BJC132003

You forgot 6 year olds who throw such a big temper tantrum in front of the salesmen that the father caves and pulls out his wallet.

That will be one Squier Bullet, sir!

I know I'm bumping a fairly older thread but hey....I share the same love for guitar center.

They are prompt, courteous, knowledgeful and good looking.

And now for the truth? I work at the local music store and hear complains constantly by people complaining about guitar center. My only experience with them is talking to a half wit salesman before I began working at the local music store. Surprisingly....the guy didn't know half of what I was talking about....

You know it's sad when he questions terms like "High output" "Low end" and my personal favorite...."Hex key".

Better luck next time, guitar center. That was one conversation I walked away from feeling like Vai.

Complete noob to refinishing guitars, here. I do tech work at the local music store but very little finishing. I've done bits of things as far as refinishings go here and there, but mainly only adventure experiments (rattle-can bombing a first act 3/4 acoustic once.....or twice.....)

But I have a black drive 'strat style' body I plan on staning cherry red. The body is stll completely black, my first question is....what affect would I get my attempting to stain over the black and it's clearcoat? (because I don't want to waste the stain experimenting...)

Second, does anybody have a link to a step by step process from stripping to final finished product of staining a body? I've done a ton of reading on PG up until now...and I've got a slight idea, but can anybody give me an indepth idea of what I'm up against?

Thanks a ton!

After reading Bill Jehle's great tutorial on creating logos on PG...I have a question involving it.

I had a guitar that if all goes right, I will be staining the top of the headstock and the body cherry red. (if anybody has any random advice on doing that alone, don't hesistate to slam me with it!)

So, I plan on creating a custom logo, but with the stain, at which point in the process of finishing the headstock should I apply the decal?

Help appreciated greatly!

Thanks dude,

Actually, I forgot to mention that what I meant by 'fit the guitar' was fit the pickups. There was never a pickguard on the guitar, so all I need is the holes drilled.

screw holes I'd have to drill are too small to ruin the tone, right

Right. If I was you I'd take some tooth picks, dip em in tightbond, cram em into the empty holes, break em off. Let it dry, sand em down (or trim close, dont sand your paint off).

NEver ordered pick guards from them. If I was you I'd call and talk to a live person about what you need and what they have.

This would be to......tighten the loose screw holes?

Thanks

So I have an S1010 SG "double horned cutaway" guitar I'm fooling around with. One of the changes I want to make it to add a black pickguard...found here.

Product code: PG_9803-033

My first question would be the screw holes I'd have to drill are too small to ruin the tone, right?

And the second is...anybody have experience putting a pickguard like this on a copy? Will it fit fine?

Thanks in advance!

You can ask a mod to move this topic to the Solid Body and Bass Chat section, that might get more responses. Also, post a picture of the damage --it sounds like only the plate got smashed? Not the wood or the finish?

PM sent. Yep, only the plate...both finish and wood are fine.

You might try

writing to Epiphone --at least here in Europe, their reps are really helpful, I had a bunch of questions for them and got plenty of emails back. Otherwise, there are plenty of other sellers out there who might have a plate to match your screw holes. Check out ebay for example.

I should try emailing epiphone if I can...a coworker talked to Allparts and they said their wasn't much hope unless I upgrade to metal...which I still doubt the screwholes are the same.

And you also have the option of filling in the old holes and redrilling for new holes. Do a search in the Solid Body section, you'll find plenty of advice on how to do that.

I'd be too worried about doing that just yet...

Oh yeah, and while you're shopping, buy yourself a set of strap-locks. I like the Schaller, I put the buttons on all my guitars, that way I don't have to buy a bunch of straps.

Bought a set the day after I mashed my guitar's potato...

I think this is where to put this...

So my strap disbanded and my Paul fell to the floor...smashing the input jackplate. I bought a gibson creme jackplate...not the right size. Screw holes are different...and color is different. So I had on of my coworkers call Allparts....they don't make an epiphone Les Paul jackplate. Anybody know where I can get one? I'm pretty desperate by now and any help is amazingly appreciated!

Mine has a pressed '2nd' in the back of the headstock too...with a small crack. Must be another small blemish. *shrug* 2nd must mean B-stock.

Arrived today....the blemish?

A tiny hairline crack on the bottom of the pickguard. Wow.

Plays AWESOME! Very smooth and easy to work with...has an AWESOME warm tone. Great distortion too.

The local shop....I work at. We're not an authorized gibson or Epi dealer. But, I have NEVER read a bad review on this particular guitar...and that's numerous websites of research. I figured I'd just gather some opinions from here.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Epi...tar?sku=518341V

Can I get some opinions on that particular guitar? I've always wanted a Les Paul and have finally saved up enough for that one. I can't afford a Gibson, but I hear Epiphone are terrible themselves....opinions?

Thanks a mil!

Possibly so....

But since we're on the topic of the website, can anybody give me personal opinions on their humbucking pickups? I'd think about putting them into a cheaper build. Maybe even into the S S H I have ...

NEPA...

I'll check it out.

AC, Thanks for the advice.

Thanks! Any advice into detecting wheather it's definitley wood and not laminate junk?

Thanks for the replies.

Quick question..I'm definitley going to tool with the Behringer...but only if the whole thing is wood...and not liminate paper crap. Anybody know?

Thanks!

Alrighty then...thanks for the opinions.

How about they're higher end guitars? Like the Lolas? We just got them in at the shop but I have yet to play one...

EDIT: While I'm at it...I have acess to a Behringer too if I want it....any thoughts? Thanks!

Actually it's 50 bucks..

Can you give me some examples of why it's so bad.

Can anyone tell me if first act guitar...the double cutaway with strat-style pickups...is made of complete wood? It's not that compressed paper crap is it? I have the chance to get my buddies and turn it into something cool...but I wanna make sure I won't run into any problems like that.

Thanks in advance!

PS: http://www.shop.com/op/~First_Act_Discover...13?sourceid=298

I believe that's the one.

I'm thinking about picking this up from the local music store I work at. Can anyone give me some opinions on the ups and downs of this little orange stompbox?

Thanks a million, bro! Sounds amazing!

Hey, so I'm trying to play 'Open Your Eyes' by Alter Bridge....tab says the tuning is...

open d5 tuning

low to high DADadd

So does that mean if I'm in standard I tune down to DAD and then tune the last three strings to UP to add? I'm always afraid of snapping strings and help is appreciated!

Thanks!

Thanks a million to you all!

I dunno, I still think that Jackson sounded good. Not a bad price either...

Say I was to change the pickups...can you reccomend good pickups?

I have access to all the tools for building a guitar, but I don't have the money to screw up enough while learning, just yet. I'd rather be prepared.