Epiphone ET 276 Wilshire guitar Made in Japan

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[@roytofilovski9530]

That guitar deserved to live. Great job again Dave!

[@JohnBodoni]

Time is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it unrolls.

[@myke104uk]

Heavy, but sadly true! Made me chuckle though :)

[@triplesevensix291]

So true John. All the best for the new year man.

[@fw1421]

John Bodoni so very correct!🤔🤔🤔

[@RickP654]

Dave, I believe you are the best crap man around. You can take a guitar that is crap and turn it into a real playable guitar. You are the best. Keep up the good work.

[@joemeyer6876]

This was one of your better videos, very thorough, covered all the bases. On a 48 year old guitar.

[@Boston.Patriot]

That seems like a decent old guitar, nice job bringing it back to life.

[@rogercardenas111]

You sir are a guitar surgeon that's what you are. You bring back guitars to life. Much respect too all the guitar bass techs/ luthiers. thanks 👷🍺🍻🥂🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@sailormike1089]

yup, thats what I did. Just replaced the cheesy tuners with Kluson vintage and replaced the compensated wrap around saddle with individual saddle adjustment bridge on my Epip LP Junior. Every string is now perfectly intonated.

[@markginimalanaphy8963]

Believe it or not I had that same guitar back in the 70's, same color and everything,,,,loved it

[@Weird_Old_Uncle_Kenny]

My very first decent electric guitar was an original 1966 Epiphone Wilshire with mini humbuckers. It had a set neck and a very thin solid mahogany body. "Batwing" headstock. Mine broke at the neck joint twice while I owned it. Besides that, when it was fixed, that guitar had the most incredible feel and sounds. It sounded very much like Page's Telecaster on the first Zeppelin album thru my Randall solid state amp!

[@derek-press]

she had a lovely tone

[@caloss2]

As our experience of time grows longer, we experience time faster. But somehow everything else takes longer to do lol ;)

[@johnhackley1626]

No matter where you go, turn around, and there you are!

[@toobmaniac]

Caloss2 Gaming Mathematically that is untrue.. We all know a day is a day , a 24 hour period.. The younger we are the faster we age and as we get older we age slower and slower....A newborn baby one day old , come back the next day and the baby is two days old..It has literally doubled it's age overnight..A ten year old sibling in the house in the same 24 hour period has aged 1/3650 while the baby doubled it's age

[@leehodge2415]

@@toobmaniac try saying that without drugs or alcohol.

[@toobmaniac]

@@leehodge2415 I don't talk to myself.. I typed it sober in reply to the "as we age we experience time faster" comment and it does seem that way. I get it that my comment has nothing to do with time passing faster as we age but mathematically based on percentages says we absolutely age slower as our age progresses.. Citing that a one day old baby will DOUBLE it's age in just the next 24 hours and a 10 year old would take ten years to double it's age and is exponentially slowing down with age as is the baby's aging process.. You won't grasp it if you have problems with percentages..Otherwise you're just a Troll..lol

[@leehodge2415]

@@toobmaniac thx

[@DBCisco]

That one is from the Matsumoku factory. One of the best ghost builders ever.

[@tallthinkev]

@ The first number will give you the year of production

[@droogii1142]

I actually like the look of the guitar.

[@maxpuppy96]

Johnny Winter played one of them before he went to Firebirds, he actually had a 12 string Wilshire too.

[@TheFULLMETALCHEF]

Looking forward to the studio sessions and new music.

[@jamesvaneck6365]

I've learned a lot from you Dave Thank you

[@henryhunter5026]

Nice job! I’ve got an old glittery Aria guitar with a funny shaped body that has the same neck fixing arrangement. Like your guitar the neck extends into the pickup cavity and needs different screw lengths. The idea seems to work well and with the tight neck socket the guitar sounds and feels like a set neck instrument.

[@hupur]

Merry Christmas

[@SionynJones]

Well you where right Dave big changes indeed a pandemic and Epiphone reissuing the Wilshire. Hoping all is okay with you and all the best for 2022.

[@russianbot2397]

1970's im guessing. I kind of want one as a knock around. Nice vintage i wouldn't be afraid of playing the piss out of or knicking up. Merry Christmas man!

[@DBCisco]

Love the older Epis when they still had full Gibson headstocks.

[@DBCisco]

@Malchik Blue Not sure exactly but is was following the "lawsuit years" (not actually lawsuits but rather desist letters) Gibson marketing decided to 'cut the ears off' Epiphone electric guitars. At the same time they turned the 'open book' headstock into 'camel humps' on Epi acoustics. It may have been following their own 'advice' or to distance themselves from their daughter brand.

[@kscotthoy]

There is usually a good selection of MIJ Epiphones with the Gibson shaped headstock on Ebay. I'm wanting to say that the ones I was looking at the other day (Les Pauls) were '80s and '90s vintages.

[@DBCisco]

@@kscotthoyThe Epiphone electric guitars stopped using the Gibson headstock in 1989 except for Japan only sales. I think the Acoustics are the same.

[@ejtakach]

Good to se you working on a tougher project for a change.

[@mikenmelissagowen7773]

Love The OLD Guitar Reworks.

[@nobodyknows4590]

That was the first electric guitar I owned. Cool. And I'm not angry about your bigoted views towards my faith either. You are free to think what you want, just like I'm free to pray the best for you and yours. You're a good egg, Dave.

[@gabiotta]

I had that exact guitar in the early 90's. The dealer called it a Coronet, but now I know different. Thanks.

[@johngeddes7894]

The Coronet was one single pickup.

[@SteveIrwinDOA]

I have one of these ET-276's and it's great, if touchy in its intonation. What makes it so much better than a Coronet is that it's 300 bucks.

