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| A tearful response, MIJ? I'm sorry, I merely assumed you were tired and emotional!
Usual forum? I'm stunned no-one told the MIJ of the fundamentalist Imuso internet splinter group: Co-operative of Certifiable Kindred Ukulele Players (C-O-C-K-U-P) who demand equal media rights across the www. Oh dear, I've only just realised...
To business: PaulSG400. I promised you an answer to the SG question. Yes, the MIJ is correct. It really is that simple. SG "solid guitar".
In the late 1950s, the Gibson "Les Paul" guitar was not selling at all well. For a short time in 1959 the Gibson "Les Paul" SG was designed with two blunt cutaways. In 1961 these Les Paul SGs were abandoned in favour of the new sharper horned instrument we know and love today: The Gibson SG.
The German Epiphone guitar company was bought by Gibson in 1957 and much of the old Epiphone manufacturing equipment was sold on to Guild. From 1959 Gibson produced Epiphone guitars from their famous Kalamazoo site. Of course, Epiphone is now manufactured in the Far East. Hence the Epiphone SG you have was born.
Both Gibson and Epiphone SG series are fantastic guitars. And that's a fact.
PS If spacehog's the doctor and the MIJ is the staff nurse, can I be the undertaker who administers the last rites and buries their mistakes!
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| But could he play an F in tune?
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| Spacehog (06/02/2008)[/b]
Er, that last sentence from tMitJ should read "shouldn't need to reset the intonation again"  Intonation adjustment is a pain in the neck... be glad you've got a guitar that's relatively easy to adjust. For those of us who use double locking trems, you have to loosen all the strings off to adjust the intonation, then tune them back up and hope you've got it right. Not for the faint-hearted 
Hehe I have plenty of experience of this, my first setup (from scratch of a new floyd rose) took 24 hours of work... by the tird time i did it i got it down to an hour and half from scratch of
1)removing the old bridge and strings
2)fitting new bridge and strings
3)setting action and then intonation
having not done int in over two years im prob back to much nearer the 24 hours work mark... lol...(EDIT - Quote put in correct format - TMitJ) |
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| The key with changing strings on a locking trem is to either only change one at a time, or to use the "fuzzy stick" approach. I have a little ~10cm steel ruler (the kind you get in B&Q, not in WH Smiths!), which I wrap in cloth (to protect the finish) and slide under the back of the bridge to keep it in place while I'm swapping strings out. But yes, changing string gauges (or a complete bridge!) is a complete nightmare, not for the faint-hearted!
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