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    Question regarding "bridge replacement"...

    I have replaced my Epiphone LP's (2001 Korean made) bridge and tailpiece. It was bought used for $CAN200. It has some dings, and couple of chips that go into the wood, so that probably knocked the price down some. The bridge was replaced because of a real issue, not in some hope that there was...
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    EPI 59 LP and locking tuners

    I did, and what was quoted is from a spec. page, not a measurement. I could be off base, but I am under the impression that being an imported guitar, it would have 10mm holes. If not, then I would be really surprised that the 8.5mm tuner with a bushing did not fit properly. At most, it would...
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    EPI 59 LP and locking tuners

    HIpshot Locking Tuners (open back: 18:1 tuning ratio, closed back 15:1 tuning ratio) with UMP plates. With the UMP plates, there is no reason to drill the head stock, nor do the original tuner holes even need to be filled in. If you decide to move the guitar on, take the Hipshot tuners off, put...
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    2001 Korean ELP suggested upgrades

    I have already posted pictures on the "Show Your Epiphone" thread. I got it wrong, it is a flame top, but not a lot of flame, and I don't know if its a thin veneer, or a photo-flame. Got it confused with another Epiphone LP that I used to have. Pictures are below, of the guitar, the back of the...
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    2001 Korean ELP suggested upgrades

    I have a similar guitar, it is has a serial number starting with I01XXXXX. That makes it an Unsung or Saien factory guitar. In my case, the guitar was pretty beat up. I never got the real story about how it was treated, but it arrived with one bent tuner shaft (the shaft that the tuner button...
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    Help with identifying SG

    There are different types of colour blindness. Some are red, some are blue green, and there may be others. The red and blue green are the most common, as far as I know. I had a classmate in college who was red colour blind, and he would ask us to read the colour code stripes on resistors because...
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    Spray paint removal from a 90's Epiphone Les Paul Special DC

    You will never know why people refinish the guitar. In some cases, they want it to be a different colour. In other cases, they don't like the gloss, or they do want the gloss and have a satin/aged finish guitar that they want to be glossy. In this case, it seems to be a fast and furious spray...
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    Spray paint removal from a 90's Epiphone Les Paul Special DC

    Maybe, maybe not. It is hard to say without being there, but these guitars usually have some sort of a poly-(ester, urethane) finish. The spray paint, if it is the typical enamel or acrylic, really doesn't bite into cured poly finishes, and just using a number of commonly available chemicals...
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    Spray paint removal from a 90's Epiphone Les Paul Special DC

    Is it your intent to get it back to the factory original finish/get all the spray paint off? That would be a great deal of work, but your guitar, do as you please. I personally would do exactly that.
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    Epi LP pickup height.

    Well we all know that magnetic fields and copper work better when they originate in the US, don't we? Before insulting somebody's pickup or guitar choice, it may be worthwhile to actually hear the guitar, and actually try to understand what they are trying to achieve in terms of tone/sound...
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    Epi Les Paul owners - Do you upgrade your bridge & tail piece?

    I have a 2001 Epi LP. I don't know if it is some type of sub-model or not, but I think its just a standard. I like it, play it, and it sounds good to me. I have changed the bridge and tailpiece to Tone-Pros. When I got the guitar, the bridge had started to bend, so I felt that I needed to...
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    Yeah or Nay !!!

    If you can fix the cracked neck, yay. If you know a good luthier and can give you an accurate estimate of the cost of the neck repair, and consider that complete cost (guitar + neck repair), then only you can decide if it is worth it to you. A properly repaired neck is not something that would...
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    EL-00 pro locking tuners

    If your guitar has 10mm post holes, you can go with HIpshot's locking tuners with the UMP plates. They are the type with the thumbscrew in the back. With the UMP plates, no drilling of the headstock is required, as they don't use screws to secure the tuner bodies to the headstock, only the UMP...
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    Broken neck on Les Paul Jr

    Another idea for clamping the neck back together is to get some surgical tubing, and tie multiple pieces around the neck in the area of the crack. Surgical tubing will tend to provide more even tension, conforms to the neck profile really well, and won't mar the wood in any way. It is also...
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    150 years, any rumors on new models/finishes?

    I know in the earlier days of Heart, she was an artist endorser of Ovation, and later Adamas guitars for her acoustic parts. With the demise of Ovation, she is playing a lot of different guitars. Interesting comment about the weight of her black Gibson Les Paul.
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    What Locking Tuners are best for a 1959 Epiphone Les Paul

    You may want to look at the Hipshot locking tuners. I have them on two electric guitars, an Epiphone LP and a Squier Strat, and they work very well on both. I used the UMP plates on both, and they pretty much just dropped in, without having to redrill the tuning peg holes (they are designed to...
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    Korean Epis vs Chinese

    Is the company name MIRC? I don't recall for sure (could possibly be Musical) what the M stands for but the rest is Instrument Recycling Company.
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    What say you?

    i would say that the descrption is accurate. My own notes: -Fingerboard looks a little chewed up, unless that is dirt instead of divots/missing chunks of wood. -I don't really understand why somebody would pull out the stud anchors for the bridge and tailpiece, unless they were thinking of...
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    You really think your Epi's are Gibsons?

    First, how do you know we're kids? More than a little presumptuous on your part. I'd be willing to bet that there are members that are older than you are. Not to mention, they aren't little kids trying to incite a flame war. Secondly, Gibsons aren't Gibsons any more. The Les Paul's original...
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    Nickelback playing Epiphones now?!?!

    Nickelback must have been named because people need to get a nickel for putting up with any of their songs. No matter the genre, whether it be Metallica Light, or this pop country stuff, their music is garbage. They have never had an original idea of any type in any of their music. And yes, I...


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