White Epiphone G-310

omari · Post by **omari** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:19 pm

a band mate gave me this guitar; it was having some electronics issues.

and, it was really really dirty. it's been played off and on for about 7 years and i don't think it had been wiped down even once. it was covered in a thin layer of blood, sweat, and beers.

but here it is after being taken apart, cleaned, and reassembled (sans strings). the white has yellowed quite a bit over time but you can't tell in the photos.

my plan is to replace the pickups and knobs, convert the electronics to one volume - no tone control, and maybe install a tremolo.
i'm going to do my best to keep this one simple (and cheap).

omari · Post by **omari** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:03 am

i'm probably going to order a pair of these in white; the GFS surf 90s. anyone have experience with them personally?

i think since they're only going to go to one volume pot, i should get a 250k. thoughts?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:08 am

There was a thread about those pickups recently

http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53231

I'm thinking about some to put in my old Ovation Tornado (it's already been hacked for normal sized buckers from before I bought it, and has GFS Brooklyns in it now).

omari · Post by **omari** » Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:40 am

chicken head knobs? i like 'em.

omari · Post by **omari** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:55 pm

now i'm thinking of using these to melody makerize it. decisions decisions.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:49 pm

I would leave the volume and tone controls stock and just swap out the pickups. A lot less work and you don't have useless knobs.

bluesngrunge · Post by **bluesngrunge** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:48 pm

Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:53 pm

bluesngrunge wrote:Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me

your mom is just ugly to me.

bluesngrunge · Post by **bluesngrunge** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:57 pm

Nick wrote:
bluesngrunge wrote:Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me
your mom is just ugly to me.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:29 pm

bluesngrunge wrote:
Nick wrote:
bluesngrunge wrote:Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me
your mom is just ugly to me.

omari · Post by **omari** » Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:39 pm

got some parts in from Guitar Fetish. Surf 90s, one toggle, and one 250k volume pot.

i had to chisel a little bit of wood out of the bridge cavity for the pickup to fit.

i don't have time to wire it up today. and i'm still on the fence about putting a tremolo bridge on it or not, but im digging how it looks so far.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:27 am

Looks cool with those pickups

If you end up going with a trem, I installed one of these on a G-400 and it was pretty straightforward, fun to use and you could get a drop-in roller bridge from GFS too.

http://www.guitarfetish.com/Vintage-Sty ... p_839.html