Ahhhhh.... | Epiphone Casino Gets New Fralins Pt 2
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Lots of painstaking little things to avoid actual pain performing a tricky pickup install - tricky if you want it to work and be reliable, at least.
Also, for some reason I kept saying telegraphed shields instead of telescoped shields. Was thinking about what I was seeing, not what was coming out of my mouth, sorry.
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These are things I get asked about a lot :
Amp Tech Gear Used :
Hakko FX-951 soldering station
Weller SPG 80L soldering iron (chassis work)
Rigol DS1054Z digital oscilloscope
Thsinde 18B+ digital multimeters
Kester 60/40 solder
Techspray #4 No-Clean Desoldering Braid
Below are things that make this channel possible that people don’t usually think about. If any of these companies want to send me new and wonderful toys, I’m open to that. I can’t take free stuff when it comes to the amps I review, etc, but for the stuff below, bribe away!
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Guitar Amps : Royer R-10 Hot Rod and/or Shure SM57 (noted in videos)
Voiceover Bench : sE Audio sE8 (small diaphragm condenser)
Voiceover Streaming : Shure SM57 with shockmount and windscreen
Voiceover Mic Arms : Elgato Wave Mic arms
Guitar Mic Stand : Gator Frameworks short weighted base stand with boom
Mic Cables and Guitar Cables : Mogami/Neutrik
Mic pre : MOTU M2
DAW : Logic Pro X on MacBook Pro 16 running Sonoma 14
Plugins : No effects other than level matching/normalization unless a recording
specifically has reverb etc added in post (rare, various Waves plugins)
Monitors : Yamaha HS7s
Monitor Stands : Gator Frameworks Desktop Clamp-On Stands
Monitor Isolation Mounts : IsoAcoustics Iso-Puck Minis
Headphones : Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (main)
Headphones : Sony MDR-7506 (alternate)
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Camera : Sony ZVE-10 with SmallRig Cage (main)
Lens : Sigma f2.8 18-50mm (main)
Lens : Sony ZVE10 kit lens (rarely used)
B Camera : Apple iPhone 13 Pro (rarely used)
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Streaming Mount : Elgato Master Mount S with SmallRig Ballhead
Bench Light : SmallRig RC 120D
Bench Light Diffusor : SmallRig Lantern Softbox
Bench C-Stands (light and overhead camera) : Neewer Pro SS Heavy Duty
Streaming Light : SmallRig RC 120B
Streaming Diffusor : SmallRig Parabolic Softbox
Streaming Light Mount : SmallRig 148CM Wall Mount Boom with Triangle Base
Various Other Lights : Neewer LED Panels with Neewer Softboxes
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Paul Leeming LUTs
Adobe Illustrator 28
Adobe Photoshop 25
Ecamm Live (streaming software)
So what you’re saying is if you buy a hollow body guitar, make sure you like the pickups first… 😂😂😂 those fralins sound great though! 🍻
Just stick with the Telecaster
Who here is in favor of an access cover on the back like an ES335...?😉👍
Thanks Lyle...Your patience is definitely admired😎👍👍
Siunds great😃👍👍
Every time I think about upgrading the pick ups on my hollow body, I then remember the process and decide, no it sounds good the way it is.
The only reason I did it was my switch went bad and the luthier I trusted had left town. I came across my cardboard template a month or 2 ago and it took a few minutes to figure out what it was.
I’ve experienced only gratifying results purchasing and using Lindy’s pickups over many years. Great person, great company, great products.
That has to be the most tedious job on a semi-hollow. Of course in this video the wire management looks so damn pretty that now the bar just got raised. Most of the factory work has loose wiring harnesses, maybe a small ziptie here or there but never seen shirk wrap, its all next level here on this channel. thanks
The difference between a one off and mass production.
Yeah, I almost want to pull the wiring back out of my Epiphone ES-355 just to make the wiring look nicer. Almost. ;)
Nice work! Sooooo much easier without a center block!!
My EB2D has a center block. All controls had to come out of the lower F hole. What a PITA!
Lyle: Great to see you when I picked up my Ampeg the other day. Thanks for the hang time and advice and letting me play those fantastic amps and guitars. Cheers!
So inspiring to watch you work; you make it look so easy! I replaced the wiring harness and pickups on my ES-335 and I thought I was going to have an aneurysm!
Great video! I just put that exact same Fralin pickup combo in a LP Special w/ 50's wiring. I've been really happy with that 5% underwound in the neck.
Why don't 335s have a control cavity plate on the back, kind of like the plate on the back of starts? Replacing controls seems like a totally unnecessary mess.
You made that look way easier than it is for mere mortals. Really nice work. I still got PTSD when you had all the floss connected to everything and started the install. I've done this 3 times and each time it got harder lol. The last time I decided I would install pickup wire lead extensions from the harness with terminal connections at the ends. Now if I want to swap pickups again I don't have to pull the harness.Honestly wish you'd done this video a year ago as I would have done a few things differently.
