What Do i Do 2 Mod an Epi Lp Std
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Well, without looking at your guitar and assuming you have setup the guitar well, no dings, bumps, stuff that messes up tuning, the usual course of action would be
1) Change the nut (bone, tsuq or graphtech)
Cheap and makes a big different in tuning stability.
Check, if tuning don't stay. then go on.
2) Change the tuners (google, research, a lot of options)
3) Change the bridge saddles (k-t-s, graphtech)
Something like that.
But i bet you haven't let a good tech look at it so why not do that first?
1) Change the nut (bone, tsuq or graphtech)
Cheap and makes a big different in tuning stability.
Check, if tuning don't stay. then go on.
2) Change the tuners (google, research, a lot of options)
3) Change the bridge saddles (k-t-s, graphtech)
Something like that.
But i bet you haven't let a good tech look at it so why not do that first?
MadWerewolfBoy
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save loads, get 2 pups u really really want, change them, and at the same time, change the electrical components... pots, switch and wirings... jack not really necessary but if u have the cash, might as well...
the stock stuff may oxidise or become disfuntional relatively fast so might as well change them when u change ur pups...
the stock stuff may oxidise or become disfuntional relatively fast so might as well change them when u change ur pups...
MadWerewolfBoy
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ShredCow said:
new amp too!
MadWereWolfBoy said:ShredCow said:
new amp too!
No... really.
Get an epi, you don't know its really a good piece of wood yet (unless some experienced guitarist figures it out for you) and you go ahead to mod the living daylights out of it. What if the guitar's a dud in the first place? High chance.
MadWerewolfBoy
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ooo i see thougth u were kidding... haha
yeah u should really go get it setted up properly 1st and play around wtih it for quite some time... if u feel u like the feel and sound of it then proceed to upgrade... if not sell it away and get a new guitar...
quality of these kinda guitars are hard to judge... shouldn't waste $$$ upgrade a guitar u don't like cuz no matter how much money u spend upgrading, in the end u feel half-half... can't bear to part with the guitar after spending so much $$$ but then again, u don't really like the guitar... so gotta try out 1st...
a proper set-up only costs around $25+-
yeah u should really go get it setted up properly 1st and play around wtih it for quite some time... if u feel u like the feel and sound of it then proceed to upgrade... if not sell it away and get a new guitar...
quality of these kinda guitars are hard to judge... shouldn't waste $$$ upgrade a guitar u don't like cuz no matter how much money u spend upgrading, in the end u feel half-half... can't bear to part with the guitar after spending so much $$$ but then again, u don't really like the guitar... so gotta try out 1st...
a proper set-up only costs around $25+-
but consider it
IS IT WORTH IT TO DO ALL THE MODIFICAITON OR NOT?
you might just spend tones of money in it but then result disappointed in the end
because if a guitar is already not THAT good... you cant expect it to sound oh-so-awesome with all the works done
because the sound and such is pretty much affected by how well made the body is
and though the cost of upgrading and stuffs might even get you a new and better guitar... why trouble?
do consider carefully though
IS IT WORTH IT TO DO ALL THE MODIFICAITON OR NOT?
you might just spend tones of money in it but then result disappointed in the end
because if a guitar is already not THAT good... you cant expect it to sound oh-so-awesome with all the works done
because the sound and such is pretty much affected by how well made the body is
and though the cost of upgrading and stuffs might even get you a new and better guitar... why trouble?
do consider carefully though
PatheinRaindropMoe
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i dont know much, but i always believe that if i dont know what to change, what to mod, then i jolly well play the hell outta the instrument and enjoy/improve on playing more than worrying on things that i have no ideas on..
just my o.oooo cents and imho
just my o.oooo cents and imho
PatheinRaindropMoe
New member
great different not too sure. But difference it will definitely be. And the most important thing is, what amp will you be using thru. If practise amp, then the difference wont be too much. If bigger amp, yes, there will be difference, but the bigger difference will be in the techinique of playing instead of the gear.
But if you have decided to go for the modding. Go ahead and try it and hear it for yourself. Each of us will have different opinions and ideas, even if we are on the same topic. Sometime it will be more blur than clear.
imho
But if you have decided to go for the modding. Go ahead and try it and hear it for yourself. Each of us will have different opinions and ideas, even if we are on the same topic. Sometime it will be more blur than clear.
imho
stock epi are decent enough. till u realise that there is something lacking then change it. if u dun realise it or dun notice something then dun bother wasting your money.
just play the heck outta it first. i used to own an epi. the tuning gears are good enough, the tuning is pretty stable.
just play the heck outta it first. i used to own an epi. the tuning gears are good enough, the tuning is pretty stable.
