I try my best to make the videos short and to the point. Sometimes I do waffle on, but I edit a lot of it out because even while I'm watching my own footage when editing, I think "BORING" "IRRELEVANT" "NEXT" hahaha. So I would hate to put you viewers through the same feeling. Thank you for your encouragement and support.

Thank you for the love and support. There's nothing wrong with using a crescent wrench. Just how you use it. Also, this is a good quality one that has very little play in it. Good quality, and using it appropriately means you won't round off any nuts or bolts. Always take your time. There's no rush.

Glad to have helped. Looking forward to maybe hearing the results in your work.

I put in Seth Lovers Gibson harness Kluson tuners .guitars a monster now .

Thank you. Appreciate the comment.

Thank you for your comment and support.

Thank you so much. Glad it could help. I'm not really sure how much of an improvement an upgrade like this makes audibly. However it's good peace of mind to have high quality parts.

@@whatsstefon yes the decision is also going to a 50s cabling style instead of the modern one, and split pickups using push pull pots... I may just prepare a harness to spend some time now that we have a lot... Do you buy your materials locally?

Tone pots go wherever the customer says. And yes, great advise on the pull string. I usually use a nylon guitar string or flexible tubing.

Yes. Sorry. When I first started making these videos, I was just repairing them, testing them and giving it back to the customer. I'm trying to work out a better way to record as I go. Thanks for the comment and support.

The larger body works for me. And to be honest, the amount of repairs in the past with the jack on the side outweighs the setup in this. When they're dropped, they seem to land on the jack, getting pushed in and breaking the wood. A sad situation.

Stefano Musica eye-opening fact. Thanks!

The 339 is top heavy too. All neck and headstock, and the only way to prevent it taking a nosedive to your side is a strap with immense traction. A full-bodied f-hole model such as this one is better balanced. So, you favor the Les Paul-style placement of the jack, Christopher? I understand that, even though I feed my lead/patch cable through my strap before plugging in.

Do not understand why some object to the jack being on the top and not the side. This is standard for 335 style guitars. I prefer it. Especially jazz players appreciate it since jazz is often played sitting down so the patch cord is better plugged in the top

Thank you. Deoxit is best for pots. You can buy contact cleaner but they are too strong and chemically different, so they strip the carbon off the track of the pot.

You’re right. But the customer was more right. I did what they asked of me and what they could afford at the time. I agree with you 100% though. Thank you for the comment.

@@whatsstefon Ok. I understand! If that’s what they wanted.......you did what they wanted!

Indeed. However, that was not in the customers budget. So I did what only needed to be done.

It adds capacitance ? Nope.

The only thing thay really matters is the capacitance of the wiring loom and the resistance of the pots. These Asian guitars often have fairly high capacitance wiring, which shaves off high frequencies.There's often a lot of extra capacitance in the pickup leads too. Which can be somthing you might want to tweak if the guitar is sounding overly muddy or compressed. It can be like have several extra feet of cable between you and the amp etc. If you are otherwise fairly happy with how it sounds, I would measure your existing pot resistance using a multimeter on the amp end of the guitar lead. If they are not reasonably closely matched (+/- 20%), you might consider changing things. Its obviously not ideal to have a neck vol pot read too much lower than a bridge one etc. Apart from the electrical variables, the other main reason to want to change pots on any guitar is if you want to use 50's wiring AND you don't like the taper on the stock pots. Again its all subjective. I have some guitars where I have changed all the guts purely because if I have to pull it all out to change to 50's wiring, I may as well change everything for better quality components which will be more reliable long term and more closely match my preferred gigging setup on my other guitars. Likewise if you are changing pickups, it makes zero sense not to change the wiring loom and switch at the same time. Taking all of the above in to considerstion, nothing really affects the overall tone quite so much as the pickups themselves. The stock pickups on more recent Chinese epis are perfectly OK for 99% of people imho. The older ones, especially if you have a HOTCH (overwound) one in there for some reason (which sometimes happened), can sound like they are under a blanket for sure. Nothing worse than a dark/dull sounding 335 type guitar - a lot of the awseomeness of these guitars is IMHO how versatile they can be. You're not going to want overwound or overly compressed pickups in these. I generally go for PAF specs and lower output for clarity and to let the acoustic properties of the guitar shine through. I'm also a weirdo and I like the fact that 335s can be setup to be always on the edge of feedback, which I can actively utilise as part of my playing style in live shows. Especially when playing rock, hard rock and blues!

@@cgavin1 it's true, the Asian made guitars can generally have lower quality components, however for most purposes the customer was happy and that's all that matters.

Thank you. I am glad it's easy to follow. That's the idea, I hope! Hahahha I think it'll make a difference if you change the lot.

The customer wanted the changes and was advised on the rest. However they didn’t have the budget and only wanted these upgrades. I will recommend things to customers but I’ll only do the repairs they wish to be done.

