An Honest Review Of The Epiphone Jared James Nichols Blues Power Pelham Blue

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0:00 Intro Jam
3:59 The Review
11:06 Tones
22:11 Conclusion

[@rareformtx]

Bro is fucking shredding on this intro! I'm here for it.

[@philipfrankel9681]

that intro jam was incredible.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thanks so much man

[@lilian896]

Your name should be on that guitar.★ YOU OWN IT.🔥

[@jeffreybiscoe6]

Buddy lil late getting here but the Other two the Gold + Black have a Seymour Duncan P 90 just not the new silencer p 90 whatever they call it. Honestly the original pickup is quieter than one of my single coil Fender are odd for a P 90 . I have the first edition black one . Bought used saved a little cash in as new condition with all the factory case candy .

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

I love how plain and simple and straight forward your videos are and your opinions on products. Your playing is just so amazing and sweet. It makes me play more feeling inspired. This guitar reduces decision fatigue in so many ways and can growl and bark and sound so sweet on cleans… I put the JJN SD Silencer in my 57LPjr…. I know …. Sacrilegious…. It was the right thing to do to make it more modern and usable…. And I play it now without NOISE and can record and do me better…. The pickup alone is the best P90 ever!!! Thanks Again for seeing someone I appreciate and am Inspired by….give great straight reviews!!! Cheers

[@BuddyBlues]

Wow thanks so much man! It’s my pleasure doing these videos and getting comments like these makes this worth it

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

@@BuddyBluesyou are one of my top favorite people on KZbin. You always offer a real scenario and playing to back it all up. You do the right thing by not being bought and sold and simply tell all the truths you find in products and we all appreciate you not being a paid influencer like most are…. Thank You again my Buddy Blues!!!

[@TheJeffcurran]

I have two of the gold ones. I put locking tuners on them. Best neck I have ever wrapped my hand around. And I could see that the guitar inspired you. That alone makes it a winner. It's been on my shopping list since I first heard about it because I think it looks great in Pelham Blue. I struggle with the extra $250. But I still think it's worth it. Thanx for the honest review.

[@Regularguyguitargear]

Just FYI the gold version has a Seymour Duncan p90 as well, just not the silent one. Great video and really love your channel, discovered it this morning and subscribed. Cheers!

[@BuddyBlues]

Oh ok noted! And thank you so much welcome aboard!

[@grahamsaunders7432]

Buddy you should have way more subscribers, your awesome👍🏻 Hope your in the UK sometime so Andertons or That Pedal Show could have you on their show.

[@BuddyBlues]

That is the dream 🙏 thank you!!

[@mariolafontaine5853]

The gold come with a Seamour Duncan P90. I own one and the sound is great BUT the finish was so so. Intensive Fret job and hard edges around the body smoothed out , it's a good guitar. My concern is that you receive a fine tuned "review" guitar. Maybe I wrong? But as I said, I love the tone of mine.👍🇨🇦

[@slimturnpike]

Of course he did.

[@BuddyBlues]

I received the one that was hanging on the wall from a Gibson store in Nashville called the Gibson Garage. It isn’t a “press guitar”. As is, no extra work done to it. I’m sure like every store they go through them and set them up blabla. But I received the same guitar one would if they ordered it. But yes! Sick tones

