This nylon strung guitar's action was lowered and the upper frets leveled, crowned and polished.
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.
This bass found it's way into the shop because of a dead pickup. I troubleshooted the circuit and touched up a few questionable solder joints and the pickup came back to life. While in the control cavity I attempted to clean the treble and bass pots but they remained terribly intermittent and needed to be replaced. The bolt-on neck's angle was increased with a shim in the neck pocket in order to lower the action.
Epiphone Sheraton II :: new guts courtesy of Lollar, Emerson & Bourns.
This Sheraton is getting stripped down and refitted with a new wiring harness comprised of Bourns premium series sealed pots, Emerson Custom paper-in-oil caps and Switchcraft 3-way switch and output jack. Lollar Imperial low-wind humbuckers top off this monster upgrade.