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  1. i just remembered ..

     

    on one i put a pencil lead tip under the string to raise it a tiny bit.. this was on one in that area i believe the third fret. cured the problem. so then i used dan erlewines method of filling that nut slot slightly with shavings off the nut and super glue . and that worked very well too. that is if the nut slot is the actual problem

     

    going to the 11s should make the string sit slightly higher if the slot is cut for 10s

    but i think that will be temporary till the string wears it down some say from bending.

  2. Thanks. I'm in the UK, so I'll see if I can get a fret rocker locally before considering stewmac.com.

     

    I've got a horrible feeling that the fifth fret is actually too low. Lower than all the others. But it's a bit difficult to verify that theory until I have the right tools.

     

    I wish Epiphone had an authorized service centre within 40 miles. I contacted Epiphone support and discovered my only option was to travel that far if I want them to resolve the problem. I don't have a car since I took up cycling a couple of years ago, and I work seven days a week at the moment, so it's kind of difficult to travel that far during office hours. If they had somewhere closer I could at least have taken the guitar in on my lunch hour.

     

    now that i can tell you IS a common problem i have had with epiphones. easy to tell if you even have a plastic ruler. or any straight edge thats not too long. you probably wont want to do this but what i did every time was to take a tiny bit off the top of the next fret. worked every time but its a matter of take a tiny bit thentry it. iwould mark the fret with marker then just go at it till the marker was gone. the only other choices would be to topoff all the frets equally. or replace the fret and file it into proper height. again juat about every epiphone ive ever owned accept my dot had this problem somewhere on the neck.

     

    i have to say i like there guitars and the minor problems ive had and have fixed myself were well worth the price vs buying a gibson equivalant.

  3. well then while you have the strings off put a straight edge in the area you suspect there is a high fret. that should tell you something. . stew mac has a fret rocker which is a short streight edge . but you could use a short steel ruler.

     

    wheni do this i usually remove any relief beforehand as the relief may cover up this problem. btw i check my fret board with one of those slotted straight edges. . if you have access to the tools you mentioned they must have one of those.

     

    as to tapping down a fret. well thats common . use either a soft brass hammer or a hard rubber one and it wont hurt the fret

     

    its good to learm all this stuff.

     

    just a suggestion ...if you dont like the epiphone pickups you might want to try some filtertrons.

  4. i own 5 epis . the wiring is generally cheap crap. with the exception of my dot. ive rewired two right from the start. if you look ay the harness its all very thin poorly insulated crap with bad soldering joints. you get what you pay for. and epiphone went from korea to china for a reason and that is the chineese work cheaper. ad as you know quality control is not there motto. on the other hand after redoing the wiring and replacing cheap pots and switches ther very nice guitars. go figure. got a dot studio in the bench now piece of crap electricly. but i bouthg it for a porject so i didnt care. had i bought it to use as is id have been very disapointed. but on the other hand the pots were full size ones so thats am improvement but the wire was that angel hair crap like the other ones.

  5. its obviously the bridge ground. it has its own seperate little hole it should by right be black but you probably got the color blind assembly man on this one you have two choices where to solder it . one attatch it to the back of either pot both of them are grounded or go directly to the output plug and attatch it to the ground terminal of that simple the easy way is the back of the pot where it lays. btw usually if something comes loose its pretty much where it belongs till you start moving stuff around. you can probably tell by looking on the back of the pot where it was there should be a dull spot there where it was attatched . poor solder job.

    when you re solder it put the wire on the back of the pot and hold it there with the slodering iron. let it get good and hot then lay the solder in from the side the heat will suck the solder in. then grab the wire to keep it in place and remove the soldering iron. i put that ground on the back of pots al the time.

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  6. The Casino is full hollow and has P90s; the others are semi-hollow and have Humbuckers (except the Nick Valensi Riviera which has Gibson P94s, a P90 variant, and the current P93 which is a Riviera with 3 P90s).

     

    All four have inexpensive asian-made pots, jacks, switch, wiring and pickups. The IBJL has US-made electronics and wiring and period correct neck/body joint. All four have the same neck width and string spacing. (Somebody correct me if I'm wrong here, all mine do.) All are laminated (plywood) top, sides and back with various top woods, see dealer sites.

     

    Dot has a chunky (front to back) neck, Grover tuners, stop tailpiece.

     

    Riviera has trapezoid inlays, Kluson-style tuners, frequensator tailpiece. (Or gold hardware and Bigsby on the P93.)

     

    Sheraton has 5-piece neck, Grover tuners, gold hardware, fancy inlays, stop tailpiece.

     

    None come with a case except the IBJL.

     

    There are other minor differences.

     

    The Elitist models and 1965 JL Casinos are a whole other level of quality...

     

    BTW, the older Korean-made Epis are more sought after and therefore more "valuable".

     

    i guess ive got the only dot with a thin neck ever made

    mine is very thin the thinnest neck i have ona guitar including my fenders. and old hagstrom 12 string.

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