Hi!

I got this Epiphone junior as a gift. I have other nicer and “better” guitars so I want to mess a little with this one.

I want to change the bridge, tunning knobs, pick guard and pickups. Looking into it I found that there is a possibility to include a switch like on les Paul’s.

For the bridge and tunning knobs I want to go golden, but don’t know any good brands.

The pickguard is the lesser of the issues. I’d like to have a white creamish look.

My biggest concern is with the guts. Pickups and the possibility of the switch. Do you recommend humbuckers or know about how to do the switch thing? I’d like them to be golden too.

Have to add that i don’t want top of the line parts. The guitar doesn’t really deserve a ton of money poured into it, it’s more like a little project/experiment.

Any advice and recommendations are welcome.

Oh and suggestions for the volume and tone knobs! I guess white but I’m open to anything.

Sorry for the crappy english.

Edit: don’t know why the photo is on its side.

Edit 2: For some reason my replys on desktop didn’t come through. Thanks a lot to everyone, it’s been really helpful. Once I’m done with it I’ll update with photos.

Edit 3: It’s done! Has a warmer, bassier sound now. After changing the nut and fixing all fret issues plays much better and holds tunning a lot better. Also the bridge gave more sustain. Shame the golden knobs got lost in shipping.

Thanks everyone who chipped in. I have a more enyojable guitar now.

  • jontree255@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    For Knobs you might be able to get some from Tayda: https://www.taydaelectronics.com/hardware/knobs.html

    I order pedal knobs from there and they’re pretty solid quality. You’ll need to make sure you get knobs that fit the shaft diameter of the pot on the guitar. I’m not sure what it is for an LP Junior. The knobs are relatively cheap so you could order a few sets to try but the shipping costs will probably be $10 USD minimum and they don’t do returns.

    If you want to put in your own pickups you’re going to need to learn to solder and de-solder. This is a good guitar to practice that on though. Watch some youtube vids on how to solder if you’re not familiar and get a good soldering iron. If you can afford it I’d recommend buying a whole new set of innards you can assemble without potentially damaging the original parts. If you mess up you can always put the old parts back in.

    There’s so many pickup types out there. I don’t think you can go wrong with Seymour Duncans.

    As Cold Hotman said I wouldn’t bother with the switch because you’ll need to carve the body out for a second pickup and that can ruin the guitar. Coil tap might be possible but I’ve never looked into it myself.

    • panchzila@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      The marshall white body, gold cap knobs are great, thanks for the suggestion.

      And yes, the switch is for coil tap/split not for another pickup, I should have been more specific.

      I’ll look into the seymour duncans, thanks again!