randombaz Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 was a black epiphone lp100. completely took it apart and sanded it. waxed, oiled finish. complete new electronics and strings. pickups are neck : seymour duncan '59, bridge : seymour duncan custom custom, which is coil tapped feedback, postive and negative, would be appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-Murray Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Man, you didn't re-use the strings???? J/K, that looks like a nice piece of work. How's she sound/play?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunsu Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Wow.. your guitar is really familiar to me.. i like walnut.. ^^ walnut is my favorit wood.. but weight is heavy.. ^^ good.. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 people said i would notice a difference with the new pickups...i don't. hopefully i will do when im playing at volumes or whatever. also single coil option doesnt give that great-a change in sound, its very very subtle. reduces volume though, ha the setups nice, bottom e buzzes a bit though and is it walnut? the flash makes it look darker than it really is. i posted a pic ages ago up on here and someone said it was mahogany. now i have no idea what wood it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 The change in the pickups is going to be very subtle anyway. I think if you listen close enough you'll notice a certain tone difference that only Alnico 2 magnet pickups can produce. In overdrive, you'll probably hear a smoother, more articulate blend than with the old pickups, too. It's going to depend a lot on how your old pickups were made, too. If your old ones were Alnico 5 magnets, the change won't be as dramatic as if you went from ceramic to Alnico 2. You must understand that you essentially went from one low-power pickup to another. If you'd gone from stock to say, a Super Distortion or an Evolution, you'd notice a huge difference in the volume and tone. I prefer the Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 Pro pickups, myself. IMHO, they come the closest to the "brown" sound and I like the mid scoop. Slash has them installed on all of his Les Pauls, so we know they can deliver the goods out of a relatively low-power pickup. BTW, the wood looks like Mahoghany. I highly doubt Epi found some walnut cheap enough to build LP-100s with. It looks from the picture that you may have installed the neck pickup backwards, though. I thought the slug side was supposed to be towards the bridge and the screw side towards the neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 well it was the shop who did it i know what you mean tho, im confused now. because both pickups are classed as zebras...i didnt get one zebra colour and the other reversed. i think colour wise its right but i am confused now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 I don't think you can get the dummy coil in white on an SD zebra...anyway I'm sure it doesn't affect the tone that much anyway. I've just always seen the screw coil on the neck pickup on the neck side, not the bridge side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 anyway I'm sure it doesn't affect the tone that much anyway. I've just always seen the screw coil on the neck pickup on the neck side, not the bridge side. I kinda think thats how its supposed to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Yes it is upside down, 1st the zebras are always the opposite on the neck and bridge and 2nd, the screws are on top on the neck and bottom on the bridge. Here is a link to the SH6's I had and they are positioned the same way as they go in the guitar! And you can check this Carvin guitar to see the right positionof the Zebras! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted October 14, 2004 Report Share Posted October 14, 2004 Yeah, I knew they were upside-down but I didn't want to make anyone upset...maybe he likes the look of the pickups how they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 ha i've been confused from day one about zebras and reversed zebras, now i kinda understand this page a bit more that i found ages ago http://www.gtrheaven.com/pickups/sd_zebra.htm but anyway, how will it affect my guitar? i dont mind it atm, it makes my guitar even more unique (and it'll be talked about when im famous in a gearhead article ) so what will be different with the sound? ( i can't believe a tech got it wrong too ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The sound if you don't adjust the screws will be the same! that's the reason why neck pickups usualy have trhe screws on the outside, the farther away from the bridge the warmer the sound, the closer the brighter! It might not be noticiable by the regular ear, but there aer players that swear by the pick up position, so I guess it'a a case of taste, if you like the way it sounds, thats all that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 what does adjusting the screws do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 "Accentuates" the freq of each string, I think of it as a passive equalizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Well besides the sound i think they look cooler with the black facing each other and the cream facing away from each other... Just my humble opinion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 yeh i had any choice of what the pickup colours were in order, but i like mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2004 what do you think of my guitar anyway Maiden69? like? not your type? etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 I like it, it looks nice too nice to be a Epi 100 series, if you wouldn't had mentioned I would though a different guitar! Mine is a Epi Classic you can see it at the GOTM this month. I am switching in favor of double cut aways, so I will see what I do with the LP, may be keep it, don't know yet! But your looks nice! I'm not a natural color guy, that's why I didn't added any coments earlier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 yeh i don't like saying its an epiphone lp100, people already judge it. i do too! but its come out nice...i know its not perfect, but i love saying its my own custom guitar what's GOTM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlGeeEater Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 what's GOTM? Guitar Of The Month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Like AlGee said here is the main page for Project Guitar, http://projectguitar.com/ the LP there is mine, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randombaz Posted October 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 wow thats cool, nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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