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    Strings - Nut - Saddle - Pins - They are essential to TONE!

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    I have switched the pins in my 2010 Epiphone Texan from the stock ones that came in it to some made by Planet Wave's, I believe they are some sort of wood. The old one's where plastic I'm sure, it has a brighter tone than before. I'd like to replace the nut & bridge as well and the first 4 or 5 frets to but I don't know if I should go with bone or ivory. It's not an old guitar but as it's my only use-able one atm so I have played it a LOT in the short time I've owned it from new.

    Repairing a Norlin Era FT guitar with broken neck

    in Epiphone Acoustics

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    I recently traded for an old FT-160N that has this problem. It was unstrung when I got it, so the extent of its problems wasn't obvious. But the binding is coming apart to one side of the neck, there are cracks emanating from the corners of the neck cutout in the guitar side (where the heel ought to be), the sound board is warped under the end of the fingerboard, and the neck + neck block are loose enough that they readily wiggle around inside the guitar.

     

    I don't much mind having a project, so unless I find it's beyond repair I'll probably be happy enough with it - unless it turns out to really suck, action-wise, when I'm done.

     

    It appears to have all the parts for the adjustable saddle. Some of the tuning keys are loosey-goosey, might try to tighten them up when I tear the tuners down for cleaning & lubing. The shiny finish has quite a few cracks in it.

     

    I picked it up so I can try a 12-string... hope it doesn't turn out to be a regrettable decision. I've only been playing guitar for about 16 months. I figure I can always sell or trade it off if I don't like it. But I really like my Epi AJ 18S VSB and I LOVE my Epi Masterbilt AJ-500RE NS, so I expect to not hate this one.

     

    Thanks for the post about the repair. I'm going to look at what I have when I tear it down, and either adopt your repair or devise my own plan. I had the wife pick up some Knox gelatin today, so I'll be able to whip up some hide glue when the time comes.

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    What DAW do you use?

    in The Recording Room

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    I started out using a DAW in recording school (Full Sail) back in the mid 1990's, if you are talking about a Non-dedicated system, I have a few Mac's with Digital Performer's DP5 and Bias Peak loaded onto them. I used Pro Tool's in school but I like DP better, this is probably because I've not been able to afford Pro Tool's so I just never used it after college. The version of DP5 I got has the competitive up-grade that came with some nice Mastering plug-in's, a channel strip, a sweet reverb and some other extra plug-in's that I have little use for. I just do basic one man-one acoustic guitar recordings ATM, I guess these extra plug-ins could be useful in some other format of music or production sound editing.

     

    Yes, I know you can get a M-Audio box with Pro Tool's light on it for next to nothing but the MOTU interface's I have are most likely better than a cheep Pro-sumer set up. I don't have a studio set-up with proper constructed room's so my Tannoy Reveal monitor's are in storage with some other equipment I also own. I do have a good set of AKG 240 headphone's that have never let me down and I have a few usable LDC mic's..... 1 Audio-Technica 4047sv and 2 Studio Project's C1's. Of coarse I got a hand full of Shure SM57's and a few SM58's, every mic locker should have those 2 mic's. I've used a SM57 for everything and gotten good result's with it. I've got some SDC's as well, 3 $200.00(each) Audio Technica 30 Series, one uni and two omni's.... One of the AT omni's stopped working but to tell you the truth I hardly ever use them so it's no big deal right now.

     

    I have a few outboard processors that I don't use much ether but they are very usable unit's. Aphex 107 (discontinued) mic pre and a Drawmer 4 channel Punch Gate (discontinued). I have 2 DBX graphic EQ boxes 1231 and a 131, they are used a lot in my live stage rig, for Time-based processor's I only have a Lexicon MPX200 (discontinued) multi-effect's unit, again this little baby is parked in my live stage rack.

     

    I've got a Tascam 788 work station (discontinued) that stopped working a while back and I just haven't taken it to the shop to be fixed, it's a nice sounding portable dedicated machine. I do have a Fostex MR8 (red, also discontinued) that I got in 2003 or so, again a portable dedicated machine with not so hot pre amp's and a SD card for storage. The Fostex machine is not good for anything more than spoken-word archiving as it is compressed audio however the 788 Tascam unit actually sound's good for what I paid for it.

     

    I also have a Tascam DR2d pocket recorder, witch is a small dedicated recorder that sound's every bit as good as the 788, I have the DR2d mounted on a cheep camera tri-pod and have used it at gig's with an external mic preamped through one of my mixer's. I was very impressed by the DR2d's sound quality so I will defiantly be on the look out for a good stand-alone mic that I can use with it as the on-board stereo pair's are total crap.

    Epiphone FT-160 Texan 12 string

    in Epiphone Acoustics

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    Just looked at it again and it has a blue tag and its like yours, a 145SB, so it's from the late 70s or early 80's? I'm guessing the finish is just faded. Some one gorilla glued the neck on the block so it will have to be cut and routed out and a new neck installed. I tried to steam it but the glue is to strong, I may just keep it for sentimental reasons. Its really to bad as it is a good sounding guitar.

    Epiphone FT-160 Texan 12 string

    in Epiphone Acoustics

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    It is a FT-160 Epiphone, 12 string manufactured during the "Norlin Years". It has the tan "Norlin, Lincolnwood" label.

     

    She is the sister to my FT145SB - Texan, 6 string.

    FT145SBfullsize-1.jpg "Texan" was a name borrowed from a more famous FT79 "Texan" of Beatles fame. These are two totally different guitars. I do not know if the FT79 was ever made as a 12. The blue label on mine places its' manufacture between '72 and '77.

     

    This puts it built some time during of after 1977.

     

    In 1979 / 1980 time frame, the FT models were replaced by the PR models.

     

    This places your FT somewhere between '77 and '80.

     

    No reliable listing of serial numbers/date of manufacture list during the Norlin years has ever come to light, so this is as close as it gets.

     

     

    Value? junk value, to $250 depending on condition, location. How is the action? Is the neck block secure.

     

    Read this thread to get a > > > Brief History of Gibson/Epiphone < < <

     

    These guitars, while not very valuable, have tone that some, like myself, love.

     

    It is similar to the FT165. Just, probably, with a bit less bling.

     

    Here is a link that might interest you. > > > 1974 Epiphone Catalog < < < It predates your Epiphone, but the specs are essentially the same.

     

     

    Oh man! I got one of these 160's too. Mine was made in the mid 1970's I belive, it has Japan on a sticker on the back. Its a really nice sounding guitar but it needs some major work so I got it in my closet until I can find the money and some one who knows these guitars well. 521661 is its SN located on the back on that same sticker with the Japan stamp.

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