Hi Guys
QUICK HISTORY:
Bought a Hohner Rockwood LX250G made in Korea a few years ago. Good body, neck etc. Some good hardware, some cheap. Modifications and experimentation ensued and resulted in the following (from top to bottom)
1) replaced cheap no-name tuners with Grover Rotomatics
2) replaced plastic nut with Graph Tech Tusq nut
3) replaced no-name (quick wearing!) tune-o-matic bridge with high quality roller bridge
4) replaced wiring completely incl upgrade to "full boat" configuration with 4x push-pull pots
5) installed copper shielding
6) Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz pups to be installed soon (currently has Epiphone pups installed as interim solution)
THE BURNING QUESTION:
Once all the technical tinkering and messing about has been completed, I intend to do a full and proper repaint, probably in a different colour and/or with graphics etc to better suit my personal style and taste. For a number of reasons, I am thinking about re-branding the guitar to something else... So my options as I currently see them are something like this, please let me know what you think:
1) Leave it as it is "Rockwood by Hohner, LX250G"
2) Brand it as a Gibson-knockoff, humorous, something like "Gibsum Les Paul"
3) Brand it as a Epiphone-knockoff, humorous, something like "Epiphany Les Paul"
4) Create my own brand name... Pauw Guitars or something, suggestions welcome
Any and all thoughts welcome!
QUICK HISTORY:
Bought a Hohner Rockwood LX250G made in Korea a few years ago. Good body, neck etc. Some good hardware, some cheap. Modifications and experimentation ensued and resulted in the following (from top to bottom)
1) replaced cheap no-name tuners with Grover Rotomatics
2) replaced plastic nut with Graph Tech Tusq nut
3) replaced no-name (quick wearing!) tune-o-matic bridge with high quality roller bridge
4) replaced wiring completely incl upgrade to "full boat" configuration with 4x push-pull pots
5) installed copper shielding
6) Seymour Duncan JB and Jazz pups to be installed soon (currently has Epiphone pups installed as interim solution)
THE BURNING QUESTION:
Once all the technical tinkering and messing about has been completed, I intend to do a full and proper repaint, probably in a different colour and/or with graphics etc to better suit my personal style and taste. For a number of reasons, I am thinking about re-branding the guitar to something else... So my options as I currently see them are something like this, please let me know what you think:
1) Leave it as it is "Rockwood by Hohner, LX250G"
2) Brand it as a Gibson-knockoff, humorous, something like "Gibsum Les Paul"
3) Brand it as a Epiphone-knockoff, humorous, something like "Epiphany Les Paul"
4) Create my own brand name... Pauw Guitars or something, suggestions welcome
Any and all thoughts welcome!