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Upgrading my Epiphone Les Paul Special II

by stumpy001

I re-discovered a cheap Epiphone Les Paul Special II in my spare room. I haven't touched it in years, and it was certainly worse for wear. The electrics were dodgy, the nut broken and the machine heads were falling apart. So I decided that it would be fun to do it up.

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The original broken nut
Electrics cavity after conductive copper tape was applied
Bridge pickup cavity after conductive copper tape was applied
Neck pickup cavity after conductive copper tape was applied
Front view of the guitar after conductive copper tape was applied
The old tone/volume pots and switch
The underside of the cover for the electrics cavity after conductive copper tape was applied
The original pickups
The front of the guitar after removing the pickups
The front of the guitar after the neck was removed
The neck after I removed it
The original tone pot
The original pickup switch
The original volume pot
The electrics cavity before modification
The headstock, complete with new Gotoh machine heads and a new nut
The back of the headstock after putting the new Gotoh machine heads on
Close up of the new graphite nut
The headstock with new Gotoh machine heads and graphite nut
My drilling mishap
After the drilling 1
After the drilling 2
New hardware, electrics and copper shielding tape
The broken nut