Great job man! I just came home with a Memphis a guy was selling for $25. Cleaned it up, put on strings and aside from the volume knobs cutting out in places it sounds great so far. A little work and this will be a great guitar for practically nothing! And I don't even think you can get a Gibson these days with wood this heavy and dense.
Its from the 80's and it has really shitty tuning pegs and it the bolt on model.....Do you know anything about Memphis Les paul copys? I read that Yamaha was making them (these bodys and necks) and then got in a legal dispute with Gibson so they sold the parts to Memphis Co. and they put these Yamaha shells of a gibson guitar together. I dont know how true that is. It wouldnt be a bad guitar if it was gutted and replaced with new pickups and some good GROVER tuning pegs.
I have 2 memphis les pauls from the 70s and these are the better models because they have set necks instead of bolt on. I took mine and put a bone nut in it with 6100 frets and some lindy fralin 8k/9ks and its now a perfect guitar. I'm saving up for a burny though. Many 70s les paul knock offs. Burny, Greco, Tokai, Memphis, Ibanez etc, each with diff flaws and strengths. I'd say burny / greco are the top ones and if u take a set neck memphis and do a shit load of work to it its decent.
@minorkatminor About the tuners, I got my Memphis (80's model) used, and the tuners were replaced. I don't know what type they are because they are unmarked, but the guitar stays in tune like a dream, even in temperature change. I've also replaced the bridge with a Dimarzio SD, and my neck p'up will be next, with a '57 classic. The SD was the best thing I've done to that guitar.
@NextGreatGuitarist I should do that do. I dont really play this guitar alot, at the time I had a set of acoustic strings on this guitar, a friend of mine put them on because it was what he had laying around. I replaced the acoustic strings with electric, and soon after that changed the electric strings out and put acoustic 13's on it. I have a schecter that I play more often.
Great job man! I just came home with a Memphis a guy was selling for $25. Cleaned it up, put on strings and aside from the volume knobs cutting out in places it sounds great so far. A little work and this will be a great guitar for practically nothing! And I don't even think you can get a Gibson these days with wood this heavy and dense.
pineal2012 8 months ago
Awsome technique man!!! I got a memphis too and it sounds terrific!!!
TheAlphalis 10 months ago
@TheAlphalis You are too kind, thank you. Are you looking for another one to add to you collection?
minorkatminor 10 months ago
@minorkatminor Yeah,man.but it´s hard to get one here.I live in Argentina...It´s a great guitar
TheAlphalis 10 months ago
Awesome! I have a Memphis Les Paul i'm working on restoring right now, and this video made me want to fix it faster!
Would you happen to have a set of tabs or chords for this i could get?
TheOnlyMETHEREAPER 1 year ago
@TheOnlyMETHEREAPER you want to buy this one?
minorkatminor 1 year ago
@minorkatminor i would in a heartbeat if i hadnt wasted my money on parts for my own.
You know, after ten years or so, wiring goes to hell quickly.
TheOnlyMETHEREAPER 1 year ago
is this a bolt on or a set neck?
minibikedude04 2 years ago
Its from the 80's and it has really shitty tuning pegs and it the bolt on model.....Do you know anything about Memphis Les paul copys? I read that Yamaha was making them (these bodys and necks) and then got in a legal dispute with Gibson so they sold the parts to Memphis Co. and they put these Yamaha shells of a gibson guitar together. I dont know how true that is. It wouldnt be a bad guitar if it was gutted and replaced with new pickups and some good GROVER tuning pegs.
minorkatminor 2 years ago
I have 2 memphis les pauls from the 70s and these are the better models because they have set necks instead of bolt on. I took mine and put a bone nut in it with 6100 frets and some lindy fralin 8k/9ks and its now a perfect guitar. I'm saving up for a burny though. Many 70s les paul knock offs. Burny, Greco, Tokai, Memphis, Ibanez etc, each with diff flaws and strengths. I'd say burny / greco are the top ones and if u take a set neck memphis and do a shit load of work to it its decent.
minibikedude04 2 years ago
@minorkatminor About the tuners, I got my Memphis (80's model) used, and the tuners were replaced. I don't know what type they are because they are unmarked, but the guitar stays in tune like a dream, even in temperature change. I've also replaced the bridge with a Dimarzio SD, and my neck p'up will be next, with a '57 classic. The SD was the best thing I've done to that guitar.
NextGreatGuitarist 1 year ago
@NextGreatGuitarist I should do that do. I dont really play this guitar alot, at the time I had a set of acoustic strings on this guitar, a friend of mine put them on because it was what he had laying around. I replaced the acoustic strings with electric, and soon after that changed the electric strings out and put acoustic 13's on it. I have a schecter that I play more often.
minorkatminor 1 year ago
BADASSS THATS WICKED MAN
btguitarpsycho 2 years ago
thanks
minorkatminor 2 years ago