Epiphone ET-278
Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 1:47 am
Got this in trade from PumpkinPieces. Pretty fun guitar. It needs some TLC so I have been working on it most of the evening. Here is it when it arrived.
20141029_164645 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_164652 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_164700 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_164708 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_164727 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_164731 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_164746 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
First thing I wanted to fix was this extra hole where the strap button goes. Cut a dowel and glued it in. Once the glue is dry, I will dab some black paint and it will be much less noticeable.
20141029_165332 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_165557 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Next I wanted to work on the bridge volume and tone pot. It kept shorting out. I found out that there was a wire that was hitting the ground and fixed it. While I had it off, I also used contact cleaner on the pots.
20141029_170059 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
The guard is missing the white on the middle portion, so I decided to paint it white.
20141029_170104 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
The neck and bridge pickup had a large random screw in the pickup ring so I used a toothpick and wood glue to put in one that is more of the correct size.
20141029_171502 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Cleaned up the freatboard and the nut came off. I will glue it back in place when I put new strings on to make sure it lines up right.
20141029_175634 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Took the bridge and stop tail off to clean.
20141029_175647 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_175657 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
20141029_175718 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
First coat of white paint on the underside of the pickguard.
20141029_175751 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Looking pretty good.
20141029_175809 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Kind of the last things left to do is put new pickguard screws in (each one on the guitar was a different color, type, and size), dab some black paint before I put new strap buttons on, and put it all back together. Should be done tomorrow with the work.
Oh and I did test it before I took it apart. Pickups are awesome! Very nice. Neck is just like my Japanese Univox Les Paul guitar. Pickups sound very similar as well.
20141029_164645 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_164652 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_164700 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_164708 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_164727 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_164731 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_164746 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrFirst thing I wanted to fix was this extra hole where the strap button goes. Cut a dowel and glued it in. Once the glue is dry, I will dab some black paint and it will be much less noticeable.
20141029_165332 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_165557 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrNext I wanted to work on the bridge volume and tone pot. It kept shorting out. I found out that there was a wire that was hitting the ground and fixed it. While I had it off, I also used contact cleaner on the pots.
20141029_170059 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrThe guard is missing the white on the middle portion, so I decided to paint it white.
20141029_170104 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrThe neck and bridge pickup had a large random screw in the pickup ring so I used a toothpick and wood glue to put in one that is more of the correct size.
20141029_171502 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrCleaned up the freatboard and the nut came off. I will glue it back in place when I put new strings on to make sure it lines up right.
20141029_175634 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrTook the bridge and stop tail off to clean.
20141029_175647 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_175657 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr20141029_175718 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrFirst coat of white paint on the underside of the pickguard.
20141029_175751 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrLooking pretty good.
20141029_175809 by Hentai No Baka, on FlickrKind of the last things left to do is put new pickguard screws in (each one on the guitar was a different color, type, and size), dab some black paint before I put new strap buttons on, and put it all back together. Should be done tomorrow with the work.
Oh and I did test it before I took it apart. Pickups are awesome! Very nice. Neck is just like my Japanese Univox Les Paul guitar. Pickups sound very similar as well.
