Here’s a very attractive guitar, lovely piece of wood. Had a couple of requests with this one, both easy to sort but one a little more unusual. The owner would prefer just one set of volume and tone controls, rather than a set for each pickup? It’s got standard wiring so it’s an easy enough job, just re-arranging […]
Tag: Epiphone
Epiphone Les-Paul, Fret dress and Bone nut
Epiphone make some great guitars, they can just be a little inconsistent sometimes. The action on this one’s way too high. I don’t need to measure the amount of neck set, I can see it’s way to large. It’s also got a broken switch, but that’s an easy fix. First thing then, take off the strings, […]
Epiphone Wildkat – Setup
Anyone that knows me will know I do love big bodied semi-acoustics, so it was quite nice to get my hands on this little tinker….
Epiphone Les Paul – Setup
A nice one this, just needs a little TLC.. Nothing much wrong with it really, just needed a little bit of a clean and oil.. followed by a standard 5 point setup.. 1. The neck set… A little high so a turn on the truss-rod… 2. The action at the 12th fret… a little high […]
Epiphone ES339 – Fret dress and setup
A great looking guitar, sadly not playing as well as it should. In fact they made a bit of a mess of this one, the frets are all over the place..The 11th was the highest but they were all very uneven. You’d like to think a new guitar would be better than that but, sadly, […]
Epiphone Les-Paul – Fret dress and Nut
A nice little guitar. The trouble is they’re built to a budged, seemingly without much care. However I’m going to make this one play really nicely. While I’m at it I’ve been asked to fit a TUSQ nut. Not something I like to be honest, but I’ll stick it on and see how it works. […]
Fender or Gibson which do you prefer?
Most people stand in one camp or the other, Gibson or Fender, but this one crosses divides. It just came in for a once over, service and setup. A classic Fender? No, from the Gibson stable… Not a great deal wrong with it, just in need of a little TLC… The electrics were a little […]
Epiphone Flying-V
I can’t say as I really like these, but a classic nonetheless. This one’s going to get an upgrade with a new pair of pickups…While the pickguard is off, wiring in the new pickups, I also gave the pots and switch a clean…. Also, while the strings were off, I gave the fretboard a good clean…and oil…The new […]
Epiphone Hummingbird – Setup
A nice new guitar, just in need of a tweek to make it play a little better… The action was rather high making it difficult to play. First I reduced the set in the neck… Then reduced the height of the saddle a little… That’s much better…