UnityUnity Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 YO! I'm new to the forum and have been an EPI SG player for 4 years or so and just bought the same model as my last one I had for about 3 years, due to hard use and no maintenance. Anyway, I'm not very knowledgable when it comes to guitars, but I want to keep this one in tip top shape as well as make it as playable and strong as possible. I took off all of the strings to clean the neck and body/etc. The piece that is before the bridge, where the strings are first put through fell off. (I'm holding the piece I'm talking about in the picture) Was this just because the large screws were not tight enough? Is there any reason for this to not be super tight? I was wondering the same thing about the bridge, it seems loose, but I don't know if there is preference involved in its setting, or just function. Also my rhythm/treble nob keeps getting loose and sometimes will be super quiet when I use it to switch pickups, but if I push the nob back and forth a few times it will be normal again. This is obviously not okay for live situations, and I bought this guitar new about 3 months ago and have been reasonably gentle with it, aside from the casual rocking. Any help would be much appreciated, sorry if I wasn't as descriptive as some of you prodigies will be thanks! -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigneil Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 This is perfectly normal, your guitar is fine. most of the time i just change one string at a time unless i specially want to take of the bridge and stoptail for maintenance or modifications. Welcome to the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigneil Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 P.S The screws you mentioned are for adjusting the height of the stoptail, not for holding it in place....the strings do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnityUnity Posted February 20, 2011 Author Share Posted February 20, 2011 what are the pros and cons to high/low "stop-tail" Also, do you I have to do some soldering on the inside to fix the treble/rhythm switch problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigneil Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 the Basic idea of the height of the stoptail is to adjust the angle that the strings come down off the saddles at. As for the selector switch, they are known to be a week point in the guitars electronics. Many folks choose to upgrade the switch to a better quality one, which does require some soldering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnityUnity Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 thanks! Also whats a good bridge height? I like to have chugs/palm mute and like easy tapping as well. Should it be just high enough that the strings arent rattling on the pickups? thanks -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigneil Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 We use the bridge height in conjunction with the truss rod to set the correct string height and playability, we call this the "action". The recommended string height for Les Paul is measured at the 12th fret and is the distance between the top of the fret and the underside of the string. 5/64" (2mm) for the thickest string, and 3/64" (1.2mm) for the thinnest string. Here is a link taken from the very good DIY thread over in the Epiphone lounge....My link P.S SG sould be same as LP for set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnityUnity Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Thanks you've been a big help. Do you have resources for the electronics in the back of the guitar? Like a map describing what does what, perhaps? -alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC59 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thanks you've been a big help. Do you have resources for the electronics in the back of the guitar? Like a map describing what does what, perhaps? -alex Look at this: My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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