Twisted Sister Jay Jay French Epi Les Paul?

[charvel750]

Hi, all. Staying at the Orlando, FL Hard Rock Hotel, they have a wickedly cool Jay Jay French Epi Les Paul in a wild pink burst:




Epiphone claims it's from their "Elitist" series and is essentially a Standard with black hardware. Anyone know anything more about this model, and where you can find it for sale? Checked eBay, nuttin'...

[toejam]

Axeweilder owns one.
http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/show...ghlight=French

[Axewielder]

Axeweilder owns one.
http://www.jcfonline.com/forums/show...ghlight=French

Guilty as charged! These may have been a marketing disaster, but they are killer guitars. I hear they are solid mahogany, but I reckon I'd have to x-ray it to be sure lol. The pups are USA burstbuckers. I upgraded my TOM and stop piece to Tonepros, but had a heck of a time doing it. The stock parts have odd specs, and I had to do some, um, "fitting". I also own a Les Paul Custom, and this thing destroys it in every possible way with the exception of it's Ugly Duckling looks. Srsly. The black hardware on your pic is odd, as all the ones I've seen are nickel.

[zeegler]

You see them on Ebay once in a while. Pretty good prices from what I've seen too.

[charvel750]

Thanks for the info, guys. Here's the actual one in the Hard Rock:












But all the ones on Epiphone's site also show black hardware. I dig the pink burst, but can't find one for sale...

[Axewielder]

But all the ones on Epiphone's site also show black hardware.

Clicky:

http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=343
http://www.epiphone.com/news.asp?NewsID=207

I do see ones in black too. Not sure what it all means.

[Axewielder]

Specs:

Tuners Grover
Fingerboard Rosewood
Neck 1-pc Mahogany, 22 fret
Neck Joint Set, 16th fret
Nut 1-11/16", Bone
Scale 24-3/4"
Top Book-Matched Maple
Back Book-Matched Mahogany
Sides n/a
Rhythm PU Gibson Burstbucker-2
Treble PU Gibson burstbucker-3
Controls 2-V, 2-T; 3-Way Pickup Selector
Machine heads Grover
Strings Gibson USA
Hardware Nickel
Finishes Twisted Sister Pink

[Axewielder]

This was posted over in the Smakk Chylde thread. This black hardware version looks to be a cost shaved new run of some kind, my guess MIC.

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone...59-i1463471.gc

I'm pretty sure mine will destroy these new crappy ones.

[tonemonster]

nice mink tails on the jacket.