upgrading hardware on craftsman les paul copy

[shadower]

the price i got my craftsman lp for, its probably cheaper than the j&d.

nice axe there pooo. i'll probably get a bigsby if have th money. he

 

[tany]

the price i got my craftsman lp for, its probably cheaper than the j&d.

nice axe there pooo. i'll probably get a bigsby if have th money. he

i thought J&D cheaper? it's $285 craftsman is $325

 

[tany]

btw nice guitar man. it's scalloped?

 

[jacknono]

ya lo

 

[shadower]

the price i got my craftsman lp for, its probably cheaper than the j&d.

nice axe there pooo. i'll probably get a bigsby if have th money. he

i thought J&D cheaper? it's $285 craftsman is $325

i bought my craftsman with other stuff, and the shop gave me a discount on it.

 

[pooo]

Vaiyen: Haha, you may do so, anytime after next monday

Tany: Yea, full neck scallop

Shadower:

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Not sure if these might fit. I'm no authority on bigsby's though. Best to check with people before you buy one to be sure. Just got lucky when GC had one of them lying around so i decided to slap one on. It's the result of someone who'd die playing a guitar without a trem on it :lol:

 

[noobastank]

you mean to say if i upgrade my pickups, .

Like what evenes said, your tone is influenced by your pedals/amps. Upgrading the pickups will most definitely make your Les Paul sound greater than it should. But this is subjective, certain pickups do not mix well with certain guitars of certain woods, vice versa. People once looked down on my Aria Les Paul as a lesser brand instrument but well, i did modify it(A LOT ), and now it sounds/plays great.

so what did you do to your les paul? i want to see what other pple do before modding my own.

With the wonderful help of the people at GC, this is the result.

Pickups - Dimarzio Air Norton/Steve's Special
Fully scalloped neck
Epiphone bigsby
Coil tap/splitting on both tone knobs

omg! yr guitar is beautiful! esp the the natural colour . . . what kind of colour is that? natural or?

 

[Rockstars-Inc]

hey Pooo: Great Axe there. I have a aria les paul too!! same as yours. Just that mine is sun burst. However, not as modified as yours. Anw i plan to change the pups to sd alnico2 and humbucker 59' . Any comments? btw a Fully scalloped neck ? what does it do actually? Sorry for the ignorance. Btw would love to listen to ur les paul? have any demos to send? Thanks dude

 

[GuitarNoob]

ur guitar action seems hiiighh...but nice guitar

 

[NewGuy]

I think the action is still reasonable... must be the scalloped neck playing tricks with our eyes...

 

[GuitarNoob]

haha the thicker strings seems higher than the thin strings....hmm getting out of the topic

 

[NewGuy]

yup agree anyway... lets see what the owner has to say... haha anyway it was nice of u to bring that out...

 

[darkballa]

dude take it from a craftsman user

I bought my craftsman GS-80 at Citymusic at march. this past month all i did was get some GHS boomers, Get a Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Humbucker on the neck, and an Evolution Bridge for the Bridge and now it sound AWESOME!!! :!: :!: :!: WICKED AWESOME! :twisted: . The main thing about this guitar is its feel, it has a great one at that. My new tewacher actually said that the pickups really osund bad which is a common thing based on my research on this board. So ill tell you these,

1. Change Both Pickups (some brnad named JIPU) theyre really muddy and the treble doesnt come out.

2. Nothing else

bah if you really feel like it change somehting else like tuners but remember the pickups come first.

 

[Rockstars-Inc]

darkballa: great advice there. I agree man. PUPS come first. Anw how much ya paid for the pups and where did you change them? BTW they sound changed drastically?

 

[shadower]

haha the thicker strings seems higher than the thin strings....hmm getting out of the topic

i'm easy. glad to listen to how pple modify their les pauls.

dude take it from a craftsman user

I bought my craftsman GS-80 at Citymusic at march. this past month all i did was get some GHS boomers, Get a Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Humbucker on the neck, and an Evolution Bridge for the Bridge and now it sound AWESOME!!! WICKED AWESOME! . The main thing about this guitar is its feel, it has a great one at that. My new tewacher actually said that the pickups really osund bad which is a common thing based on my research on this board. So ill tell you these,

1. Change Both Pickups (some brnad named JIPU) theyre really muddy and the treble doesnt come out.

2. Nothing else

bah if you really feel like it change somehting else like tuners but remember the pickups come first.

ha i almost got the Gs-80 too, but i found that the pup selector was in the wrong place, hence i got the gs-200 which i feel is a more accurate copy. you actually found a brand on the stock pups? for mine they were just unlabelled and stained with wax all over. i guess i'd change the pups, but am on a tight budget. probably rhythm first, as i find them exceedingly muddy on high notes.

 

[darkballa]

haha the thicker strings seems higher than the thin strings....hmm getting out of the topic

i'm easy. glad to listen to how pple modify their les pauls.

dude take it from a craftsman user

I bought my craftsman GS-80 at Citymusic at march. this past month all i did was get some GHS boomers, Get a Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Humbucker on the neck, and an Evolution Bridge for the Bridge and now it sound AWESOME!!! WICKED AWESOME! . The main thing about this guitar is its feel, it has a great one at that. My new tewacher actually said that the pickups really osund bad which is a common thing based on my research on this board. So ill tell you these,

1. Change Both Pickups (some brnad named JIPU) theyre really muddy and the treble doesnt come out.

2. Nothing else

bah if you really feel like it change somehting else like tuners but remember the pickups come first.

ha i almost got the Gs-80 too, but i found that the pup selector was in the wrong place, hence i got the gs-200 which i feel is a more accurate copy. you actually found a brand on the stock pups? for mine they were just unlabelled and stained with wax all over. i guess i'd change the pups, but am on a tight budget. probably rhythm first, as i find them exceedingly muddy on high notes.

Yea i know the volume knob for the bridge pup is kind of like half volume and half tone, but i can manage it really isnt that big of a deal. I really wanted a push pull pot but i guess i cant do it anymore. Does anyone if i can get a push pull pot without changing pickups?

Yea i got the brand, my teacher installed my SD and dimarzio for free and he wanted the pickups so i gave them to him. Hes gonna try modding them. And yea the new pups show LOADS of change in tone, the Evolution is really bright and hot while the Alnico II Pro is has a fat and round tone.

does the GS-200 neck feel the same as a gibson or epiphone les paul?
I find the GS-80's neck to feel more like a BC Rich in a way.

 

[jeremyrozario]

the gs200 has a thinner neck than an epiphone

 

[shadower]

and gs80 necks are unfinished, un-gibson in the sense

 

[pooo]

noobastank: Yup, it's natural

Rockstars-Inc: The combo you mentioned will definitely work out, no doubt. The scalloped neck really only gives you a better grip of the string, better control of bends etc. Bending on the high frets ain't easy, 21,22, but it's definitely easier.

GuitarNoob & NewGuy: Yea, it was a little higher then. It's lowered though, only a wee bit.

 

[pooo]

Does anyone if i can get a push pull pot without changing pickups?

Hmm I'm sure you could get it done at any of the guitar shops.