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    Will Epiphone ever get a true open book headstock?

    If somebody took the time and money to do it, Gibson would lose their copyright on the open book headstock. The open book headstock was used by other brands before Gibson copurighted it ( see 1950s era Guilds, or 1920s-1930s Epiphones, way before Epiphone was bought by Gibson). If this were...
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    Epi ES-335 help

    Is it a viable alternative to use a strap that is attached at the headstock instead of the body? Is is often done with acoustics that didn't originally come with neck block strap pins. D'addario even makes a quick connect type of attachment to help with that. You will need to dedicate a strap...
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    15 year old and a Goodwill Rescue

    Best of luck with repairing the truss rod. If you and your son get that done, most other repairs will be simple. Do not be surprised if this doesn't work out, though, this is NOT a simple repair in that getting the fingerboard off and glued back on is a fairly advanced procedure (I am assuming...
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    Headstock overlay

    FireBirdFreak: There is an ignore list that can be set up under your account on this site. Just click on your name (top right side of any page), and there will be a window that pops out, and in that window, click on Ignoring.
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    Maxed out truss rod on Les Paul 100. Replace the neck or return the guitar?

    Sorry you feel that you need to defend syco or PorkRinds. My point was a general one not specifically any one person, in that there are a number of ways to address this. As stated, heat pressing the neck by a luthier is one way, buying the equipment to heat press a neck is another. Either case...
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    Maxed out truss rod on Les Paul 100. Replace the neck or return the guitar?

    Your guitar, do what you want. I was just pointing out that with a $160 guitar, getting the neck properly heat pressed (without a 100% guarantee of success) for more than the price of the guitar, or even buying (or making for that matter) a neck heat press is probably not cost effective, and you...
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    Maxed out truss rod on Les Paul 100. Replace the neck or return the guitar?

    Heat pressing a neck usually has higher temperatures than 110F. It also uses U bolts and various spacers to get the neck properly straightened (because not all necks need the same pressure, at the same points, in order to straighten out. It can take weeks, depending on the amount of...
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    Maxed out truss rod on Les Paul 100. Replace the neck or return the guitar?

    Depending on how much it is upbowed, you could try to go to smaller strings, I guess. The lower tension of the bigger strings may help straighten out the strings to the point where it is acceptable. The other thing is you may want to talk to a luthier about heat pressing the neck, which...
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    Help restore Epi Les Paul Traditional Pro III

    You may want to have a talk with Guitar ReRanch. They may already know what colour that is, and may even have a way of matching it up with their own products. Just an idea.
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    Replacement bridge for LP Custom

    The Faber does get a lot of love. so does the Tone Pros. I bought the Tone Pros (because it is cheaper, and easier to find). It is an improvment on the factory stock Epiphone bridge, mostly in the note definition, and in the convenience of having the bridge and tailpiece stay put when I remove...
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    Which '59 should I get?

    I'm going to sound belligerent here, but I am not trying to be. Why don't you buy what you like? Why does it matter what anybody else likes? You are the one playing the guitar, unless you intend to be lending/loaning/passing it around to others, and if so, I don't think they would have a...
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    Epi Les Paul owners - Do you upgrade your bridge & tail piece?

    I changed the bridge and tailpiece on my Epiphone Les Paul (2001 Korean made). It made a small, but noticeable change in what I would call definition or clarity. It was a lot easier to intonate, as the bridge saddles had a lot longer slot to travel in, and the Tone Pros are locked in, so they...
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    Are finish cracks at the nut normal?

    Modern Epiphones are almost always finished in a poly (-urethane or -ester) finish. Those finishes are completely dry, or as dry as they are ever going to get, the day they are put into the guitar box for shipping. No drying out process, as these are catalyzed finishes. They don't get more or...
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    The Epiphone Guitar Book: Kind of Dissapointing?

    There is another book called "Epiphone: The House That Stathopoulo Built". I have read it, and do have a copy of it, but it is in my storage unit at this time. From memory, it seems to focus more on the pre-Gibson buy out day than anything more recent. Lots of emphasis on the early Epiphone...
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    Botched ABR retro-fit, need advice please

    In my book, it is solid wood (self explanitory), it has layers running in different directions glued together (plywood or laminate, but it is the same thing, the name describes it pretty well), or wood dust/shavings bound by glue (MDF, or particle/wafer board). Laminate is used to try and...
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    Botched ABR retro-fit, need advice please

    A minor point that may have some bearing on this problem: In the video, he states that this is due to the wood shrinking due to the wood drying out. That may be true for the guitar he was working on, but it is questionable for the original poster's Sheraton.The Sheraton has a plywood top, and...
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    Botched ABR retro-fit, need advice please

    I would seriously reconsider all of this. Do what you have to do to fix the anchors so they are not leaning, but no matter what you do, you will have the same sort of problem in the future (unknown when, but at some point). You have a ton of clearance between the strings and the back edge of the...
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    What Adustable Stop Tail Bridge…

    I can only speak to my experience with the TonePros bridge that I used (the Standard type with the separate tailpiece), and in my case, both the stop tail and the bridge used the standard studs that were on the Epiphone from the factory. I didn't even bother using the TonePros studs, even though...
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    What Adustable Stop Tail Bridge…

    I know TonePros makes one as well. For an Epiphone, it would be the AVT2M (M=Metric). It says it is: "Fits metric guitars fitted with stud mount bridges with standard center stud spacing". I would verify the stud spacing, as I know it varies around some. I have never used their wrap around...
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    What the fu.....?! And other truss rod questions

    More than likely, it is being held in place by the pressure of the truss rod acting against the fingerboard. If you loosen it so that the nut is no longer tight, does it still move around? In any case, the truss rod is probably not broken (or it would not be able to stay in place), but most...


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