New bone saddle :: Art & Lutherie Cedar CW [4.8 lbs]
The old worn soft synthetic saddle on this cedar topped dread was replaced with a new one carved from hard unbleached bone.
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This circa 1990's Epiphone Sheraton II was stripped down and built back up with premium components. The original lifeless dark-toned pickups were swapped for Lollar Imperial low-wind humbuckers. The new wiring harness consists of Bourns 500K Premium Series sealed pots, Emerson Custom 0.022 µf paper-in-oil caps and a Switchcraft 3-way switch and output jack. Even the tuners were replaced with 18:1 Grover Rotomatics which installed without modification. A new unbleached bone nut and setup for DR Pure Blues 11-50 strings round out the upgrades.
2011 Schecter Hellraiser Special [8.6 lbs] :: unbleached bone nut & C tuning.
A new unbleached bone nut was cut and the guitar set up for low C tuning [CFA#D#GC] with D'Addario EXL148 strings [0.012"-0.060"].