AHHHHHH ! ! ! ! A pickguardless landscape. How soothing for the eyes. Just look at all those beautiful uninterrupted curves. Thank you.Nice looking GT.
I prefer Les Pauls without pickguards too, but its each to their own.
The only one with a pick guard is the firebird
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macaroni
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what a beauty - does it have a 50s roundes- or a 60s slim taper neck?
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Oh yeah, so much better without the guard. Two holes leads me to think that the pickguard is not original. You can easily hide those holes by flling them with wood putty and then go over with a gold Sharpie paint pen. It won't mask them 100%, but will make them way less obvious.
For the pots, get some cleaner-lubricant (Deoxit or similar) and spray them while rotating them a dozen times. If that doesn't bring them back, then you can think about replacing them. Do the same with the pickup switch ... but flip instead of rotate
PS. I sent you a private message on adjusting your pickup height before thinking about replacing them.
Many thanks for the advise in the private message, much appreciated, i am going to give the guitar a look this weekend and will keep you posted.
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I dont have enough experience with Les Paul style guitars to give an honest answer, but given how much real estate it feels like it has, after playing telecasters for years I would say its the 50s rounded neck.
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Jim Hopkins
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just added a new Epiphone. A B.B.King model. So far I like it a lot.
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Been busy tweaking! At string change I’ve set-up neck relief and action and while I was at it I also…
- filed the nut a little further using the “sandpaper under old string” method. Much easier action for cowboy chords and no more sharp notes. A bit of graphite in the slots… good to go.
- upgraded the stock ABR-1 bridge, which rattled a bit and could not intonate perfectle the unwound G, to a Nashville Gotoh bridge. No rattle, perfect intonation. The pre-cut slots were perfectly aligned but a bit too shallow on the Es. Corrected with a very careful application of the same “sandpaper under string” method.
- cleaned up and reinforced the contacts of the selector switch, which was a little dodgy out of factory. My first adventure at fishing out electronics. Now it works perfectly.
- balanced a weak high E string in the neck pickup but setting the pole-piece higher (but not so high that it rattled)
- carefully checked the fretwork ready to correct it, but it was more than good enough for my set-up (action ≈ 2 mm at XII fret). No buzzes anywhere.
- New knobs and switch tip to better replicate the look of a ’66-‘67 cherry Casino. Still undecided whether I prefer the “nude” or “white guard” look (see pics).
Investing very little money, and some care and time, I now have a guitar that plays as nice as any of my more high-end guitars: soft action across the neck, all notes ring out well, comfy neck, stunning looks. With careful dialing in of amp and pedals, it has a wide palette of lovely sounds that complement my strat, tele and acoustic archtop.
Last touches in its future: lower-wind P-90s (on their way, COVID permitting) and once these are mounted I’ll get me a black pickguard too. But I’m in love with it as it is already…
- filed the nut a little further using the “sandpaper under old string” method. Much easier action for cowboy chords and no more sharp notes. A bit of graphite in the slots… good to go.
- upgraded the stock ABR-1 bridge, which rattled a bit and could not intonate perfectle the unwound G, to a Nashville Gotoh bridge. No rattle, perfect intonation. The pre-cut slots were perfectly aligned but a bit too shallow on the Es. Corrected with a very careful application of the same “sandpaper under string” method.
- cleaned up and reinforced the contacts of the selector switch, which was a little dodgy out of factory. My first adventure at fishing out electronics. Now it works perfectly.
- balanced a weak high E string in the neck pickup but setting the pole-piece higher (but not so high that it rattled)
- carefully checked the fretwork ready to correct it, but it was more than good enough for my set-up (action ≈ 2 mm at XII fret). No buzzes anywhere.
- New knobs and switch tip to better replicate the look of a ’66-‘67 cherry Casino. Still undecided whether I prefer the “nude” or “white guard” look (see pics).
Investing very little money, and some care and time, I now have a guitar that plays as nice as any of my more high-end guitars: soft action across the neck, all notes ring out well, comfy neck, stunning looks. With careful dialing in of amp and pedals, it has a wide palette of lovely sounds that complement my strat, tele and acoustic archtop.
Last touches in its future: lower-wind P-90s (on their way, COVID permitting) and once these are mounted I’ll get me a black pickguard too. But I’m in love with it as it is already…
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Very rare Left handed ej200 waited a while for the pickguards to arrive but worth the wait
Very rare Left handed ej200 waited a while for the pickguards to arrive but worth the wait
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WytchCrypt
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Hi all, new member here...but not new to Epiphone 
Been playing since the early 80's but bought my 1st Epi, the LP Custom back in 2012 and my Dove a year later. Just bought an Epi Tony Iommi Ltd Ed SG a few weeks ago and love it! As you can tell I like to modify my guitars
Both the LP & Iommi have locking tuners and roller bridges, also swapped out the tail on the Iommi for a black one.
The LP has a Gibson Dirty Fingers in the bridge and I honestly don't remember what I put in the neck but it was another high output Gibson. I also eliminated both volumes and the tone for the bridge PU to get the highest output possible (I know, it probably doesn't make any difference but I figured the less 'things' the output had to go through the better the signal - and besides I never use the volume controls on my guitars anyway). I left the tone on for the Dirty Fingers because I like to roll the treble all the way off to get that slippery Robert Fripp 70's King Crimson solo tone. Also added the space nebula pickguard & truss rod cover with my initial. After doing that I printed out matching decals to cover the holes where I pulled the volume & tone pots. Sounds tacky I know, but it looks cool in person and meant I didn't have to refinish the holes.
