I haven't had a problem with the tuners - yet. I found the G string kept going out of tune (Gibson-style problem) and did some work on the nut, which seems to have helped. I've only had it a few days though, and I've started shopping for locking tuners to help with the Bigsby I installed.
I'm thinking about new tuners. After filing and lubricating the nut slots, the tuning hasn't been a problem, even with the knockoff Bigsby I installed. The pickups are just two conductors, so I may switch them out to something I can split or series/parallel.
I have an old Epiphone SG in black. I like it a lot. I mainly use it for alternate tunings, because I don't want to fiddle with the Floyd rose on my Ibanez. How are you liking your SG? I did replace the pickups on mine with a set from guitar fetish, but the originals were fine
I do like it. I added a bigsby-style tremolo and rewired the pickups so that I can do partial coil splits with push-pull pots. I did like the sound of them as they were, but this just gives me more options.
I have the same guitar paid $150 new,tuners are junk, replaced those the rest seems good
I haven't had a problem with the tuners - yet. I found the G string kept going out of tune (Gibson-style problem) and did some work on the nut, which seems to have helped. I've only had it a few days though, and I've started shopping for locking tuners to help with the Bigsby I installed.
I have one, just ordered new tuners. It's fun to play. The pickups are very hot to me. I keep trying to mellow them just a little.
I'm thinking about new tuners. After filing and lubricating the nut slots, the tuning hasn't been a problem, even with the knockoff Bigsby I installed. The pickups are just two conductors, so I may switch them out to something I can split or series/parallel.
I have an old Epiphone SG in black. I like it a lot. I mainly use it for alternate tunings, because I don't want to fiddle with the Floyd rose on my Ibanez. How are you liking your SG? I did replace the pickups on mine with a set from guitar fetish, but the originals were fine
I do like it. I added a bigsby-style tremolo and rewired the pickups so that I can do partial coil splits with push-pull pots. I did like the sound of them as they were, but this just gives me more options.
An SG on sale is still pricey. Not the Epiphone as much as a Gibson. Gibson SGs new cost 1000s
This was only $150 USD. I guess "regular price" is $200. I only had to put a little bit of work into it, which I enjoy doing anyway.