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White Epiphone G-310
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 8:19 pm
by omari
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).
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:03 am
by omari
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?
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:08 am
by Nick
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).
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 3:40 am
by omari
chicken head knobs? i like 'em.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 1:55 pm
by omari
now i'm thinking of using these to melody makerize it. decisions decisions.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 2:49 pm
by taylornutt
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:48 pm
by bluesngrunge
Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:53 pm
by Nick
bluesngrunge wrote:Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me
your mom is just ugly to me.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:57 pm
by bluesngrunge
Nick wrote:bluesngrunge wrote:Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me
your mom is just ugly to me.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:29 pm
by Nick
bluesngrunge wrote:Nick wrote:bluesngrunge wrote:Gibson/Epiphones are just ugly to me
your mom is just ugly to me.
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:39 pm
by omari
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.
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:27 am
by paul_
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