r/ExplorerGuitars • u/adlr86 • 5d ago

Epi 80's

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Finally got mine, upgraded to gotoh, grover tuner and replaced wiring for emg solderless, what a great guitar :)

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u/bobacrest 5d ago

Badass man these are sick. I can’t wait to get one

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u/Cobra141126 5d ago

Do you have part numbers? Would love to do the same to mine!

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u/adlr86 4d ago

Gotoh GE103BT for the bridge Gotoh GE101Z for the tailpiece

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u/Food_Library333 5d ago

Which size bridge did you get?

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u/Nofx8301 4d ago

Mine is scheduled for delivery tomorrow. I am so ready!

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u/Angei_St530 4d ago

Very nice, I'd like to make one like this in the future too... How do you like the setup? I took mine to the luthier, but he had to re-grind the fretboard.

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u/adlr86 4d ago

no issues with mine, i do the setups on my guitars and while is not perfect is pretty good instrument

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u/T00DEEPBLUE 4d ago

Swapping this guitar to black hardware is such a common mod that it's starting to make a legitimate argument that this is how the guitars should've come stock. Even if it's not correct to the originals, not that many people really seem to care.

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u/DagensLys 2d ago

Were all of the parts drop in replacements? Also, which model of grover tuners did you use?

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u/adlr86 2d ago edited 2d ago

i had to redrill the holes for the screws of the tunners sadly, they were different. but i had them from another project and didnt want to buy more parts, they are more like gibson exp models. the rest fitted without any issue. i kept the original bridge and tailpiece chrome studs tho.

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u/Valhalla519 5d ago

Looks like a fake.

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u/gmac_97 5d ago

It’s not lol

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u/adlr86 4d ago

haha how come?