@@whatsstefon Ahhh. I understand. This was the first time I watched one of your videos. I figured you were working on your own guitar. My bad. Thanks for answering - I hope I didn’t come across as being critical or judgmental - I was puzzled, is all.

Unfortunately not. Sometimes these tops are thick and adding a star washer doesn’t leave enough thread out to screw down a smooth external washer and nut.

@@whatsstefon Makes sense. Good Video. Thanks

To be honest, I don't see a lot wrong with the quality of the wiring. I think the pots and tone caps make a significantly bigger difference. But in saying that, if you're going to get in there, you might as well do the entire thing.

leftyfusion88 yes you are right, I have the same guitar from Korea.

I fitted them the same way the guitar arrived to me. However, while I didn't make a point in the video, you are right.

That is an amazing story. Wow! I can’t say I have seen one. But that’s pretty cool. Some of those Korean made instruments are spectacular.

The customer was informed of that and in fact they mentioned to me that it’ll likely need it as the pot shaft will be a larger diameter on higher quality pots. They’re drilled out to industry standard. The way you’re saying it is like I drilled it out with a flat blade screwdriver. 😂😂😂

Not in this case. I don’t think this mode did. It certainly didn’t when it came in.

It’s a great question. Generally, ground will always be the outside “shield” wire. Another way to check if that’s not so obvious is to use your multimeter and set it to Ohms or Continuity/Diode setting. If you get continuity that’s it’s ground. If not, then it’s signal. I hope that clears things up. I might do a video on it to help.

I would start by removing the strings, which will then give you easier access to the pickups, all electrics as well as the tailpiece and bridge. Unsolder the pickups from the pots and switch once you have removed these through the F-hole. Then you will be able to unscrew the pickup, being careful not to lose the screw or the springs under them.

No. I believe it's got full size humbuckers.

Thank you for the clarification, Stefano.

I'd say any Epiphone authorised dealer will be able to help. Or for something nicer for not much more money, you could get a Gotoh one.

EBay. I sold the pickups from my sheraton and I'm going to list the bridge and saddle soon

Nostalgia

@@whatsstefon Hello. I don't reason a compartment that small would give that guitar a different sound.

Thank you! Thank you! Appreciate the love and support.

No. But I have in the past for other hollow body guitars. You still have to remove everything so you can solder the pickup wires to ground and other components.

@@whatsstefon some, help to change humbuckers and cap for my sheraton? What's the best pickup to install, in sheraton? Orange drop are ok cap?

@@silent6090 I believe pickups are really such a personal preference. Only you are going to like the pickups you install. So I unfortunately can’t really recommend anything personally. As for tone caps, I either use orange drops, or zoso caps. Depending on the customers needs and wants.

@@whatsstefon thank you

@@whatsstefon Cool video! Question, pls: What's the value of the caps you use for a double humbucker like this? Thx.

SCOTT STRATTON 0.022uF for humbucker pickups.

@@whatsstefon Out of interest, is that a personal choice ? - my Sheraton of 30 yrs old with no mods and 2 humbuckers is fitted with 2 x .047uF . Thks....

@@slangking1 that's cool. Who knows what the manufacturers threw in as standard. I'm my opinion the 0.022uF caps might be too dark for humbuckers.

@@whatsstefon Thats why i'm asking - above you said "0.022uF for humbucker pickups" But now you state "my opinion the 0.022uF caps might be too dark for humbuckers"....;) ??

@@slangking1 whoops, I meant 0.047uF. Sorry, wrong way around. Had not had my coffee yet when I responded.

Yes. But there are many other factors. The feel of the pot. The quality of the carbon track. The quality of materials used to make the wiper. The quality of the terminals. And of course, the taper.

@@whatsstefon Hello Stefano, thanks for sharing the video. I'm planning on buying a Sheraton and upgrade it, but I think will put my best effort on changing the hardware (bridge and tailpiece). As you explained here this mod will only give a better quality electronics, but not a better sounding guitar.

@@ALBERTOGARCIA-nk9bo I think like with most modifications on a guitar, some can be more subtle than others. However, while changing the pots and tone caps won't give drastic improvements, it will still improve the sound, even if it's by a small amount. Overall, I think it's still a viable modification, even if it's just to have nicer feeling pots and the peace of mind knowing that the electronics are of higher quality material.

@@whatsstefon Hello Stefano. Yes I agree with you. Even if there's no audible improvements still benefits from the quality and reliability of the new components. But if you let me I will like to talk to you about the really audible improvements. Do you know any mod? What do you think will happen if you change the bridge, tailpiece and studs for the same material alloys used in the vintage ES-335 for example? I'm trying to learn here.

@@ALBERTOGARCIA-nk9bo I think there will be an audible difference. I believe the weight, the resonance and the material will alter the tone and volume of the instrument. I think it's worth doing. Even if only for the better quality metals that come from the United States or Europe compared to the pot steel from China.