theyanchamp

Thanks sweed.

Is it possible to take an existing 'stock' pickup, and to add wounds to it to make it hotter or brighter?

I have no experience winding etc, but I was wondering if it is extremely difficult to custom wind pickups using materials from the stock set?

Its definately not a real les paul, so I dont want to take painstaking effort in doing it.

Its a epiphone lespaul blackbeauty, and I hate all black anything. And I also hate the gold hardware.

I found scotchbriting the gold gets tarnishes the finnish of the gold somewhat and lets the chrome sing through.

I also sanded the paint off the back, and found a pretty nice looking grain of mahogany, so I tried staining it a cherry red with some decent results.

Its just drying now, so I'll see how it goes. I'll definately sand it wiht an ultra fine grit after about four or five hrs, and then apply a darker gloss finnish coat. maybe?

If I were to do the same to the top, how could I add a sunburst finnish if I have a cherry stain and a dark mahogany stain? I dont have any woodworking experience lol.

Any ideas are appreciated.

Im new to relicing and I have a les paul that I think I coudl afford to do it with.

Are there any examples of techniques and methods to get a cool looking relic? Any URLs or some point of reference for starting out?

Id ont want to just take a chain and other medievial weapons and start beating away at it lol.

Thanks.

Im going to be relicing a epiphone les paul black beauty....

what can I do to speed up the aging and rusting process on the hardware, and is it safe to use the same techniques you guys ahve been describing considering there is a plastic binding around the edges and other hints that I can use since I cant take the neck off ?

any other hints tips for this style of guitar?