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Turned out the switch wiring on one pair was reversed (the colours on the cable are different to the pdf) 

All positions working now, so I can get my SG back and he can do all his crazy tuning stuff again. Hurrah !

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

It all points to a fault with the switch. Reverse the wiring and see if the fault moves to the other pickup. If it does, replace the switch.

hmm, I'm begining to think this may be the case, as they're quick connects you can't really get it the wrong way around, and even if you did it wouldn't work in the middle position.

Frustrating !

I’m trying reassemble an emg 81/85 set that was sitting in a box with a bunch of quick connect cables, selector switches etc 

Having started with the bare minimum of a battery, pickup, and jack and moved forwards I’ve proved the pickups work so all good there. 
 

I’m at the stage where I have two pickups, a volume control and selector switch. 
 

Selector switch in middle both pickups work 

Selector switch on bridge, bridge pickup works 

Selector switch on neck nothing works.  
 

I’m really not sure where to go with this now. I’d have thought if the neck was wired wrong it wouldn’t work with the selector in the middle. 
 

Picture attached for context more than diagnosis

Help !!  

On 11/09/2023 at 14:07, Crusoe said:

Get yourself down to the local Cash Converters. There's bound to be at least one in there that you can try. 

best left in the fond memories bucket imo  

On 23/08/2023 at 06:57, Kiwi said:

I had the chance to check out a brand new new LP Standard during a course and the fretwork on it was shocking for a three grand instrument.  Sire do a much, much better job.

Pre covid I was looking at the Gibson section in a big music store chain in the UK. 355s,SGs, Les Pauls etc. 

Every single one had really rough fretwork, like really bad done with a spoon style. 
 

My 2001 SG has pretty poor fretwork also in fairness. 
 

I don’t think I’ve seen an Epiphone with bad fretwork ever. 

I’d say yes to a point. We seem to have come a long way from the Marlin Sidewinder etc 

Has anyone tried one of these ? They seem pretty good value secondhand. 
 

My lads a massive Muse fan and a second hand MA isn’t much more than a new Bellamy signature (with the sustainiac etc)

He’s got a Cort M-Jet at the moment so I’d sell that and top the rest up for him. 
 

They’re pretty rare it would seem so it’s going to be a blind eBay buy and hope for the best so all info most welcome !

Bump

Here we have a Mexican Blackmore signature Stratocaster. 

This is basically a 70s Olympic White strat, with a scalloped fretboard and two high output Seymour Duncan quarter pounder pickups. 

Condition is perfect, has basically never really been played in anger. I’d wanted one for years but I just don’t get on with single coil guitars. Rather than messing about changing pickups I’ve decided to put it up for sale and save up for a high end Les Paul. 

Neck is incredible, the scalloping makes bends and vibrato super easy. 

Very hard to find new in the UK, so grab a bargain. 

Gigbag and Duncan straplocks included. 

More coherent information available here !

https://shop.fender.com/en-GB/electric-guitars/stratocaster/ritchie-blackmore-stratocaster/0139010305.html?rl=en_US

Sold, please withdraw 

Ok so here we have Burns Brian May Red Special in excellent condition. 

This is the Burns model not the BMG one so comes with the proper tri sonic pickups not the imitation ones like the BMG. 

Other benefits are Groover locking tuners which are a rare beast on a guitar at this price point. The tuning stability is incredible compared to my USA Strat. 

This also benefits from a pro setup and fret dress from House of Tone in Chester so the playability is spot on. Everything works as it should. No scratchy pots or switches, frets are immaculate and zero fret isn’t worn.  Truss rod functions well and isn’t stiff. 

Condition wise I can’t see a ding on it, it’s at least 16 years old so I’d say it’s in incredible shape and shows virtually no signs of being played. 

Official (and rather nice) Burns hard case is included also. 

A very nice guitar with an incredible neck. It’s also very light but doesn’t suffer from neck dive. 

I bought this a while back and got it sorted out with the intention of giving it to my son but he’s showing zero interest in guitar so up for sale it goes. I’d keep it but it’s not pointy enough for me \m/

I’ve played this through an AC30 with a hotplate and a treble booster and the sound is pure Brian May. 

All in all it’s a hell of a lot of guitar for not too much money !

Official Blurb 

Country of Manufacture    Korea
Introduced...    2001 (Club Series)
Discontinued...    2004 
      
Scale    24 ins
No. of Frets    24 (with zero fret) 
Body    Bound Mahogany (semi-hollow)
Neck    Ebony-capped Mahogany (set neck)
Headstock    "Arrowhead" with Grover locking machine heads & BM signature
Colours/Finish    *Vintage Cherry, Sunburst, Translucent Green, Translucent Blue
Scratchplate    Black
Pickups    3 x Tri-Sonic wired in series
Controls    1 x Volume, 1 x Tone, 3 x Pickup On/Off switches, 3 x On/Off Reverse Phase switches
Bridge/Tailpiece/Tremolo    Burns DeLuxe tremolo unit
Hardware    Chrome 
Weight    4Kg 

On 13/02/2019 at 11:25, darkandrew said:

I know the "Studio" versions of Gibson LPs are chambered - is this also true for Epiphones? 

The one he has currently weighs more than my precision bass so I suspect not. 

That’s brilliant info, thank you !

Good shout, thank you. 

So my 8 year old has been messing about with my basses and as you’d expect can’t cope with the scale length. 

I picked up a rather nice Epiphone Les Paul Gothic guitar for very little money second hand for him but he really struggles with the weight (I didn’t think this through !)

So my question is, what can you get that doesn’t have a trem, is Gibson scale or shorter and doesn’t weigh as much as the moon  ? Oh and it must be cheap ?!

Was thinking about Squire Tele, but the scale length would be too long I’d have thought.

Welcome btw

I’d consider myself passable on bass, and somewhere around useless on guitar unless it’s something by Slayer or Anthrax. 

I really should get around to learning chords, it would probably help with the day job

Gosh, I spent a lot of time in that group around ten years ago. It was a really nice place to be. 

Does USENET even exist any more ?

I just thought I’d pop over the divide and say hello !

I went through a couple of phases of playing guitar, mainly in thrash bands, but I never managed to graduate to sensible playing  

These days it’s all just for fun, in the house stuff, but I still get a lot of pleasure from chugging along to 80s thrash and 70s metal on guitar. All below the 12th fret of course  

I’ll lurk here on the off chance something pointy with a pointy headstock comes up for sale

Tara

Seán