Been a quiet week, with nothing of real interest. A couple of fret-dressings. The last one a rather nice Epiphone Les Paul The fret-dress was a routine job, as was the setup.. The neck, unusually had very little set in it… The owner wants a fairly low action but I think it needs a little more […]
Tag: Epiphone Pickups
Epiphone Bass – Update
Having got the pickups done it’s time to look at the top end. Fit a new set of machine heads. It should be easy apart from the fact none of the screw holes line up! Firstly then, plug all the old holes. Once the glue is dry trim the wooden pegs and fit the new […]
Epiphone Bass Upgrade
Spent all day today in an update to an Epiphone Bass. New pickups and machine heads. There are a couple of problems to overcome. Firstly the bridge pickup is much bigger than the existing hole, although the old pickup rings are longer so there may be some old holes and marks visible. Second problem, the owner wants […]
New Gibson Pickups
Quite a simple update. The chap has an Epiphone Les Paul that didn’t quite sound right and so asked me to fit a pair of Gibson pickups. I like jobs like that, nice and easy, old ones out news ones in. Before… After…. (can you tell the difference?) Well I guess you have to hear it. […]