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Modding my guitar...
Nekkoru:
I have a question for all of you guitarists here.
This is my guitar. It is an Epiphone Junior SG, my first guitar. I have some minor problems with it and I'm considering one of two things.
1. Sell it and buy something else
2. Mod it so it sounds nice.
The guitar won't fetch much, I could get up to a hundred dollars for it (I've only had it for six months or so), and that money would go for an used Gibson SG or something. If I were to mod it, however, would this cost me less than getting a new guitar? I'm thinking of getting a better pickup or something. Maybe some effect pefals, or something.
So, I ask you this: do I sell this one or try to milk it for all it's worth with effects and pickups?
MadassAlex:
A real Gibson SG is pretty rad.
But doing some DIY work can produce some awesome tonal results. Plus, since it's a cheap guitar, you won't feel bad if you plaster it with stickers and tape.
The thing is that a higher-grade guitar will have better handling, almost no matter what. It really depends what is important to you.
Lummer:
Toss in a Seymour Duncan JB pickup, and have it adjusted and set up by a pro, and you'll be flying.
imapiratearg:
Do what Lummer said and buy some stomp boxes as well. They're a bit pricey if you want to get really nice ones, but you can get a decent overdrive or distortion for fifty forty or so bucks at the cheapest. Danelecto and Digitech usually sell some decent pedals for cheap. Or, invest in a new amp. A shitty guitar through a shitty amp is going to sound shitty. A shitty guitar into a nice amp will sound much better. However, a nice guitar into a shitty amp will also sound like shit.
I've got a cheap Squire Stratocaster run through a ProCo TurboRAT distortion, a DOD FX90 analog delay, and someday soon here a Vox Tonebender MKII clone, into a Fender Hot Rod Deville 410. It sounds pretty damn fine.
Nekkoru:
--- Quote from: Lummer on 13 Sep 2008, 06:48 ---Toss in a Seymour Duncan JB pickup, and have it adjusted and set up by a pro, and you'll be flying.
--- End quote ---
http://rnr.pl/p7615.1245_seymour_duncan_sh_4_jb_model_pickup.html
That the one you mean?
Bit pricey, but I could save up and have it by the end of the year.
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