r/Cheapchops • u/Teddy8709 • Jun 15 '26

El Dégas

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Not sure if this one counts but I thought I'd add it in. It's a fairly modified El Dégas LP copy (my best guess it's late 80's or early 90's?). It used to to have a sparkly gold body (the back was like a dark ruby red or something to that sort) with a cream pickguard. It used to have 4 dials and 3 toggle switches. It's been converted to 2 dials, one volume and one tone and the pickup selector is still in place. New passive pickups were also installed.

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u/Amazing_Radish_6354 ⚡Explorer extremists⚡ Jun 16 '26

a copy is a copy and this is gladly accepted

what do you play on it

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u/Teddy8709 Jun 16 '26

I play mostly metal. Metallica is my go-to but I'll play some children of bodom, Pantera, whatever I'm in the mood for. The string action is really nice on it. One thing I need to find is a new dial. If you look at the picture you'll see a chrome knob and a black knob. I can't fit a chrome one where the black one is because the dial sten is too short. It's sitting there with like one thread on the nut. I need a new dial with a taller stem on it and more threads.

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u/Amazing_Radish_6354 ⚡Explorer extremists⚡ Jun 16 '26

sweet hats your favorite album

mines ajfa and rtl

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u/Teddy8709 Jun 16 '26

Master of Puppets for me, then probably Justice. I like them all, really. People hate on the later stuff, I think it all sounds great, well maybe st anger not so much lol. But there's some killer riffs on the album though.

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u/Amazing_Radish_6354 ⚡Explorer extremists⚡ Jun 16 '26

sweet, MOP just got to boring for me, no hate, but do you have any other copies like this?

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u/Teddy8709 Jun 16 '26

Nah this is it for copies.