Epiphone Les Paul – Fret Dress and Setup

Been a quiet week, with nothing of real interest.  A couple of fret-dressings.   The last one a rather nice Epiphone Les Paul

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The fret-dress was a routine job, as was the setup..

The neck, unusually had very little set in it…

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The owner wants a fairly low action but I think it needs a little more bow in it.

The action at the 1st fret was rather high so I’ve dropped it down a little..

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At the 12th frert the action was about right on the Bass side but a little high on the treble.

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Once I set up the intonation all that remains is to set the pickup heights as they are a little off.   As with all setup points it’s a personal preference but I think you should have slightly more volume from the bridge (lead) pickup, to give you that slight edge for those lead riffs…

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A bit of a polish and that’s another job done…

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