[@Franck2112.F-G]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos Buddy. Love your style, your simplicity & your playing. I bought the first Blues Power, the black one (hated the ugly following « double gold », but find this new Pelham Blue pretty sexy!), when it came out (at the time, it was around 750€). Had just discovered the impressive JJN, + wanted to experiment with P90 pu’s and why not the junior style, as it supposed to force you to experiment more on pots settings and pick areas on the strings for sound nuances. I really get the point of these comments about getting rather a 2 PU guitar, or a real Gibson LP/SG junior for a little more money, and I did actually hesitated to sell it for a while. It’s a Chinese Epiphone, not perfect, no nitro finish, no gibson custom selected woods (but still an ebony fingerboard), no gibson « prestige », with an extra cost being an artist signature model… But this guitar had un je ne sais quoi…, something unique… so I kept it, took it to my luthier & made a few mods: replaced the wiring/pots/caps + the wraparound which were pretty poor quality, raised the P90 a bit higher/closer to the strings, put a bone nut, & put locking tuners (just because I like it, but the original grover tuners were just fine). And it’s now the mid price keeper it was supposed to be: the original USA SD P90 is just great! (and a bit of noise is part of the P90 sound), the neck is quite beefy, 50’s style, but confortable and stable, the guitar is amazingly vibrant & resonnant (even unplugged) and has a good sustain, it is well balanced, rather light for an LP custom type : I think some weight relief in the body that gives a slight touch of semi hollow sound somehow. It’s a rock’n roll machine, but not only… It’s a pretty cool & good Epi, a no brainer with a non classy but sober and durable poly finish that you can play hard and carry around without fear, and it’s unique: LP+Custom+Junior , +pots in the traditional LP (but not the Junior) location. It’s always a pleasure to pick this one up. …But also frustrating: right guitar/ wrong hands: it always reminds me I’ll never come close to the JJN sound 😢😂.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thanks for sharing! Haha I don’t think anyone of us is ever gonna come close to JJN’s sound but we can try haha

[@Groovemaster2000]

To fill you in about the Gold glory as I own one myself. The pick-up in the gold one is actually a Seymour Duncan P90 and it sounds amazing. So what you pay extra for is a silent SD P90 and locking tuners. Both have CTS pots and Grover Rotomatic tuners, the blue has locking. And I personally couldn’t care less about locking tuners and 60 cycle hum is part of P90’s anyway.

[@slimturnpike]

Aw poor guy so jealous

[@DeskChickenVideo]

Damn that is some seriously tasty playin. Well done!

[@TrevorrNourse]

Buddy+Friedman Twin Sister + any guitar = DAMN GOODNESS

[@joshbabbitt9243]

Love how this guitar turned out. And man Buddy, killer as usual man! All it needs is some Kluson tulips to match that binding and its 👌

[@minigmac1]

Well said.

[@dpajc056]

Damn...i thought of joining a gym to build some muscle, forget it just gonna get a Les Paul. Every single LP player is BUILT! Jared, Zakk, Slash...etc. playing a heavy ass guitar pays off!!!

[@BuddyBlues]

😂🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeld1574]

Dang. Who would have thought, buddy could play the blues 😮

[@BuddyBlues]

Bout the only thing I can play 😂

[@ksharpe10]

Well it has Buddy's favorite truss rod cover BLUES POWER!!!! I got an epip/lazarus, it is as good as any Paul I ever had.

[@dananthony6258]

Don’t say you’re not good. I really enjoyed your playing brother.

[@BuddyBlues]

I appreciate that! Thank you

[@Texasbluesalley]

I absolutely love this guitar.... but I can't do a single pickup. This same guitar with two P90's? Instant buy.

[@realdocloco]

So it's not the guitar for you - there's enough two pickups guitars on the market to satisfy you

[@tedjohnson5210]

Grab a router and get after it 😉

[@slimturnpike]

I absolutely love this guitar. Just as it is. A neck pickup would ruin it.

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

The dishing is nice but I dislike block inlays and all things considered I'd rather have a Junior.... which also has the controls in the right place 🙂

[@jasonulrich3818]

I had the black one and the Gold one. They had seymour duncan's as well, just not the silencer. Were amazing guitars for the price. Had to get rid of some guitars after a job loss otherwise id have them both. Black was the best though. If they still made the black id get rid of my Gibson lp jr for it. I prefer the old headstock. Awesome demo.

[@musiqueurbaine]

Now that’s playing!!! So flavorfully articulately played! Je suis un fan… I’m watching this after last nights local gig with my new barncaster Esquire. This thing in blue has got me wanting one now. Please do not tell on me 🤫

[@ShadeHope1969]

I bought a Gold Glory and it came with a Seymore Duncan P90.Then The new one came out so i bought the New Pickup, JJN P90, I love it,It came with grover Tuners which I love,Dont really need the locking ones though there nice,I installed the pick up myself, It was worth every penny to me. I dont think You can get a Guitar like this for any cheaper from Epiphone or Gibson.,Mine came perfect. I love it. Thanks Buddy.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thanks for watching!

