what did you do to your SG?(or clone/copy/whatever)

by **ryan summit** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:21 pm

what sg/clone do you have and what mods/upgrades did you or want to do?
what works and what doesnt/didnt?
tuners,pickups,bigsbys? oh my
pictures rule
and "I DID NOTHING BECAUSE MY SG IS THE CATS PJs"counts

by **Mudfuzz** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:17 pm

ryan summit wrote:what sg/clone do you have and what mods/upgrades did you or want to do?
what works and what doesnt/didnt?
tuners,pickups,bigsbys? oh my
pictures rule
and "I DID NOTHING BECAUSE MY SG IS THE CATS PJs"counts

I did nothing! cuz my 80's burny make gibsons seem like toyz yo!

by **kosta** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:23 pm

Daaaaaamn man. That looks great. Lawsuits FTW.

by **Achtane** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:33 pm

viewtopic.php?f=192&t=27802

by **dubkitty** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:28 pm

I have a Epiphone SG from the MIK run with the Maestro vibrola. i changed the bridge to a longer-travel Gotoh because the guitar wouldn't intonate fully with a stock TOM, and swapped the tone caps to silver-mica caps, .028 or .030 or something like that. other than that, all it's gotten is scratched.

by **ryan summit** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 9:56 pm

Achtane wrote::lol:
viewtopic.php?f=192&t=27802

damn
not sure if that means i screwed up with a redundant thread
cause i promise i searched and searched
but that thing is crazy
i was thinkin about locking tuners and new pickups
but a parasitic neck thats balls

by **dubkitty** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:17 pm

if the pickups are decent, you can improve them enormously by swapping the bar magnets for Alnico 2 magnets, which makes them much sweeter when played clean. i've never been into locking tuners...i had them on one of my Strats and they didn't seem to offer any benefit over regular sealed tuners.

by **myrrh** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:56 pm

Changed to witch hat knobs and changed the tuners. But don't know what they're called.

by **soldersqueeze** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 6:56 pm

Had one many moons ago and swapped the humbuckers for tele pickups using plastic surrounds. If nothing else it seemed to piss off both Fender and Gibson fanboys, so a bit of a win-win as far as I'm concerned!!

by **dubkitty** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:20 pm

so, what did it sound like???

by **soldersqueeze** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:35 am

It sounded pretty cool actually, though I never got on with the shorter neck, and the bridge pickup didn't have *that* sound (probably due to it not have the correct bridge). Much nicer than the original pickups though IMHO. I'll try and find a picture, though they'll probably all be on some long lost hard drive in the darkest depths of the attic....

by **IEatCats** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:38 am

I've never owned an SG myself, but I did the wiring for an ex-friend of mine.

We took an SG Goth, stripped the pickups out, removed half the knobs, and wired an alumitone into the bridge position, then volume and tone. The neck cav stayed empty, and I think we put some stickers in there to give it angry eyes. Last I saw, he had carved a bunch of swirls into the paint, but I haven't seen him or that guitar in almost 2 years.

by **adrianlee** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:01 pm

duncan 59's, bigsby, mojoz caps and a new toggle switch (only because mine was being stupid).

Then:

Now:

Edit: Sorry for the bullshit instagram pictures.

by **ryan summit** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:42 pm

how do you like that bigsby?

i got them stock duncan designs and the neck p.u. blows goats
dont want to start a pup thread but is p90 in the neck the way to go or a better hb

by **ryan summit** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 12:44 pm

not just tryin to bump my own thread
whats the best spot to relocate the strap button to combat neck dive
i ve heard on the horn
but where
tip, back
dont want to just put holes tryin to figure it out

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