I’ve got one of these on my wish list, one day! In the meantime I’ve got this one on the bench to upgrade. It’s had the pickups swapped once already, unfortunately that caused a few problems in itself. One of the problems was with the Push-Push pot’ used to coil tap the neck […]
These Epiphones aren’t bad these days, some of the parts aren’t quite top flight but then that’s how they keep costs down. One of the simplest upgrades are the pickups. How about a set of Seymour Duncans. If you’re going to change the pickups then it’s probably worth replacing the pots’ as well. It might […]
I’m still not really sure about these. There’s certainly nothing seriously wrong with them, in fact they’re terrific for money. I just can’t put my finger on it. Anyway, I’ve had this one on the bench before and already done quite a bit to it, I’ve dressed the frets and performed a full setup on […]
Gibson seem to be sorting themselves out. This 2016 Les Paul’s lovely. The owner has changed over the pickups but wants some fancy wiring options. The first thing is to remove the Gibson modular electronics package with it’s push/pull pots’. I much prefer push/push pots’, I sometimes find it difficult to grip the knobs and pull […]
A bit of a battered Hohner, in need of a little TLC…… The owner wants some new pickups fitting for a start, these pickups’ll sound fantastic but I fear it’ll need a little more than that… I think it’s a bit of a waste to fit a great set of pickups like that but leave the […]