The Guitar (and Other Musical Instruments) Thread | Page 9 | Fab Forum | The Beatles Bible

Dark Overlord said
It must be weird having 2 SGs although the latter one will be great for Black Sabbath since Tony used an SG with p90s named monkey until 1975 when he started using custom built guitars. Also why would Gibson and Epiphone be stupid enough to use a non intonatable bridge on newer guitars that are reissues of vintage guitars, it’d be like Fender putting a 3 way switch on a 57 Stratocaster reissue and then only offering it in 2 color sunburst, only copy the good things about a guitar in their reissue, not the flaws, especially if it’s not an exact replica like yours and is only loosely based on the original.

They also did it on the Special P90 issue but on the USA Specials they used a Schaller 456 bridge which is a kind of combination stop tail and tune-o-matic and hard to find cheaply! I’m decided on getting all-black chrome hardware on the Junior and probably swapping out the speed knobs for some swanky hats, possibly some Strat ones, although GFS have some very pretty knurled Tele-style knobs with abalone caps.

Yeah back in the old days they were really inaccurate, the lyrics were printed wrong for decades. The first couple of editions of Beatles Complete were just frustratingly bad and inaccurate.

My Epiphone Junior came today, I have to wait for new strings to come in the mail before I can really evaluate it, but first impressions: it’s really heavy compared to the G400, feels twice as weighty. The neck is more of a D than C shape but still comfortable. Fortunately if the wraparound bridge doesn’t work out, it’s parallel to the neck and not an angle as many are (the only cure for intonation problems with those is moving the bridge), which means I can buy an intonatable wraparound replacement. The 700T humbucker sounds ok, the tone knob actually works! It’s a little more neck-divy than the G400 but that’s an issue with all SG’s and you can fix it a bit with lighter tuners but a grippy strap is the simplest way around it (other than just keeping your elbow on the body).

I have been watching LOTS of youtube about pedals, I’ve just spent on two, a tc electronic echobrains which is a nice analog delay and a mooer envelope for some nice autowah action. I think I’ll get a tc electronic rusty fuzz after that, I don’t really need a muff fuzz right now.

Ok, strings. With guitars there’s two things that shape my needs: how bendy, and tone. The thinner the string, the easier to bend BUT the thicker the string the stronger the tone! Regular size is 10-46 (actually .010″-.046″), the standard light are 9-42. Lots of variation and a lot of rubbish about metal types and winding styles after that! So far I’m happy with Ernie Ball Regular Slinky, and D’addario Regular Light are good too. If you want the lighter, Ernie Ball Super Slinky 9-42 as used by Angus Young and many others. Most well-cut nuts can handle either gauge, going heavier will probably cause problems because they won’t fit the slots properly. If you do have that issue with your current nut, get a tech to look at it (and set your guitar up as well).

If you use 8s or 9s they will break quickly unless if you have a very delicate playing style so i would stay away from those, 10s or 11s is what i’d go for, i personally use Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10 gauge strings, 12s should work as well but you might have to adjust your guitar in order to accommodate the heavy string gauge, anything above 12 isn’t going to work unless if you plan on detuning your guitar or accepting that you will never be able to bend your strings. As far as what brand, i’d go for Ernie Ball solely because that’s what i use.

Thanks all for your help. Since I’m utterly starved of any like minded musicians in my small farming town it’s nice to be part of a community of guitarists.

I’ve decided to get these.