And in case anyone's wondering...no way am I swapping out those Iommi signature PU's, they're amazing
Been playing since the early 80's but bought my 1st Epi, the LP Custom back in 2012 and my Dove a year later. Just bought an Epi Tony Iommi Ltd Ed SG a few weeks ago and love it! As you can tell I like to modify my guitars
Both the LP & Iommi have locking tuners and roller bridges, also swapped out the tail on the Iommi for a black one. The LP has a Gibson Dirty Fingers in the bridge and I honestly don't remember what I put in the neck but it was another high output Gibson. I also eliminated both volumes and the tone for the bridge PU to get the highest output possible (I know, it probably doesn't make any difference but I figured the less 'things' the output had to go through the better the signal - and besides I never use the volume controls on my guitars anyway). I left the tone on for the Dirty Fingers because I like to roll the treble all the way off to get that slippery Robert Fripp 70's King Crimson solo tone. Also added the space nebula pickguard & truss rod cover with my initial. After doing that I printed out matching decals to cover the holes where I pulled the volume & tone pots. Sounds tacky I know, but it looks cool in person and meant I didn't have to refinish the holes.
And in case anyone's wondering...no way am I swapping out those Iommi signature PU's, they're amazing
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I think we're gonna get on just fine.Just bought an Epi Tony Iommi Ltd Ed SG a few weeks ago and love it! As you can tell I like to modify my guitars
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My excellent Epiphones.
WytchCrypt
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Absolutely beautiful! And I bet it plays as good as it looksLike so many it seems within the past month or two - my first guitar : 19' Epiphone Les Paul Standard PTP in Bourbon Burst:
Absolutely beautiful! And I bet it plays as good as it looks
It does! I did a lotta looking before deciding on what guitar. The tone matches the finish
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Congrats 
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a friendly hello to all epi-nerds,
look at my new family-member. a beautiful standard mg from 2015 bought at ebay. always thought that chinese epis are garbage - but . . . this one plays like butter, the neck is very slim, like it a lot. its much lighter than my two korean epis. just ordered new knobs with pointers. the pre-owner installet a seymour duncan slash alnico II pro humbucker-set. this baby is a rockmachine and i'm a happy man. the right toy for times like these. seems like i have to practice again :-(
look at my new family-member. a beautiful standard mg from 2015 bought at ebay. always thought that chinese epis are garbage - but . . . this one plays like butter, the neck is very slim, like it a lot. its much lighter than my two korean epis. just ordered new knobs with pointers. the pre-owner installet a seymour duncan slash alnico II pro humbucker-set. this baby is a rockmachine and i'm a happy man. the right toy for times like these. seems like i have to practice again :-(
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Hi,
First post here. This is my Epiphone Les Paul. Bought it used, and seems like it was modified before I got it. The switch, output jack, and electronics cavity covers are black plastic, but it has cream binding and switch plate. From the serial number, it appears to be a 2010 model year, made in Unsung, Korea.
First post here. This is my Epiphone Les Paul. Bought it used, and seems like it was modified before I got it. The switch, output jack, and electronics cavity covers are black plastic, but it has cream binding and switch plate. From the serial number, it appears to be a 2010 model year, made in Unsung, Korea.
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Welcome to the forums.
Nice one there!
Nice one there!
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Epiphone Phamily Photo 2020
L to R
'99 Dot 335 / all original
2007 Les Paul Jr. / All new black hardware with black 'hexbucker' pup
2016 Les Paul Special I / Vintage Cherry, new wiring
Hybrid 2009/2017 (neck) Les Paul Special II / black PAF Humbuckers, USA CTS pots & knobs
2011 Les Paul Jr Cherry Burst / all original
2018 EJ-200SCE Jumbo / tusq nut & saddle, vintage bone bridge pins
back row:
'98 Rivoli Bass / all original
'94 C-25 Classical Guitar / I've owned since 1994
…..in my defense, the two Juniors were rust buckets & the two Specials basically boxes of parts, all "barn finds" .....as a foster parent I will be looking for new homes for these fine critters.
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Estes Park Colorado
Epiphone Phamily Photo 2020
L to R
'99 Dot 335 / all original
2007 Les Paul Jr. / All new black hardware with black 'hexbucker' pup
2016 Les Paul Special I / Vintage Cherry, new wiring
Hybrid 2009/2017 (neck) Les Paul Special II / black PAF Humbuckers, USA CTS pots & knobs
2011 Les Paul Jr Cherry Burst / all original
2018 EJ-200SCE Jumbo / tusq nut & saddle, vintage bone bridge pins
back row:
'98 Rivoli Bass / all original
'94 C-25 Classical Guitar / I've owned since 1994
…..in my defense, the two Juniors were rust buckets & the two Specials basically boxes of parts, all "barn finds" .....as a foster parent I will be looking for new homes for these fine critters.
Robbie L.
Estes Park Colorado
