Chibson "Angus" SG Mod.

[Andy40]

Awesome post DrNomis!,,,I have a question for you. I am about to buy a Chibson Les Paul and instead of dealing with shitty parts that I'm gonna replace anyway and whacky Chinese non-USA metrics, I am just going to send them: a REAL Tuna-O-Matic bridge and tailpiece, grover locking tuners and a Graph Tech Tusq nut for them to install as they build it.
Did the Graph Tech XL Tusq for real Gibsons fit perfectly on your Chibson or will I need to buy a different size nut?
...and any other advice you can give me would surely be appreciated!
Thank you, Ian

Not to play devils advocate Ian.......but why not build a pit bull guitar LP yourself? all metric sized holes etc can be plugged and you can drill your own holes in imperial measurements (USA).

You can do it Ian...I believe in you.

What do you reckon Doc?

[DrNomis_44]

Not to play devils advocate Ian.......but why not build a pit bull guitar LP yourself? all metric sized holes etc can be plugged and you can drill your own holes in imperial measurements (USA).

You can do it Ian...I believe in you.

What do you reckon Doc?

Honestly, having been a bit underwhelmed by the build quality of my Chibson SG, I would have to agree with you on that mate, I'm seriously thinking of adding a PBG SG Kit to my list of guitar kits to buy, might buy one after I buy that 51 Tele kit that I want to buy.

Note: I'm not trying to promote these PBG kits, but after buying a PBG Strat kit, and getting Adam to order-in a custom strat body for me, I reckon the overall quality of the PBG kits are better, the centering of the body routes is done with better accuracy, although the final build quality is really determined by the builder of the kit, and how much work they put into it.


Also, the quality of the woods used in the kits are better too.

[DrNomis_44]

Since I'm into Black Sabbath, it would be cool to buy a right-handed SG kit and build it so it looks like one of the SGs Toni Iommi played early in his career.


And since I'm also a Megadeth fan, I'd love to build a fully working and playable 80's Jackson King V, complete with a Kahler Trem installed and the Jackson headstock, like the one Dave Mustaine used to play before he switched to Dean guitars later on in his career.