NGD: Epiphone Stratocaster copy

[MaxVolume]

 

If you'd followed my last thread, you'd know that I went to pick up a guitar that was sort of an impulse buy.

 

It's an Epiphone "Epi" ES-300 Strat copy. I bought it for $20. It needs some TLC for sure. I've already cleaned most of the body, but I need to take the whammy system off and clean it. It's filthy. There's numerous other things, but all 3 of the pickups and the five-way switch works. It's made in Korea and I have a serial no. on the plate where the bolts are for the bolt-on neck. It's got a maple fretboard, which is nice. My RG270 and American Strat have maple boards, too.

 

Things it needs:

New strings (Got a set of D'Addario XL Blues/Jazz .11's to go on it.)

New nut (It's a plastic nut. I'm open to ideas on where to get an affordable nut. Any advice is welcome.)

Some

 

I'll take pictures of my own once it's all clean, but for now, I'll leave you guys with the Craigslist ad for pics.

 

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/for/4075042074.html

[gardo]

Sounds like a fun project.

Enjoy 

[GAS Man]

[stormin1155]

Cool!  congratulations!

[wankdeplank]

You got a whole electric guitar for the price of a cheap tie, that's hilarious and awesome.  A friend had one of those and it was a decent player.  Congrats and enjoy.

 

Here's a nice tusq nut that should work:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRAPH-TECH-TUSQ-SLOTTED-NUT-FENDER-STRATOCASTER-TELECASTER-GUITAR-STRAT-TELE-/251342420579?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item3a852cfa63

You just sand the bottom and sides of the nut to fit.

Guitar Center carries a small stash of these things as well.  The important thing is that you measure the width of the neck at the nut to make sure it will accomodate the string spacing.