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1993 Gibson SG “Korina”, Limited Edition (#47 of 500)
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about 1 year ago
fil!!! congrats on your page!!!!! i greatly admira your works here, simply SPLENDID!!!!! i have a question, is there a place where i can get the 50′s style wiring diagram? I have a ’09 gibson sg special, which i constantly abuse. Since im an amateur at working with guitars, the farthest i’ve gone with my baby is replacing the stock pups with some “57 classics. NOT ENOUGH!!!!! im kinda obsessed with achieving that vintage tone for my guitar, and any help would be HUGELY appreciated. greetings from puerto rico!!!
about 1 year ago
Hola Puerto Rico!!!!
Here it is to you (link to schematics). It’s easy:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88796
about 1 year ago
Fil, I’ve been struggling trying to keep my sg standard in tune. The stock kluson tuners feel very loose and cheap and make it hard to get to the right pitch. I want to change the tuners out and get maybe grovers, is their any other tuners that you would recommend? I also want to have the nut looked at and see if it needs any work.
about 1 year ago
Tyler,
before you do anything to the guitar in terms of changes – and they are welcome – try nut sauce (eGay) first. It’s a “sauce” you put lightly in the tiny holes of the nut. Often – always – those are choking the string which will always “jump” back and forth going out of tune. After this, every time you tune your strings, BEND THE HECK OUT OF THEM and retune. One at a time (E, B, G, … ). Tune it, then SUPER-MEGA-BEND. Let it go out of tune, then retune. Repeat. Try this fist. If NOTHING works, I really suggest replica Klusons at RSguitarworks.com GREAT stuff.
about 1 year ago
Thanks man, I think I’ve heard about nut sauce before, (once I got over the name lol), I’ll give it a try. I also think I might throw on tonepros bridge and stopbar to increase sustain.
about 1 year ago
Tonepros are my “go to” parts. I always can’t get enough. You keep the original parts in storage and add the tonepros. There are other brands who do good stuff – some say even better – but you can’t go wrong with tonepros.
about 1 year ago
Really cool guitar I must say
How about playing Hell aint a bad place to be with it?
about 1 year ago
Why not?
about 1 year ago
Deal then
about 1 year ago
Wonderful reading as always, Fil. Keep it up
I have to ask you this:
What is your favourite colour for an SG? I mean you have SGs in almost every colour spectrum: Deep wine red cherry, strong bright red, orangey red, dark brown, black, vintage creme and this yellowy one.
Personally, I think the 70′s SG in a dark brown shade looks stunning, and so is a sun faded orange tinted cherry one.
about 1 year ago
Glad you liked it! And it’s not just to say it.
Agree wholeheartedly with you. Those two are the colors I always go back to: walnut and dark cherry.
about 1 year ago
yeah nutella if you prefer ^^
how could somebody hate your guitars?
You got the best SG models and they sound like wow…
if i could have one of yours next to my Sg that would be awesome, than i truely don’t know with which one i should play
about 1 year ago
fil, why do you always have these beautiful SG’s ?^^
tha’ts caviar for my eyes
about 1 year ago
You said it right. caviar. Well I don’t like caviar that much, for me is Nutella, or Duck Liver. Still, that’s why: I drool over them too, still to this day, for each one of these. I’m so glad you like ‘em too
about 1 year ago
that guitar has the shape of the “modern” SG standardss, do u think they’re cut the same Fil?
about 1 year ago
Yes, I think so.
about 1 year ago
haha i bet u were kicking urself after u sold urs and found out angus has one of his ownn
about 1 year ago
Oh yeah…
about 1 year ago
What made you want to sell the first one you had?
about 1 year ago
I was – already at the time – obsessed with Angus Young “tone”. And this one – on my skill of the time – didn’t have it.
While it is partially still true to this day – this guitar is made of Korina, not mahogany – I didn’t know what to look for in a guitar. I simply didn’t know.
about 1 year ago
Fil!
