Epiphone '310' Basketcase:

Inspector #20

Inspector #20

Ambassador of Tone
Fallen Star
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Local bandleader asked me to salvage this. Frets deeply fluted from years of playing.

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Horrible bridge design...no individual string intonation adjustment, like the early Fender's. Why use these dated parts in modern times???

Haven't decided which way to go just yet... more to follow...
 
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Heel on good used neck (top) different than stock Epiphone neck (bottom)

Bottom neck pops into pocket and fits like a jigsaw puzzle piece.

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Truss rod hex stripped out...
 
They are too gone to repair, from the photo. Try to crown them but I see new frets in the further.
The older but of no value Fender stuff I buy the low price necks. It doesn't matter from who because the cheap necks all have there own problems. Used necks have the holes already drilled and a match up to the body might be the fight of your life. I replaced frets two times and I don't want to do that again.
 
kevinpaul said:
They are too gone to repair, from the photo. Try to crown them but I see new frets in the further.
The older but of no value Fender stuff I buy the low price necks. It doesn't matter from who because the cheap necks all have there own problems. Used necks have the holes already drilled and a match up to the body might be the fight of your life. I replaced frets two times and I don't want to do that again.
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Nothing I have here has a curved heel...

Step one, use a 10 point bit and see if truss rod will adjust. If I can flatten the neck, then I will level and crown.

I like low frets personally, so we see what happens today...
 
Robert Herndon said:
Local bandleader asked me to salvage this. Frets deeply fluted from years of playing.

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Horrible bridge design...no individual string intonation adjustment, like the early Fender's. Why use these dated parts in modern times???

Haven't decided which way to go just yet... more to follow...
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I'm seeing six individual saddles with six individual saddle adjustment screws. What am I missing, why not individually adjustable?

And not to be a jerk, but these are really cheap guitars. You can buy them on Reverb for like $150.
Epiphone T-310 Telecaster 80's Blonde

Why wouldn't he just buy another if he's willing to put a new neck on the thing? It's gotta be cheaper than parts and labor.
 
Not hard to find decent T types used for a few hundred bucks at most.

I say kill it with fire:
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gball said:
I'm seeing six individual saddles with six individual saddle adjustment screws. What am I missing, why not individually adjustable?

And not to be a jerk, but these are really cheap guitars. You can buy them on Reverb for like $150.
Epiphone T-310 Telecaster 80's Blonde

Why wouldn't he just buy another if he's willing to put a new neck on the thing? It's gotta be cheaper than parts and labor.
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I tend to agree, that guitar has been ridden hard and put up wet too many times.
 
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