[@ShadeHope1969]

Love Your channel and your view on gear,Your to modest,You can play Fantastic.Have a good one brother.@@BuddyBlues

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

Honestly, I like locking tuners best on tremolo guitars simply because you can get to setting and intonating the guitar quicker 😂. On a hardtail bridge guitar? Don't matter to me so long as the tuners are accurate and reliable

[@BuddyBlues]

Right exactly. But some people see it as an upgrade because of how quickly it is to restring your guitar which I guess is alright

[@dannyllerenatv8635]

@@BuddyBlues Oh it can be, especially if the locking tuners are from a premium brand such as hipshot, gotoh, schaller and such.

[@TheBhannah]

Wow ! Very snappy playing !

[@bradrehn1007]

EPIC intro jam 👍

[@dcthegreatest24]

For that price, setup and nametag it needs to be a SG with a variable chickenhead knob and trem

[@Harrisabd]

GOD DAMN, that funky slappy jam from 11:51 had me pulling the stankiest face. I NEED this guitar.

[@timothyjames4195]

Nice. My Grote sounds the same. But its got two p90's

[@jsdcband2841]

Fantastic BB..... Loved that solo...

[@BuddyBlues]

Rock on!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a great video have you read music when playing guitar have a good weekend Buddy ❤😊

[@madnobby8301]

Very nice playing Buddy!

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!

[@stratmagic6893]

I use Buddy Blues honey picks. It makes you play with more style.

[@davroshalfbeard8368]

Looks great sounds good to but for a g I want 2 pickups lol.aways a bonus your playing of course though cheers .

[@robertdonosobuchner3129]

This is a really nice guitar, but I like to have a Seymoure Duncan Black Winter humbucker in the neck position...I love that sounds. The price for this guitar is ok. But maybe it's better to take the golden version and to upgrade the guitar with something you need... Great guitar playing as always.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!

[@nayaleezy]

It's perty but do I need a single pickup LP?

[@holvinhernandez9234]

That, with 2 P90's on that exact same color "we both like that color" will be a great buy! How bad the "hummm" sound on this P90?

[@dazla01206]

The gold glory actually comes with a USA Seymour duncan

[@mikehoehn1475]

Good stuff bro !

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!!

[@BadChizzle]

Something’s missing just behind the last fret. That’s where the real tone lives. My opinion only.

[@blackcattraxstudio5278]

I bought the gold one last year...had a couple of set up issues but nothing major. I thought the pickup was good, about what I expected from a p90. But I returned it due to the cheap appearance of the top. It literally looked & felt like a piece of plastic & was severely misaligned / uneven with the binding. If you're going do a gold top LP, charge more & just get it right. This Pelham blue does look way better imo & the SD pickup sounds livelier.

[@italianshredder0523]

Wow dude!❤🎸👍🏝️😎

[@jeffhayes605]

The single pickup is its own thing. The one pickup sounds different than a bridge pickup setting on a two pickup guitar. The tight sound happens when you no magnetic interference around that neck pickup. I just play too much saturated clean blues and country to justify a single pickup guitar. I feel more comfortable with a guitar I can do an entire 3 hour set of covers with. I’m gonna need that neck pickup. I see the appeal and it does a thing Very cool though.

[@holvinhernandez9234]

Also I know u like thick necks almost like Zak Wylde's guitars lol how is this neck compared to my Epiphone LP 100th Anniversary?

