Here we have one of those infamous Gibson (Chibson?) counterfeit guitars that were being manufactured over in China before Gibson started doing something about it.
So, why am I modding it?, basically to make it play better, here's what I'm planning to do:
1, Rip out the stock nut which causes the high E-String to buzz like a sitar when tuned to pitch, and replace it with a white Graphtech Tusq XL nut.
2, Replace the stock bridge with a new Nashville Tune O Matic bridge (the original bridge also causes the high E-String to buzz like a sitar).
3, Replace the stock tuners with a set of better quality replacements, each of the original tuners exhibited 1/4 turn of backlash rendering it very difficult to accurately tune each string to pitch.
4, Level the frets near the body end of the neck to get rid of serious fretbuzz/choke on the high E-string.
And finally....
5, Replace each pickup with new Entwistle HV58 pickups.
Here's a couple of pics of the guitar:
Last edited by DrNomis_44; 02-11-2015 at 04:01 PM.
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