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GREEN DAY LP GEEK

GREEN DAY LP GEEK

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Hey what are the best pots to put in a guitar like an epiphone les paul? I want to upgrade my guitar and totally trick it out with new pickups and tuners and other hardware. give me some ideas
 
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bourns, CTS, or alpha, depending on how you like them to feel (ie ease of turning the knob)
 
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depends on your pickups, but for most humbuckers, yeah 500k are best.
 
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Most name brands are going to work fine. If it's a modern Les Paul, it'll have tuners that are just fine.
 
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Ah, Grover, Gotoh, Wilkinson, any of those would be ok. Even some no name tuners from a place like Guitar Fetish would work ok.
 
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You're fishing for "upgrades" without any specific reason or goal in sight. Slow down, step back, and get a good idea of what qualities of tone, feel, or function you actually want to change, and in what way. No sense looking for changes without any clear direction that you want to change toward.
 
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GREEN DAY LP GEEK said:
its a crappy lp100 the lowest of the low. a homeless man's slash guitar if you will.
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Honestly, with that kind of guitar I'd be careful about dumping too much money into it. Before you know it the amount you spend on upgrading it will have gotten you most of the way into a nicer Les Paul.
 
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B2D said:
Honestly, with that kind of guitar I'd be careful about dumping too much money into it. Before you know it the amount you spend on upgrading it will have gotten you most of the way into a nicer Les Paul.
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For the kind of money you're spending you could probably find a used EPI LP Standard. It will be much better than the LP100 even stock, and once you do the upgrades it will be a very fine instrument. It seems like your money would be better spent that way.

EDIT: I checked CL after I posted this and found a great condition LP Standard with a nice bag for $200. Deals can be had and you'll have a much better guitar either way.
 
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The most cost effective and dramatic improvement you could give that guitar would be to put it through a kick-ass amplifier. My suggestion for the guitar itself would be: if it ain't broken, don't fix it. It is madness to start dumping money into a $100 guitar that can only go down in value. Use that thing for what it is (a cheap piece of crap beater). There's nothing wrong with that.
 
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I have a couple of Epi LP-Jr's, the $99 plywood ones. Seriously, you don't NEED to replace anything on them to just play. I wouldn't go on a world tour with mine or anything (without a couple more back ups anyway) but in the 4 years I've had mine, NOTHING has broken or worn out (other than the bridge posts leaning forward a bit in the plywood, but that won't be an issue with your guitar) THese have the "cheap" covered tuners, and they don't slip or go out of tune, the stock pickups sound fine. ONe has "mini" pots, the other has full size ones, but honestly I can't tell the difference between them. Just find out who does the best "set ups" where you live, get yours gone over, and JUST PLAY IT. Sure, "modding" guitars is fun, but if I had spent all the $ I have on parts, etc on lessons instead, I'd better off.
 
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Save the dough you'd spend on 57 classics ($140-$150 per pickup$280-$300 dollars a set) tuners($65-$75) and pots ($20) and your almost there to an lp standard($349.00- $399.99) Hell your in the ballpark of a set neck lp studio. Save the cash and upgrade that instrument. Just my 2 cents.



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