Hello! I own this guitar too and I love it to death, and I've been making some mods too (for both aesthetic and playability reasons). I noticed that the Graphtech nut you used was a 6060, which according to Graphtech fits perfectly with guitars made before 2014. Graphtech recommends that one use the 6061 nut for guitars made after 2014. So was your guitar made before 2014? Does the 6061 nut still fit perfectly with the strings and guitar even if the guitar was not made before 2014? I'd love yo use your video as inspiration. Rock and roll, sir!
Nice video. This is cool for people who like to learn how to bem their own guitar technician. Thanks for sharing. I’m still trying to muster the courage to get a cheap guitar and mod it.
Go for it - my Epiphone Les Paul Standard got brand new good quality tuners, new Pots, new selector switch and Input jack and vintage sounding Seymour Duncan pickups - an Alnico Pro II bridge and a '59 PAF neck. It sounds incredible.
Cool work, but you can always tell a bolt on SG neck by how the fingerboard is set deeper in the body. That's really the downside to them. Upper fret access is better with the set necks.
honestly i like the pickups before the mod. new ones sound great too, but it seems like uncovered humbuckers have that mid hump without the squishy attack. only problem was the hum, which hopefully new wiring or shielding could help with.
"I did this project because it was fun" There you go. All you purists out there, did you hear what the man said, it was fun. If you have never bought a cheap guitar and modded it, you don't know what you are missing. Put your custom shop SG away and do what this guy just did. The results speak for themselves.
Doing it for fun and interest is an excellent reason to mod a guitar. Good on you mate. I was wondering, given it's a bolt on neck if you could have also replaced the neck and if so which necks could you have replaced it with?
I've got an Epiphone SG-310, my favorite of the Epi SGs (apart from any white ones, natch). It's getting upgraded soon - usually with Seymour Duncan Invaders!
I have the wrap around bridge model... and cannot find a replacement bridge to save my life. Not sure what the proper measurements would be. Nice to see drop in tuners!
Always wanted one of these to tinker around with, but the neck shape is wrong for me. Do you know if it can (where from) and how hard it would be to get a thicker (50's style) neck on there?
@@Erkin_Baba_Arsivi if you are installing or changing tuners - I would have one. I have a set of these that has served me well. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QT4P7BP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This is a direct replacement tuner. Should have dimensions. www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-machines/solid-peghead-guitar-tuning-machines/kluson-33-plus-series-tuners/
@@guitarcollectorguy Were you happy with those Kluson replacement tuners? The reviews for some of the replacement tuners that used the existing tuner and screw holes were all over the map. I found one manufacturer that sells locking tuners that come with a clever bracket design that allow the tuners to be put on any guitar, no drilling required, as long as the tuner holes match. But those locking tuners cost a good deal more than the Klusons.
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People think you have to find the right guitar for you, but its far more rewarding to take a guitar and MAKE it just right for you.
I love that statement!
So true.
Hello! I own this guitar too and I love it to death, and I've been making some mods too (for both aesthetic and playability reasons). I noticed that the Graphtech nut you used was a 6060, which according to Graphtech fits perfectly with guitars made before 2014. Graphtech recommends that one use the 6061 nut for guitars made after 2014. So was your guitar made before 2014? Does the 6061 nut still fit perfectly with the strings and guitar even if the guitar was not made before 2014? I'd love yo use your video as inspiration. Rock and roll, sir!
Nice video. This is cool for people who like to learn how to bem their own guitar technician. Thanks for sharing. I’m still trying to muster the courage to get a cheap guitar and mod it.
Thank you
Right on brother!!! Love that stuff!! I been wanting to mod up an epiphone les paul. My strat I Modded. Love the content
Thank you!
Go for it - my Epiphone Les Paul Standard got brand new good quality tuners, new Pots, new selector switch and Input jack and vintage sounding Seymour Duncan pickups - an Alnico Pro II bridge and a '59 PAF neck. It sounds incredible.
Cool work, but you can always tell a bolt on SG neck by how the fingerboard is set deeper in the body. That's really the downside to them. Upper fret access is better with the set necks.
Sounds much better after the mods
the pickups made it have good new looks
The bigsby thing is so cool, no need to mess with the wood cuz it just screws into whats already there. Genius.
honestly i like the pickups before the mod. new ones sound great too, but it seems like uncovered humbuckers have that mid hump without the squishy attack. only problem was the hum, which hopefully new wiring or shielding could help with.
"I did this project because it was fun" There you go. All you purists out there, did you hear what the man said, it was fun. If you have never bought a cheap guitar and modded it, you don't know what you are missing. Put your custom shop SG away and do what this guy just did. The results speak for themselves.
Doing it for fun and interest is an excellent reason to mod a guitar. Good on you mate.
I was wondering, given it's a bolt on neck if you could have also replaced the neck and if so which necks could you have replaced it with?
I do not know if there is an after market neck for this guitar.
The new pickups are far superior to the stock efforts.
Thanks, I agree.
I've got an Epiphone SG-310, my favorite of the Epi SGs (apart from any white ones, natch). It's getting upgraded soon - usually with Seymour Duncan Invaders!
I have the wrap around bridge model... and cannot find a replacement bridge to save my life. Not sure what the proper measurements would be. Nice to see drop in tuners!
The wrap around bridge from the factory annoys me the most actually. I can tolerate the tuners lol.
I have found that any of the Epiphone spec'd bridges would fit this model.
Always wanted one of these to tinker around with, but the neck shape is wrong for me.
Do you know if it can (where from) and how hard it would be to get a thicker (50's style) neck on there?
Thats a tough one. I do not know off the top of my head.
Great job. 👍 I bought one of these for making fretless. I'm looking for tuner. The original tuner hole size is 6mm?
I believe the tuner is around 6mm but the bushing is 8.5mm to 8.7mm
@@guitarcollectorguy thank u. I order a Kluson vintage style. It says Bore:8.5mm. I hope it will fix.
@@Erkin_Baba_Arsivi it should you may have to ream the holes a little.
@@guitarcollectorguy ok. So, i need a reamer.
@@Erkin_Baba_Arsivi if you are installing or changing tuners - I would have one. I have a set of these that has served me well. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09QT4P7BP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hey man! I just bought this guitar and I want to replace the tuners. Could you share the size of the tuners' holes? I can't find it anywhere. Thanks!
This is a direct replacement tuner. Should have dimensions. www.stewmac.com/parts-and-hardware/tuning-machines/solid-peghead-guitar-tuning-machines/kluson-33-plus-series-tuners/
5/16" diameter pegholes required (7.93mm)
@@guitarcollectorguy Were you happy with those Kluson replacement tuners? The reviews for some of the replacement tuners that used the existing tuner and screw holes were all over the map. I found one manufacturer that sells locking tuners that come with a clever bracket design that allow the tuners to be put on any guitar, no drilling required, as long as the tuner holes match. But those locking tuners cost a good deal more than the Klusons.
@@haroldbeck4351 for the time that I had the guitar I liked them and did not have issue. I recently traded it to a friend.
@@guitarcollectorguy Thanks!