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A_Ron_Hubbard · 10-12-2008, 02:09 AM

Hiya,

I'm planning on basically rebuilding my Epiphone Les Paul 100. My reason for doing this is that at the moment it really doesn't sound very good, but I've been playing it for ages and found that I like how it feels. I would really appreciate some feedback on my plans seeing as my local guitar shops have been basically useless when I've gone in to ask for advice. I'm good with my hands and I've had quite a bit of experience using a soldering iron so I feel confident that I'm up to all the wiring that's involved.

I plan to replace the tuning heads with the planet waves auto-trim tuning machines. For pickups i've decided on the Seymour Duncan SH-8 for the bridge pickup and DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro for the neck. I also figured that while I'm going nuts I would replace the entire wiring of the guitar, buying new pots for the tone, volume and switch with the possibility of coil-tapping, depending on a little more research. What I'm most worried about though is sticking a B7 Bigby with a new bridge, hopefully one that works well with the bigsby.

So that's it basically. I would like to know whether you guys think i'm crazy/out of my depth or whether this will be, as I hope it will, a fun and very fruitful experience. What I'm most concerned about it doing all this work on a guitar that is crap to begin with, an epi lp 100 and how confusing the wiring can be. I've looked at quite a few diagrams and it doesn't seem to be an impossible task.

Thanks in advance for any help. If I go ahead I'll keep you all updated on the progress.

10-12-2008, 02:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
A_Ron_Hubbard Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Vancouver, B.C Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Guitar Overhaul Hiya, I'm planning on basically rebuilding my Epiphone Les Paul 100. My reason for doing this is that at the moment it really doesn't sound very good, but I've been playing it for ages and found that I like how it feels. I would really appreciate some feedback on my plans seeing as my local guitar shops have been basically useless when I've gone in to ask for advice. I'm good with my hands and I've had quite a bit of experience using a soldering iron so I feel confident that I'm up to all the wiring that's involved. I plan to replace the tuning heads with the planet waves auto-trim tuning machines. For pickups i've decided on the Seymour Duncan SH-8 for the bridge pickup and DiMarzio DP151 PAF Pro for the neck. I also figured that while I'm going nuts I would replace the entire wiring of the guitar, buying new pots for the tone, volume and switch with the possibility of coil-tapping, depending on a little more research. What I'm most worried about though is sticking a B7 Bigby with a new bridge, hopefully one that works well with the bigsby. So that's it basically. I would like to know whether you guys think i'm crazy/out of my depth or whether this will be, as I hope it will, a fun and very fruitful experience. What I'm most concerned about it doing all this work on a guitar that is crap to begin with, an epi lp 100 and how confusing the wiring can be. I've looked at quite a few diagrams and it doesn't seem to be an impossible task. Thanks in advance for any help. If I go ahead I'll keep you all updated on the progress.