flatestring Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Bought a new faded brown sg g400 and it checks out that the actions a bit low at the nut and before I take it in for warranty I was wondering what people thought about the black tusq graphtec nut. Is it worth the upgrade? Also did Epiphone do away with the truss rod adjustment specs in the manual, I dont see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabloman Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 In my opinion the great aspect about an epi is that they're the perfect guitar if you want something with a gibson vibe that isn't at a gibson price ( and with epi its good to customize the hell out of them).To summarize go for the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Yes, IMHO TUSQ nuts are great.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigneil Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hi flatestring. I very recently did a nut upgrade on my G400 using a bone blank. I thought you might find my thread interesting.... the bone blank was very cheap, and all the tools i needed were sandpaper and a needle file. My "dusnt n bones" thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 One of the most performed upgrades on Epi's is the nut, and the Tusq nuts are extremely popular for this, they're my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatestring Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 One of the most performed upgrades on Epi's is the nut, and the Tusq nuts are extremely popular for this, they're my favourites. [/quo What about pickups? waist of money? The stock one's are Neck Pickup Alnico Classic™ humbucker Bridge Pickup Alnico Classic Plus™ humbucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 What about pickups? waist of money? The stock one's are Neck Pickup Alnico Classic™ humbucker Bridge Pickup Alnico Classic Plus™ humbucker That really depends on what you think of them, the only person it has to sound good to is you really. A lot of people say they're muddy and change them without exploring other options, you can do a whole lot with capacitors and they only cost a dollar or two each. 1/ they can be wired inline on the hot lead of the pickup to give a different tonal palette, member "gearhead" done a thread on this several months ago, alas I'm not using my normal computer setup so I don't have the bookmark for it available at hand. 2/ you can do the "treble bleed mod", it's a fairly common mod, so there's info on it everywhere. 3/ you can change the capacitance value on the tone pot, but this is only useful if you use your tone controls, if you leave them full on it won't make any difference. If you're unhappy with your current sound there are several good pickup options available, GFS would probably be the best bang for buck, in the more expensive class there are Seymour Duncan, Lollar, Dimazario and the real deal Gibsons. For any of the above, the DIY thread pinned to the top of the Epi Lounge (thanks to member animalfarm who created and maintains it) is an excellent read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 UPDATE: I found that post of gearhead's, My link. Also a thread he did on some potentiometers with the treble bleed mod built into them, My link. And a link to the DIY thread, My link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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