I'm sorry but when you drug out the dental floss I instantly heard Frank Zappa "Montana" in my brain. I know, I need help. ". . . gonna be a dental floss tycoon"
Exactly why I've put off replacing a noisy switch on my Sheraton. I'll be back; when i build up the nerve!
I just pulled some Seymour Duncan humbucker sized P90s so Phat Cats? Anyway, those are gone from an Epiphone Elitist Japanese made 1963 ES 335 reissue made by the Terada factory in Japan. Waiting on some Lollars, while I play around with an Ovation Viper with that weird 18 volt preamp that has the cocked wah filtering. I have a Preacher that is a passive Viper single cut, but not as much fun. I got my 5 volt 2 amp Triad transformer, so when I get some help I can get that vac-varoorm tubular regulatated PSU working back up at full power (0-600 volts @ 500mA).
Lovin' those wipes! Subtle shades of Kurosawa! Shit's gettin' classy around here!
Awesome video Lyle! I wired two semi hollow Guitars myself never again too cumbersome for my skill level Quick question: if you have experience with them, what do you think of the Revv D20 lunchbox amp? Thanks and take care!
Nice work! I live a short walk from Fralin - need to visit one day and get some pickups!
I really like the floss going through the jack hole. I don't think I would have though of that...
I used floss thru the F hole on my Ibanez AS73L (with center block) at least 3 times. It just never gets easier!
Several years ago, I sent my ES-355 to the Gibson Repair and Restoration facility in Memphis. Their assignment was to instal ALL the innards with new pieces, as someone had cut to smithereenies, everything that was originally in there in an attempt to make some repairs. After quite a while, the guitar came back and sounded fine ... except when I played any c# notes. Took it to work at a music store and asked everybody if they heard it and they said, "Yep. It's there!" Sent it back to Gibson. Of course they DIDN'T hear it! But they said they would change it all out again anyway. They did and that fixed it. Much respect for those people.
Unless this is one of those USA casinos, The original pickup Poles were not 50 mm apart... I'm assuming the Fralins are 50 mm, So the strings won't sit quite in the center of the pole pieces... Is that a problem?
I put on a US spec bridge. See the other Casino videos.
You can use flexible aquarium airline tubing to feed through the holes and slip over the pot shafts.
Now that you've got it all back in the guitar ... I'd really like the pickups to be out-of-phase in the middle switch position ... Sorry.
......"okay I've tried them out of phase and don't like it. Can you put it back?"
A lot of people get Casino pickups replaced. For me, Epiphone 'P90s' are part of the Casino magic. They're great.
I guess it depends on which Epiphone you talk about. Original vintage ones made in the US are definitely good. Of the reissues made by different factories and in other countries throughout the years the quality varies. I have a ‘96 Korean Peerless built and I love the body and neck but I had to replace the electronics. I swapped them way back when; the pickups were hand built and signed by Jason Lollar before he became a celebrity. I had to send him the covers so that he could get the pole spacing right; which is another problem with import reissues.
The stock pickups sounded like ass.
The originals were Gibson P-90s.
@@PsionicAudio🤣🤣🤣 probably smelled like it too
Nice work Sir. Thank you for sharing these tips.
Bet that thing would sound great with some 12 or 13 flatwounds!
Amazing well done sir .great video 👌👍
Flossing, flossing, flossing...
Followed by nail polishing, nail polishing nail polishing...
Raisin' my lonely dental floss!
it honestly still amazes me these guitars are mass produced this way and they haven't just started cutting a hole in the back
Like the ES-333 has? I want to cut holes in mine!
Based all the work you’ve done the that guitar wouldn’t have better to buy a different one 😂
I’ve got about $670 in it. Including the guitar. So, no.
Nice wiring. I worked on my Epi ES-355 but didn't change pickups or anything. I just repaired some bad solders from someone who disconnected and removed the variatone switch. I used paracord and just stripped out a single, center core string to tie around the end of the pots (so it would fit through the hole with string tied on) and for the jack just used whole paracord with a loose knot to pull through the jack once in place. I think I might use a combo of the same thing, but with a short chunk of surgical tube just to keep the string centered, next time.
One of my local guitar sales and techs simply says NO to semi wiring, reckons his life is easier that way… can’t disagree !!
Great vid.
Nail biter!
NYXL 10-46. The breakfast of champions! 👍
Good strategies here.
This is a piss in bucket compared to a thin hollow PRS with three circuit boards attatched as well.
Did a Washburn semi with centre block a couple of months ago, took 3 attempts! My idea for the jack was to thread the string with a small nut with enough string to pull backward through the f hole once the jack was seated. I was convinced knotting would either come undone or be too tight not to come undone!
I’ve done nuts and screws that drop back out for jacks before.
The semi-hollow I have my eye on has a back plate, thank goodness
Now even me and my monkey can upgrade an import casino! Are you gonna take the finish off next? Thanks!
Nah, I always preferred the sunburst. Revolver forever!
Except for me and my Monkey.
I love your attention to detail Lyle