Gonna make my SG string-thru, opinions welcome

[SGplayer]

Why not do a really good job by blindfolding yourself & using a 1" holesaw bit

[jgcable]

After you make it string through I think you should cut the headstock in half and put all the tuners on one side. Then... remove the fretboard and put a 21 fret maple fretboard on it. Get rid of the humbuckers and put singles in it and paint it pink. Paint a peace sign on the body and get a floral strap. Then.... remove all the frets and make it fretless.
I guess you know my answer. Don't do it. It will accomplish nothing except kill your resale value if you ever want to get rid of it.

[jtr]

You are Crazy, but remember this will kill resale. What kind of SG are we talking about JR., Special, Standard or Custom what year is it . If it's old 60s DON'T DO IT, Hell Don't do anyways! The angle of the neck is probably to great to do a string though anyways. Do you want less or more tension on the strings? The scale of a Gibson and Ibenaz are different so you can't really compare them in the first place and the neck are set differently. What do you want to gain from this Mod if you do it?

[lefty]

[QUOTE=Carbophos]Maybe I'm just crazy But I'm becoming more and more obsessed with the idea to make my Gibson SG string-thru.


Also I'm not sure how to alingn the holes - even in line, V-shape or like on Ibanez SZ (they say it matches strings tension)...

Any advise, mates?


If you do it, which I wouldn't advise, be extra careful how
you lay out the holes, because if you don't do it right, you
could wind up having the strings bottom out on the back of
the TOM bridge, which will hurt your tone and sustain.
Once you're doing a string-through, you won't have the luxury of
changing the string angle via the stop bar...

theo

[Newc]

If it's one of those atrocities they tried to pass of as a "Standard" with the dot inlays, then do it. If it's got the big gay pickguard on it, do it.

But if you're really intent on doing it, it will not affect the neck angle at all (unless you're replacing the bridge with a Fender-type).

As for a pattern, keep in mind that a crescent pattern will affect tension on the strings closer to the bridge more than the others. You also risk the strings breaking across the back of the bridge itself before it gets to the saddle. While many players say that bottoming out a stopbar so the strings do hit the bridge first improves various tonal aspects, an equal number state the opposite and neither side has ever produced undisputable evidence to support their claims.

From a design standpoint, a slight angle following the angle of the bridge would look best cosmetically, and I would definitely recommend ferrules for the top. If you can find someone to make you a custom plate that bolts into the existing stopbar holes and sits very close to the surface of the guitar, with keyhole notches to hold the strings and give you the appearance of being stringthrough without actually having to drill holes, you'll not only spare yourself the extra expense but also the grief if for some reason the holes don't come out quite right.

In the end, it's yours, so do as you wish.

[thebisch]

I say do it, then sell it to me for $250!

[Adam]

What year?

[Carbophos]

I fuckin' did it.
Not myself though, but skilled luthier and it did cost me like $12.

[zeegler]

Grotesque!

[SEEGERMANY]

So tell us, did you get infinite sustain and improved tone? Do you think your expert luthier could have found some bigger string ferrels? What are your plans on the existing stop-bar holes? Do you have any more money to piss off?

[hippietim]

good for you dude. are ya happy with it? if so, then right on. either way, just ignore the naysayers.

[SEEGERMANY]

What he's trying to say is "you fucked up a good guitar and if you ever want to sell it for $150, I'm your guy!"

[hippietim]

What he's trying to say is "you fucked up a good guitar and if you ever want to sell it for $150, I'm your guy!"

:ROTF:

Well, not exactly. I'm not an SG guy. I would give him $150 for it though. I'd put the stock tail piece back on and use the remaining six holes to launch bottle rockets.

[Carbophos]

I wasn't looking for sustain, actually. Because if you want a note to sustain, you obviously add a vibrato, otherwise it sounds dull and vibrato itself makes not sustain longer. Good guitar, good amp and good vibrato give you more than enough of sustain for most of musical situations. Permanent sustain is easily reached by sustainers or e-bows.

I was looking for improvement in a attack and overal responce. And it definately improved, and pinch harmonics go better as well. I'd say overall there's a bit more top end than before. It's pretty noticeable, because Invader is not a "bright" kind of pickup.

The ferrules... well I actually didn't give much fuck. Backside ferrules are easy to buy, because it's standart spare/replacement part for Tele, for example. Top ferrules was a bit of an issue, I looked at what available and went for the inserts that are used in some kind of tuners. The luthier has filed them a bit make them fit side-by-side and also filed the edges to preven string breaking.

As for the cover for the holes left after the stopbar, I'm going to use some black or "chrome" stickers

[Carbophos]

:ROTF:
and use the remaining six holes to launch bottle rockets.

It wouldn't work Probably it isn't noticeable from this angle, but the stopbar would cover like 2/3 of holes if installed back.