N(to me)GD Epiphone Express Sg Special 3/4 scale.

[Syemon]

Epiphone Express Sg Special in factory worn black. 

 

Saw this on Facebook near me and paid £45 for it. 

It's a righty but being small and handy enough to have next to me when noodling around and also be a traveller I had to have it. 

Basic condition was decent but no string, missing a load of screws, odd knobs and a gouge in the fretboard 5th fret. 

Was messing with it into the early hours. 

Filled the gouge with superglue gel, then sanded flat. 

Removed nut and shimmed it so there was enough to recut for lefty. 

Dressed the frets, put a dpdt vol pot in and it splits both the humbuckers.

Screws,knobs and screws I already had. 

Set it up with a low action, it intonated OK and the truss rod needed tweaking but I'm really happy with the result. It plays nice. 

 

Itvs bigger brother the Epiphone G-300 was one I picked up before xmas for £50.

This one was in poor condition. 

Previous owner had tried to convert it to righty (I don't know either). 

The body was scratched all over, the pickguard looked like a woodpecker had gone mental on it, the jack out socket had been ripped out and put back back in what was left of the hole. 

The body was lightly wet sanded and machine polished. Not perfect but night and day to what it was. 

The pickguard was attacked with various grades until it was acceptable and left in a matt finish. 

Graphite nut fitted as well as two push pulls on the tone controls to split the humbucker. 

The jack out was sorted with a metal jack mount and is solid. 

Had to shim the neck and the usual truss rod, action and intonation. 

New knobs and truss rod cover and it's currently my favourite 6 string. 

I like stuff I can mess with and get use able again. 

 

Pic of it and it's new little brother.