBone]

...I came back in here to make sure you bought that Boneyaaad.

Love,

The Tempt Police

[duhvoodooman***]

...I came back in here to make sure you bought that Boneyaaad.

Sorry to disappoint you, but I decided to pass on it. I looked at it & played it a bit during lunch--nice sounding & playing guitar, but nothing that really spoke to me. Certainly not special enough to seriously tempt me into buying a third LP, that I really didn't need.

One thing that really disappointed me was that "tiger stripe" finish. The product description would lead you to believe that it was a special stained flame maple finish, but I swear it looked painted on. Had no depth/3-dimensional character to it, which you'd expect from wood grain. I'm pretty sure it must be some kind of "foto flame" finish, like I've seen on some Strats. I was poking around on the web after seeing it, and came across this posting in a forum:

"Take a look at one in the store before buying one. The Epi version of the Boneyard has one of the worst looking laminated photo-flame tops you'll ever see, and it will jump out at you when you see it in person. Looks like a bad digital photo of the tiger stripes printed on cheap printer. The rest of the guitar is pretty sweet... but that top is just terrible in my opinion."

I wouldn't put it quite that strongly, but the basic point agrees exactly with my impression. I guess the Gibson version does indeed have a gorgeous tiger maple top, but that guitar is $4,700....

[Algonquin]

Good restraint DVM, thinking with your head... well done!

I've seen your Epi LP and it's gorgeous. You made the right move.

[Tone2TheBone]

Well no one ever told me that was a photo flame finish sheese.