Check my album from my wiring and cutaways please. What do you think from the wiring? And the cutaways? I think the cutaways are copied from the 61 model.
http://picasaweb.google.com/104650787840351780610/VS6?authkey=Gv1sRgCNXcvOfN4L2jtQE&feat=directlink
Cheers
about 1 year ago
Hang on, checking. Yes, cutaways are in ’61 style (I like that). Checking on the wiring
about 1 year ago
It appears to me that you’re in “modern stye wiring”. See here for reference:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88796
about 1 year ago
Thanks!
about 1 year ago
I havent got a soldering iron or whatsoever . Which type of this tool do you have? Like a pistol or the long one like a big cigar? The dictionary said this tool is a soldering iron but im not sure. I havent ever used this word in english:)
about 1 year ago
I’m asking about the soldering-iron because I heard that the pistol style is not good for guitar wiring.
about 1 year ago
Huh sorry had forgotten about this! I use both. The pistol shaped and a stick-style one. The stick style is less powerful and easier to get into the control cavity. Soldering is not hard at all, but have you ever done it before? Please don’t get me worried knowing you will attempt this by yourself for the first time
about 1 year ago
Of course I have soldered before. It was a few years ago, but the problem is, now I havent got a soldering-iron so I will get one first then I’ll do the 50s wiring
:D I had a pistol shaped soldering iron but it went wrong previously, so when I’ll have one, or borrow I’ll do the wiring, and tell you what is the difference 
:D
about 1 year ago
I noticed “eBay” is spelt “eGay”, that is a mistake right? LoL
about 1 year ago
Not a mistake
about 1 year ago
hehe, do you know how many guitars you have.
would like to know the number
about 1 year ago
I assure you, I haven’t counted them. I think I have around 30 now
There was a time when I think I had 100. Sold most of those!
I ONLY keep the ones that i play regularly. And I play them all!111
about 1 year ago
okay, that’s alot you had and have now. You got alot of SG’s
about 1 year ago
Oh they’re not all SGs. I have one stratocaster (had many), a few acustics, three of four Les Pauls, one bass. Among the 30 I mean
about 1 year ago
by the way where did you get the pics from Angus gear equipment
about 1 year ago
Online. Got them online. You can google for “angus young guitars” I think those should pop up sooner or later
about 1 year ago
Okay, that would be great
about 1 year ago
Hey Solodallas. Nice guitar.
Can you make your website work kind of like youtube, you know, when someone reply an comment by me, i get notified when i look on,
or i get an mail, cause maybe someone already has answered some comments by me, but i can’t remember all the comments i posted
about 1 year ago
So you’re not getting emails for replies? Hmm. I do.
Let me check. I think you ALL need to get email for replies. Hang on please.
about 1 year ago
I think my wiring is different. Of course it’s not a Gibson actually but I usually play Fling Thing on 3-4 and it’s almost entirely clean and I’m playing Johnny B Good very slowly
:D on 2-3 and its clean when I strum softly. My Marshall MG15CDR is on OD channel with 3-4 on the gain and it’s perfect for AC/DC tone, on clean channel it is not overdriving on max volume so I’m using the stock Crunch/Blues setting from the booklet. I’ll show you a picture with my wiring after lunch 
about 1 year ago
You can post pictures, add links, etc. here!
about 1 year ago
Angus has the tone control bypassed am I right? Do you use this circuit? I think I’ll try the 50′s wiring if my VS6 (SG) is not wired like so.
about 1 year ago
You’re correct, the tone knobs are disabled.
You know what? I haven’t looked into the control cavity of my AY sig yet. You just reminded me I have to look.
Generally speaking though, I like 50s wiring better. When you roll off the volume knob, you can retain clarity and the tone of the guitar “cleans” nicely at about 3 or 4. I use this often. This Korina SG instead won’t clean. PUs are very powerful, and that’s one reason for sure – while I am used to older PUs that lost some of their magnetic property, being at around 8kHz of output – but still I need to check