Grateful Dead Music Forum

Emoto wrote:

strumminsix wrote:I know there is a way to basically gloss up a rosewood fingerboard. Gonna try that one day.

Does rosewood ever look black? The fretboard on my buddy's axe was black like ebony...

It can look very dark and has been stained to look darker by some manufacturers.

mijknahs wrote:I've owned an Epiphone Sheraton II (tobacco burst) since 1994. It is made in Korea and is a very well built guitar. The biggest improvement is to replace the pickups with what ever you prefer. Just grab the wires through the f-hole and splice the new pickups onto the old wires (too hard to solder them directly to the pots).

I love the way it plays. The "feel" is great. Sounds good unamplified.

Ditto! The pickups are junk but the rest is terrific. mij what kind of pickups did you replace them with?

I put an extra DiMarzio Super 2 that I had laying around in the neck (not really the best pickup - something fatter sounding would be better) and I put a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker in the bridge. It sounds really good. I might get a Seymour Duncan Jazz humbucker for the neck.

I like the fact that it has a maple neck as opposed to mahogany. Gives a bright and clear attack.

Jim