Maiden69

Hi, I have an Epiphone LP Classic with the flame maple top (I think it's a veneer), And I will like to repaint it. I have read almost all your tutorials and know how to. The question that I have is if I can just paint the top and clear it since the rest of the guitar is in mint condition, I don't play live, just in my house and this is my baby. Just that I will like to paint it with the reranc gold top finish or the lake placid metallic blue. (the guitar that I was going to buy was a dark blue metallic flake, but a piece of the finish fell from it when I picked it up, so I got a deal on this one)

I might finish it with nitro, or take it to a car paint place to top with Polyurethane.

Thanks for your usual help.

I'm new, but I got a question. Do the dye's are uv resistant, I went to the site that WES recomended and here is a copy of the bottom of the statement.

"Not for exterior use. Each 2 oz. bottle yields about 2 quarts of dye-stain."

It states " Not for exterior use", thats like saying that it's not UV resistant. Like car paint the clear coat "urethane" is usualy the one thats UV Res. I will like to know because I have an Epiphone LP that has a cherry burst flame maple and I will like to put a veneer on my strat to make it look the same. And I was checking this tread to obtain more info, but I just got more confused on the subject. Why don't instead of bashing each other, just express your point and the pros and cons.

I most definately won't be using food colors thans to the Samick Guitar photos, thats the last thing I will want to happen to my guitar. Other than that this has been the best guitar forum that I have found on the Internet , thanks to all the moderators for this site...

I don't know how the active pre amp on your bass works, but the EMGs preamp is inside the pickup itself. I will suggest you get the one that EMG sales. I always had used used them on my guitars, and I'he never been dissapointed.

The EMGs run at 9-27VDC but they recommend not going above 18VDC, go tot their site at www.emginc.com, they will give you all the info you might need for your application, I will recomend you redo all the wiring in your bass with EMG stuff.

^^ you are right. I wasn't aware that they included it on the imports too. I can't believe they added this headstock to the imports, back in the days(80's) if you were playing a 3+3 Jacson you had money, 'cause they were only available in the USA Series. I just check their site and now they even have a Dinky with that headstock. And the SLSMG is the import copy of the USA SLS.

I will go to musicians friend and check what they have and then go to the manufacturer web site to get indepth details. For $100 there ain't much, I had a Tone Works AX-1g and it was OK, but now I got a DigiTech GNX1 and it rocks, got every thing I need and it emulates the tubes amps pretty close... But it runs for $249. My advise is, save more money and get a better one, you won't regret it.

The Jackson 3+3 is the Soloist, not that many people know it because is from their high end guitars, Not cheap like the Dinkys, I'm not 100% sure but I think they are made. I prefer this one rather than the regulars the neck is usualy thru and the reach to the higher frets is awsome.

Thanks guys. Like I said, I can't wait to get the Countor Dremel to finish the rest of the neck. The scallops don't go lower than 3/32", I though to go down to 1/8" but once I did the 1st one I realized that 3/32" was enough. I guess from now is all up hill. Can't wait to get my hands on the Squier. I will be posting some questions in new posts to see what I can do to it. Here are some more shots taken with the lower frets so that you can see how deep I went. And a full guitar shot, hopefuly the focus is good now..

Again thanks for the comments, the guitar do sound great with the EMG's (it's the ZW set,81/85), I had Seymour Duncans SH-6 and a JB and this set up is far more good, at least for the music I play.

First of all, thanks to Brian for the Pics, with out that I wasn't sure about trying this. I have seen a lot of scallops in regular necks but never on Binded. I was hoping to get my Squier back in order to experiment on it but I got tired of waiting. Here is my Epiphone LP Classic. I just did from 12 up because I was using a 1/4 file and sand paper, as soon as I get my hands on a dremel Contour I will finish the rest.

Let me know what you guys think, this is my first so I think it didn't turn out too bad.

Thanks for the help, I was browsing the help using "attach picture" and it gave me no hits.

I want to post the pics of the scallop that I just did and I can't find the way to get the pics posted. Any help will be great.

Thanks for your reply. Special thanks to Brian for the pics. That's a great job. I will do mine probably this weekend, hopefully it will turn half as good. As soon as I'm doneI'll post some pics. One last question for Brian, do you have to go easy on the binding?

Hi, I'm new here and I was directed by the proyectguitar.com site. I was looking into scalloping the neck on my Epiphone Les Paul. It has a binded neck and I don't know what to do. Shall scallop the whole width of the neck like the regular type (and if I do this how difficult will be to repair the bindind) or do a recess from one side to the other, like a pool between the frets.

I have painted and customized guitars (mainly electronics and set-ups) but it will be the first time I deal with a binded neck.

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.