Epiphone starter
A very affordable Les Paul–style Epiphone, improved one part at a time.
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The Pig
Lipstick on a pig — upgraded Epiphone LP that worked.
An upgraded Epiphone Les Paul–style starter guitar. It started as trying to make a very affordable Epiphone into something better, one part at a time — nicknamed The Pig, as in lipstick on a pig. It actually came out really well. Carbon fiber decal over scratches; upgraded pots, wiring, switch, bridge, nut, and tuners; first-ever fret level, crown, and polish. Later sacrificed — almost everything else went into Goldie.
Build details
Early guitar work — really assembly; the woodworking hadn’t started yet. An Epiphone Les Paul starter upgraded one part at a time. Later most of it went into Goldie.
Carbon fiber over scratches
A carbon fiber decal over the scratches.
First fret job
First-ever fret level, crown, and polish — plus upgraded pots, wiring, switch, bridge, nut, and tuners.
Parts for Goldie
Later sacrificed. Almost everything else went into Goldie.
Current status
Built up over 2012; parts later reused on Goldie.