[@samcampbell850]

Hey you can’t play Jared’s guitar with a pick! It voids the warranty! 😂

[@BuddyBlues]

🤣🤣 man he’s just too good

[@jamesrodriquez2863]

Nice playing. I have a question. Where do you get backing tracks from? I knew nothing about JJN until the other day when I saw one of these at a local guitar shop. I haven't seen single pickup guitars, except for archtops, ever. I didn't think anyone made one any more, so I was surprised to find out Epiphone made one. I'm more of an acoustic guitar guy, but I do have a couple of electric guitars I play every now and then. I never seem to use anything other than the bridge pickup on either of them. I think I'm probably going to get one of these. Thanks for the honest review.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you for watching! I get my backing tracks from elevatedjamtracks on bandcamp

[@chrisdaviesguitar]

a grand is a bit steep, considering when they first came out they were about 650.

[@michaeljoyce3286]

Small business Tuesday on a Saturday, that always mess me up since I’m dyslexic, but to give a voice to the small business so everybody can hear about these amazing products. to your Voice caring for the small business of Epiphone compared to Gibson Bro. That’s awesome. I have been following this channel since you started. I consider you my friend and watch this channel grow this level, or Gibson is allowing you to Demo their product freely man your Voice carries a lot of weight. Proud of you Man great demo. I also feel that Gibson should call you and have you go to the Gibson garage and go through the building process of building a R9 ,neck profile pick up types colors relic style .and make a video of it of a Murphy lab and gift it to you ask you buddy Steve to go

[@BuddyBlues]

Hahaha I’ll take my buddy Steve with me! Thanks so much dude

[@CrazyRobandRoll]

Fantatsic intro solooooooooo

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!!!

[@livebandproject]

Cool guitar/great playing!

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!!

[@Gyllbonus]

Dang Body... That guitar is purdy sexay. I'd sport that. Great video man especially when go picless it's always a tasty treat.

[@WadMartin]

Your voice sounded so different for the intro, weird….

[@philhood4604]

Played nice, neck to chunky for me

[@swaffy101]

Thats the one thing I hated about my Sheraton….no fret markers after the 12th fret.

[@BuddyBlues]

Yep. The worst

[@mikehoehn1475]

The pickup is a noiseless one. Different from the other models

[@aldito7586]

If a person want's a gazillion pickups and knobs on a guitar - fine. Needing all that.? - I think this vid demonstrates That a person does not NEED all that.

[@nemanjaprvulovic2728]

Is it worth 1000 bucks? I have a gold glory and that guitar is like a 400$ guitar, not 750 how much i paid for it. Difference between this one and the gold one are pretty much non existing. P.S. Epiphone QC is very bad, the quality isn't what you expect from a 750 let alone 1000$ guitar. I have couple od 200$ Harley Benton guitars that feels premium compared to this one. I am not even gonna talk about my PRS SE compared to this one.

[@jdbrown111]

Maybe he will send you Dorothy or whaever the tornado guitar is called to review.

[@HyperBlueZYZ]

Haha 7 1/2 feet tall. NO. He’s maybe 5’8”. Jared is a monster, but he’s a tiny monster. Go see him live = hella rockin show!

[@bullethead2311]

I'm 6'5" and can confirm that Jared and I are about the same height. Not 7.5, but definitely not 5'8". Agree though that his show is 🔥

[@HyperBlueZYZ]

@@bullethead2311 Not sure why it matters on the internets, but I guarantee he’s not taller than me. Stood eye to eye with him and I’m 6’2”. He’s a monster, but more of a leprechaun than a giant.

[@bullethead2311]

@@HyperBlueZYZ If it didn't matter 'on the internets,' why did you feel the need to reply? If he's 5'8" and you're 6'2", how'd you stand 'eye to eye' with him? I can promise you that he's as tall as me, and a quick Google search (not that you'd do that, because 'internets' and all) will tell you the same.

[@HyperBlueZYZ]

@@bullethead2311 He was on the stage my dude give it up lol. After he was doing pics and signings. There were maybe 100 people in the club. Go see him and then report back bro! I don’t care one iota if you believe me or the hype. You do you!

