96 Korean Epiphone lp surprised me

Great looking LP, congrats.

 

Damn beautiful!!!!
Happy for you, man

 

The picture of it in sun looks good, kinda jumps out at you.

 

That's the way to do it.

 

Congrats on a keeper !

Now tell us what kind of guitar stand that is

 

Yeah, my walls are lookin pretty colorful also.

 

I have one very much like it. Maybe a year older. Plays great. I had to replace the electronics and swapped the pickups at the same time. The baseplates of the pickups are stamped with 2 words - "SAM SUNG"

 

Happy New (to you) €pi Day

 

Great choice! You did well!

 

I was just a wee teenager in the 90's when these were coming out, but I do remember really liking the wood and build quality at the time on those Korean LP's.

My friend's dad had one and it played really nice. I'd be in the market for one if the price was right locally.

 

Very nice.

 

I just picked up a 96 Korean LP this weekend and it is a very nice feeling guitar! My pups aren't all that great though. Are yours marked "Sam Sung"? Other than that it is a great guitar and I'm loving it.

 

Honestly I don't know if it is long or short. This is my first experience with a LP. Here is a pic of the back. Maybe you could tell me... Is long better?



I will play with the pickup heights. The bridge is really week sounding already though. I have plans for upgrades. I will probably still do a swap.

 

You would have to take the neck pickup out and see if the bottom of the neck is visible there, or if it's just body wood.

Really good photo example here:
https://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/...g-neck-tenon&p=1271550&viewfull=1#post1271550

 

Try this before going anywhere with the pups.

I set the bridge pickup (pole) height to about two credit card thickness distance from the bottom of the strings (1/8" or ±3cm). If it sounds good, I leave it there. Too hot ? Go ½ turn of each screw at a time to lower it where I want it (counter clockwise for humbucker, clockwise for P90). Test clean and with OD. Once I have that one at the sweet spot, I go to the neck pup.

Any neck pickup will sound boomy if adjusted too high.

Neck tone has to be different from middle position. Many people have the neck pup adjusted so it gives the same tonality as middle position. Not good. Neck pup has to be adjusted so middle position gets a quacky tone. You'll know what I mean when you get there. So, I raise the neck pup until it starts to sound boomy. Notes will seem to be overwhelmed with too much bass. Now I lower it a full screw turn and compare it to middle. If it sounds the same, the neck pup is still too high. I go on until I hear three different balanced tones out of the two pup.

That is a fun thing to do. Take your time and you will find the sweet spot for each pickup.

 

Cool I will have to look for that when I pull the pups next.