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It very muchly could. I bought one for £40 out of curiosity, maple flame veneer, 3 piece back with veneer, I bought it to practice bits n' bobs on.
After seeing it was decent wood and not parcel crates I had it fret leveled by a very respectable guitar tech had a replacement nut sorted. After that i ditched all the plastics (which are flimsy and crap, even the pup surrounds) and replaced them with some spare Epi ones I had sitting about and it played wonderfully.
After that I fitted a Gibson bridge and saddles which I purchased from here (funnily enough the mounting posts went in snug with no alteration) and replaced the pickups with Gibson 500t setup from my old classic, replaced the pots with short shaft CTS pots, orange drops and a switchcraft input jack.
I was a fucking monster of a guitar, It sounded and played just as good as my 1996 Gibson Classic Gold top, even had the same short tenon.
A friend of mine bought it off me for the cost of the bits id put in (around £210 I think) and now its been on tour twice and used for studio album recordings now it has I believe some Zebra coil pups in.
however can't speak for all of em'
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I would agree with you when you put it that way, yes. But they then misleadingly put a veneer on the back.
I have a photo somewhere when I figured out the seams of my Epi body, and another of the pickup cavity where you can see the joins looking very rough. I'll post it when I have time.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
electric proddy probe machine
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