Catpain Scarlet

If anyone is interested there’s a massive guitar, amp and music memorabilia auction on 10th June in Corsham, Wiltshire spanning 5 days. Imagine owning 500 guitars!! https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/5abe5b32c7710c2b409b15545ad1d718/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/the-guitar-sale-five-day-auction-including-the-gordon-gi/?currentPage=1

Haha, will do

I've just noticed when set to rhythm I can hear it very faintly through the amp at volume, don't know if that's a clue.

Thanks fo the advice. I'll check out somewhere to take it in Manchester when I'm back from hols and get it checked out and set up. Hopefully it's something simple. Thanks again

I’m a complete newbie to electric guitars, I’ve played acoustic many many years ago and recently decided to buy a couple of electrics and see how I get on. I bought this Epiphone AFD Slash Les Paul Special II at auction with bag and Epiphone Snakepit 15G amp for £150, and was more than pleased when I picked it up to find the whole package looks brand spanking new. However, I plugged it in this morning for the first time and there seems to be a problem. When I toggle to rhythm I get nothing at all, treble works fine. Can’t believe a newish guitar would have an issue with a pickup. Any ideas to narrow down the problem? Am I doing something wrong? If it is the pickup are they difficult/expensive to replace? I’d also like to know what the compartment in pic 3 is for? Any help much appreciated.

Put it all back together, polished it up and it plays just fine. What a bargain

After a bit of work with fine wet and dry and a polish up with brasso, it transpires it's a Coxx Classix.

Hey thanks for the info, and as you say, a nice project. I've been slowly removing the paint with fine wet and dry and it is woirking. I'll report back when I have it finished.

Hi newbie here looking to get back into playing guitar after 40 years :-) I bought this at auction for £40, it was covered in stickers, stringless, and tuning peg screws missing. It was labeled 'Tim Horth Custom semi-acoustic'. But clearly it's a rebadged something. Having given it a quick clean up it looks in pretty good nick. The machine head has been painted over, and apart from wondering the actual make and date of the guitar, I’m also looking for advice on how I might clean the paint off. Any ideas?