Anyone remember OLP?
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:48 pm
Some years ago, there was a series of guitars marketed under the brand 'OLP', which stood for 'Original Licensed Product'. They were authorized copies of various Ernie Ball guitars and basses. I bought one some 5 or 6 years ago - an MM4, which is a copy of one of the EB Axis models - for the ridiculous sum of $129 brand new. I don't recall what they sold for originally, but it was a bit more than that!
A couple of years later, I sold it on to a friend of my son's as it wasn't getting played much - and I've missed it ever since. It has a lovely neck, good fretwork, and more than acceptable electronics for such an inexpensive instrument.
To cut a long story short, I ran into him and his Dad in Costco yesterday afternoon, and asked him about it. As luck would have it, he was about to list it on Craigslist, to get some money for textbooks. A couple of hours later, it was back home with me again - a new set of strings, and a quick tweak, it's as good as new!
A couple of years later, I sold it on to a friend of my son's as it wasn't getting played much - and I've missed it ever since. It has a lovely neck, good fretwork, and more than acceptable electronics for such an inexpensive instrument.
To cut a long story short, I ran into him and his Dad in Costco yesterday afternoon, and asked him about it. As luck would have it, he was about to list it on Craigslist, to get some money for textbooks. A couple of hours later, it was back home with me again - a new set of strings, and a quick tweak, it's as good as new!
