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Yes. They are snot green and they are garbage. I tuned and stretched and tuned and stretched forever but still it slipped. John did the same. They are just cheap strings but still they should settle down. It must be the tuners at fault.

When I get the guitar back in my hands I'll remove a tuner and ...

Update.

John has been working on the guitar for me. Seems like one of the p90s is not working. He's adjusted the truss rod and got the intonation close using the stock wraparound bridge. He and I agreed the the tuners suck, so here is my question, in looking for replacements, I don't believe ...

Thanks Charles.

Yeah, based on what Barry said and some reading I did online, The wraparound is good, I just worry about intonating it. Would upgrading to a wraparound bridge with adjustable saddles sacrifice that sustain and negatively affect tone? I'm going to keep her stock for now, but there ...

So... I won the auction.

One thing holding me back is I despise wrap around bridges. Could I throw a bigsby on this?

One thing holding me back is I despise wrap around bridges. Could I throw a bigsby on this?

Neck seems straight, frets feel smooth it seems to be in pretty good condition, but there are no strings so I can't test it. If the bidding doesn't get too high, I'll go for it. If it sucks, I'm sure I can salvage parts for other projects.

I was at a local thrift shop this morning and they have a silent auction on an el degas doublecut LP? with p-90s. has anyone seen one of these? MIK or MIJ? logo looks MIJ but because it has a set neck there isn't that neck plate inscribed with Made in Japan I can't be certain. What do you guys think ...

Did El Degas ever make a lapsteel? just wondering.

Thank you Charles and Barry. You guys always know what to do.

I haven't checked in here for quite some time. My guitar as discussed here http://www.eldegas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=196 is not staying in tune very well, so I want to upgrade the tuners. Any advice re: size, type, what to ask for at L&M would be appreciated. This is a pretty easy thing to do ...

All done. My friend, and most awesome bassist has taken care of the electronics of this guitar for me. I've been playing it through my last two band practices and noodling with it at home during that period. It plays great and with that 70's Dimarzio SD at the bridge it roars like an angry lion. It ...

I believe all but one of the the pots are original, (500k, I guess). I replaced one because half of the top had broken off so It wouldn't hold a speed knob. I replaced it witha Gibson knob. I'll try the guitar for myself before I do anything, but next step might be new capacitors, orange drops ...

My friend has re-done the wiring, put it back together and intonated it. He says it is working and sounds good. The only thing is he is finding that he doesn't hear much tonal variation with the tone pots. Any ideas? He lives on the other side of the GTA so I haven't got it back yet. And wouldn't ...

I have a red ED strat MIk see this thread http://www.eldegas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=217. It is made of the MDF that Barry and Charles have alluded to. It's not the best guitar I own but it plays well. It is still a project which I will get back to soon. I paid $70 and I am not sorry I did.