[@BuddyBlues]

Saw him at NAMM less than a day ago and met him. I’m 6’1 and he was really taller than me. I really don’t know why we are arguing about this

[@petemccarry2326]

I used to have a Gold Glory. It was a beautiful guitar, but the P-90 in it was the most lifeless iteration of that pickup I ever played. It did not have the rich harmonics that I associate with a P-90, nor did it have the sawtooth bite that is typical. I brought it over to a friend’s house, along with an ESP LTD 256P I had picked up. The difference was night and day. The LTD had the growl, the harmonic bloom, the dynamics of a true P-90 guitar, even though it was half the price of the Epiphone. IMHO, the Glory guitars are pretty to look at, but they don’t deliver the goods. They are like a beautiful girl that has had a hysterectomy.

[@j80282]

I dont think any one picjup guitar without a nitro finish is worth 1000

[@michaelh.7363]

very good playing but killed the tone with way to much gain.

[@BuddyBlues]

My job is to show what the guitar is capable of doing in its entire range. I went from clean to gain to higher gain. Gibson and viewers of this channel deserve and demand that. It is quite literally my job. Thanks for the compliment on the playing though! I have been practicing more and more these days

[@michaelh.7363]

@@BuddyBlues i understand the intention but there is so much gain on it, that you don't get a nice breaking point and it get kind of fuzzy real quick. A friend of mine does gear reviews too and did the same thing. I ll try to explain what i mean, if you set your amp to a high gain sound, what you kind of did, and then try to controle the amount of gain with the volume you ll have the full rage from clean to high gain on that knob and now very small changes with the volume knob changes wil change gain in your sound a lot and the same with dynamic playing. So you find the position for a nice break up sound and than hit a string with a little bit more dynamic to get a little bit more gain, your sound jumps straight to high gain because the range is wide and by that the steps get narrow. If your max gain is set lower more like a fat crunch, which is enough for a p90 anyways, you'll have more controle of the amount of gain because now there is a smaller range on the same way with the volume knob. Try it, especially with dynamic playing you ll get a ton of controle and you ll not jump to high gain out of a clean just because you hit a string a little bit harder....😅 I hope you get what i mean 😉

[@matthewmacdonald9851]

Dude, that was some filthy filth you were slapping all over that nice looking guitar. Makes me want one.

[@BuddyBlues]

Thank you!!

[@glendoggett9670]

$1000 is the new $500, Epiphone.

[@srh361]

Love the guitar but not for $999.

[@richgrothaus5971]

I could buy a Japanese made guitar that smokes that in quality.

[@slimturnpike]

Please do

[@Joltsu]

Not sure if this review was quite as honest as the title says, but based on his wording I feel he didn't like the guitar that much. Helped me to make my decision.

[@BuddyBlues]

Ladies and gentlemen I present to you 👑 The King Of Assumptions 👑 . One shouldn’t question someone’s integrity based on “feelings”. I have no dog in this fight dude. Sad I don’t get to keep it, but grateful I got the opportunity to make this video all the same. Cheers!

[@Joltsu]

@@BuddyBlues thanks buddy. You say you have no dog in this fight, but you titled this video as a review. We all know a 300€ squire and a 5000€ fender custom shop can sound pretty much the same. Especially through KZbin video. What we want to know is the hands on feeling of the guitar, how it plays and how the pickup sounds compared to a Gibson for example. Noiseless P90s have a bad reputation. Would love to have an opinion on this one compared to other P90s. Obviously the guitar is well set up, since it’s sent out to online reviews.. Fact that you left things unsaid makes me, the viewer question those aspects.

[@richgrothaus5971]

Thanks Gibson,stop with the cheap ass fretboards. It’s either rosewood or ebony, all others show your cheapness.

[@fernandosilva6295]

I don't get it, what's wrong with other fretboards?

[@tonoselectricos]

At this price range, there's no reason to buy this instead of a Gibson LP Junior.........or even better...........SG Junior.

[@fernandosilva6295]

I can think of 399 reasons to go with the Epi instead of the Gibson

[@zaprodaju1661]

That pickup is terrible. Sounds like ceramic junk. Guitar looks great though.

[@BuddyBlues]

I don’t know about terrible.. but you don’t like it which is fine

[@danabiondo9243]

You said $8,000. 🫤