ThatGuy

Interesting, apparently you can't trust anyone these days. 😆 Box identified it as a G400, tag around the strings identified it as a G400. Guess who didn't think to compare the serial number on the tag to the actual guitar? Oh well, wasn't much money and it is definitely still fun to play. A quick check on ebay shows I got it for half to a third then a G310 seems to go for so I can live with that. Thank you for the education, appreciate it!

String winder wasn't the problem. The issue was I cut it too short and was fighting it to not come back out of the eye for the first over/under wraps to lock it in place. Minor annoyance is all.

Well, anything is worth asking if you don't know the answer. I did change them and promptly remembered how much I dislike getting 9s to wrap correctly.

Thank you, that all makes sense. I have a set of 9s that I had got to try on the strat I'm still trying to learn to do bends well and figured thinner strings might be a thing to try. I'd actually been looking for another strat or tele to play around with modifying and saw the Epiphone and thought "Hey, why not just go with something completely different?" Pretty happy with my spontaneous decision so far. Here's a picture of it, although now I'm realizing how easy that black smudges.

Hi - Looking for something different, I picked up a G-400 new in the box from an antiques store. Warranty/inspection card pamphlet still on the strings, plastic still on the back of the tuning machines so I am confident it's never been played. First question is should I replace the strings? Guitar had to be tuned up when I got it so they've not been under full tension all these years and it seems to play fine except high E occasionally rings out a bit strange but right now, I'm blaming that on the player. Second question related to that is what was this strung with at the factory? They seem thinner then the Ernie Ball 46/10s I have on my start, so I'm guessing they're 42/09 but wanted to confirm. Last, is there any maintenance things to be concerned about? Fret board seems to be straight under tension, all the tuning machine works and action height seems to be set surprisingly well and it has good intonation according to my tuners and the electronics sound very clean. So in summary, picked up a 25 year old G-400, what do I need to know?