Les Paul tone knobs

gearaddict

How do you know where to drill the holes? Do you get a template?

ICBM

gearaddict said:

How do you know where to drill the holes? Do you get a template?

You fit the machineheads using just the front collars, doing them up firm but not *too* tight, so you can move them slightly. Carefully adjust the positions of them until you're totally happy - you have the choice of putting them in a straight line or following the headstock edge, basically - and then mark through the holes.

The best method of all is to mark using the drill which will only just go through the hole - ie too large for actually drilling the screw hole - which guarantees the mark is exactly centred - then drill using the smaller drill you need. Put some tape around it to mark the length of the screw just so you don't drill right though the front too .

If only Gibson did it like that…

http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1973_Gibson_SG_Standard_040604_tuners.jpg

RaymondLin

Please, I beg of you, take this to a tech to do....I'd worry about it going horribly wrong.

nickb_boy

gearaddict;501429" said:

I'm reluctant to send he guitar back. It has grown on me colour-wise and I love the smell.

Well if you love the smell of it then how could you possibly return it

Neil

RaymondLin said:

Please, I beg of you, take this to a tech to do....I'd worry about it going horribly wrong.

Wisdom there.

I daren't imagine the consequences of a diy job going wrong.
:-O

gearaddict

I've ordered a couple of replacement robo heads direct from Tronical. Tired of waiting on Thomann. I'll ask them for some money back but I'm not hopeful.

gearaddict

Just wanted to say thanks for the excellent advice above and in the other thread. I have my new tuners fitted and the setup pretty much as I like it (still tweaking!) and I absolutely love this guitar. If it hadn't been for the advice on here I think it would have been returned. There's something about the way this guitar feels that just makes me want to play and makes me play better than I usually do. And the tone is awesome. I think I may be a Gibson convert. I guess they have lasted this long for a reason!

not_the_dj

Yeehaa!

gearaddict

I took the "eTune" truss rod cover off and replaced it with a "Standard" one. Does this make me a bad person?

not_the_dj

gearaddict said:

I took the "eTune" truss rod cover off and replaced it with a "Standard" one. Does this make me a bad person?

Not at all. Have a wisdom.

ICBM

gearaddict said:

I took the "eTune" truss rod cover off and replaced it with a "Standard" one. Does this make me a bad person?

No, think of it as a statement of intent.

gearaddict

gearaddict said:

Just wanted to say thanks for the excellent advice above and in the other thread. I have my new tuners fitted and the setup pretty much as I like it (still tweaking!) and I absolutely love this guitar. If it hadn't been for the advice on here I think it would have been returned. There's something about the way this guitar feels that just makes me want to play and makes me play better than I usually do. And the tone is awesome. I think I may be a Gibson convert. I guess they have lasted this long for a reason!

Yeah....soooooo....sentitback.

Such a relief that this episode is over...I'm sure you all agree.

underdog

gearaddict;529259" said:

Yeah....soooooo....sentitback.

Such a relief that this episode is over...I'm sure you all agree.

So what was the straw that broke the camel's back? I thought you loved the sound and got it playing nice?

I'm now going to keep my eye on thomann to see how much they put it up for as B stock because I really liked the top on it.

gearaddict

underdog said:

gearaddict;529259" said:

Yeah....soooooo....sentitback.

Such a relief that this episode is over...I'm sure you all agree.

So what was the straw that broke the camel's back? I thought you loved the sound and got it playing nice?

I'm now going to keep my eye on thomann to see how much they put it up for as B stock because I really liked the top on it.

Mainly the setup - I thought I just had to tweak it a bit but actually I found I couldn't get rid of the buzz on the low E. I ended up with the action so high it was just meh to play. And it absolutely would not stay in tune. It just annoyed me more and more each time I picked it up so I thought I better send it back while it was within the 30 days. I'll probably regret it. The top was exceptional and it did smell very nice.

ICBM

gearaddict said:

And it absolutely would not stay in tune.

That's quite a damning statement given that it had the robot tuners which are supposed to do exactly that.

ThePrettyDamned

gearaddict said:

underdog said:

gearaddict;529259" said:

Yeah....soooooo....sentitback.

Such a relief that this episode is over...I'm sure you all agree.

So what was the straw that broke the camel's back? I thought you loved the sound and got it playing nice?

I'm now going to keep my eye on thomann to see how much they put it up for as B stock because I really liked the top on it.

Mainly the setup - I thought I just had to tweak it a bit but actually I found I couldn't get rid of the buzz on the low E. I ended up with the action so high it was just meh to play. And it absolutely would not stay in tune. It just annoyed me more and more each time I picked it up so I thought I better send it back while it was within the 30 days. I'll probably regret it. The top was exceptional and it did smell very nice.

The top and the smell, sadly, have nothing to do with how good a guitar it is. 

Glad you're sorted, though. Better luck next time?