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Hello all! Long time lurker, first time posting. My wife bought me a LPS II last Feb 2016. I really like it. I have noticed it goes out of tune much easier than I recall guitars going out of tone but it's been 20 years since I have played. The G seems to slip sometimes so I considered replacing the machine heads. In my epiphone guide, it says all epiphones guitars & basses come with Grover machine heads. My question is, are these Grovers on my LPS II? It doesn't say so in the specs on the website.

 

David

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I got one in 2013 and added a set of Grover 135N Guitar Tuners and a Tusq XL nut and it plays beautifully. A lot of people talk about upgrading the pickups but I think they sound good. I did go the route of putting on lighter strings at first but found that 10's or 11's sound better.

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I got one in 2013 and added a set of Grover 135N Guitar Tuners and a Tusq XL nut and it plays beautifully. A lot of people talk about upgrading the pickups but I think they sound good. I did go the route of putting on lighter strings at first but found that 10's or 11's sound better.

 

Did you have to drill to get the Grovers to fit?

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I've owned two of these and I'm 99.9999% certain that they were mahogany bodies. Epiphone have recently launched yet another 'limited edition' of the Special II, called the 'Vintage Edition'. These have poplar bodies with a worn/matt finish rather than gloss but the remainder of the important bits - neck, pick ups etc, seem to be unchanged.

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I've owned two of these and I'm 99.9999% certain that they were mahogany bodies. Epiphone have recently launched yet another 'limited edition' of the Special II, called the 'Vintage Edition'. These have poplar bodies with a worn/matt finish rather than gloss but the remainder of the important bits - neck, pick ups etc, seem to be unchanged.

Thanks for the reply, Rookery.
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I've read that the body and neck are mahogany, whereas some posters have said that the body is either alder or plywood. Which do you think it is?

 

Epiphone.com says mahogany & I have no reason to doubt them. I've always liked the tone mahogany seems to produce.,

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Yes, I did have to drill out the holes a little. I put masking tape on the front and back and started the drill very slowly so I didn't chip the finish. A reamer is a better alternative as you can control it better but I didn't have one.

Also, I make my own nut sauce out of a little graphite powder mixed with lip balm.

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