[@shadowsong1]

not religious either....but there's nothing wrong with gathering with loved ones and remembering to unselfish with either other.

[@shadowsong1]

@@DavesWorldofFunStuff agreed!!

[@overthewaterx2]

don't see the sense in making an issue of it when we are talking guitars, why alienate some people?@@DavesWorldofFunStuff

[@altoid8450]

@@overthewaterx2 cuz it's his channel and he can talk however he wants. He's not telling anyone how to think, just saying how he thinks. You can agree and keep watching, disagree and keep watching, or go watch something else. We're all different. I want to hear who someone is, and what they've got to say. Agree or disagree.

[@toobmaniac]

I had an Epiphone Wilshire about 35 years ago , best playing guitar i ever had..The neck was amazing..

[@rexrobards7407]

The original Epiphone company did not make any solid-body guitars. Gibson invented this model and made them at the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, with a set neck. On the Gibson originals, the neck and body were made of mahogany on the same line that made the SG models, but the original pickups on the Wilshire were mini-humbuckers, a pickup that Gibson invented to fit the pickup surrounds of actual Epiphone guitars. These Japanese contraptions were, of course, not made by Gibson, but by some contract company in J-pan.

[@toobmaniac]

@@rexrobards7407 mine was a set neck and had a strange bridge with rollers and either plastic or bone adjustable saddles , i guess it was a tremolo without the bar !

[@johngeddes7894]

And batwing headstock with tuners all on one side.

[@toobmaniac]

@@johngeddes7894 Mine was a traditional headstock with 3 tuners on each side..I can't believe i sold that guitar for 75 bucks..It reminded me of the 1964 Gretsch Corvette i still own today ..I was partial towards it at the time even though it had just a bridge pickup and an odd floating bridge and a small reversed fender looking headstock with 4 tuners on the bottom side and two on top ..Its a good guitar and you can still get them for 400-500 dollars today baseball bat neck with a nearly flat radius

[@johngeddes7894]

Must be an offshore model. There is one on ebay right now, a 1965 Wilshire with a batwing headstock and 6 in a line tuners. A guy I went to high school with played one. Nice guitar.

[@BenCoombs]

Thanks again for all your vids Dave!! Cheers!!

[@myke104uk]

Dave man I have learnt so much from your videos and do all my set up stuff to my guitars now (and many friends as well) because of them. This one really stuck out though. Awesome job! Good luck with the 2019 project, I'm looking forward to seeing what you get upto. Oh, and Happy Christmas :)

[@leehodge2415]

i was on patreon for quite a while, wife quit that tho. i got several stickers, and bought penny black. maybe start making your own pickups or straps. take care buddy, love your channel, and been here since 3k subs.

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

Always wanted one of these. It has this slightly odd, but charming look to it.

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

Also, you should call your new channel, "Dave's World of Stunning Fluff"...

[@Ben_Mdws]

Great work - really enjoyed this one.

[@kravensoda6038]

I see you had to roll with the punches to get to what is real, just like Dave said. Cheers Man! & looking forward to the new channel.

[@ericcross7863]

Amazing to watch you work

[@staalhaar]

Merry X mas and a Happy new year....Greatings from Copenhagen Denmark

[@cjcar63]

Nice vintage guitar. Save it Dave!

[@dankress8228]

Did anyone else catch the Marks Brothers reference - “everybody knows there ain’t no Sanity Clause?” Priceless!

[@rodlepine233]

i think the the sunk holes in the neck are for the pickup screw pole s on some of the cheap humbuckers the screw pole pieces are sometimes long

[@jamesbrotherton3577]

Awesome job Dave.

[@huskvarsm]

I think Wayne Kramer played one on German TV with the MC5 you know kick out the jams and ramblin rose.

[@offbeatbassgear]

There was a similar looking US-made Epiphone from the mid-sixties that I saw in Vintage Guitar a few months ago. Seems to have been a pretty versatile guitar, for its day.

[@mrlongtree]

I like it, great looking oldie guitar.

[@mark-wh2qc]

Daves been Listening to Dave..

[@GenericSpace]

I have an ET-290. They have thin bodies and as a result their neck pockets suffer. When I got it, mine needed a shim pretty bad just like this one.

[@johndickens7847]

Really cool guitar. Looked like fun to work on as well, lots of interesting things.

[@delinquentdesign]

God bless you Dave!

[@SgtSteel1]

Great work.

[@danielcastillo1225]

Amazing talent Sir on the guitar, avoid talking religion and politics Buddy, keep up the good work

[@mooseteets]

schaller sigma should be a drop in replacement for a gibson wraparound spec bridge, and that has adjustable saddles, what i have done in the past for chewed up necks like this one, is put in the threaded inserts after dowling the neck and letting that glue dry, then use bolts to attach the neck, the length of the screws is not really an issue then as long as the threads can bite into the inserts.

[@onpsxmember]

bridge on the deck, cool old guitar, neck problems....that's gonna be a great video. I'll get some snacks. The partially adjustable wraparound bridge is from gotoh/wilkinson.

[@teeKeri]

Happy holidays Dave !

[@MusicMike939]

Love that guitar. I would like one just like it.

[@chrisf6216]

7:57 LOL Best tip of the year! Cheers! PS Dave, your song "Everything" *is* everything. Not sure if that was the hit tune for you and the boys, but that song is incredible, better than it's production, and should be re-engineered/mixed and shared/sold to the masses. My $0.02

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Similar to what Wayne Kramer played in the 60s. Guessing this is early 70s.

[@iwginc2877]

The easy way to take care of the cut off screws is to use a good screw as a tap for the cut off screw holes.

[@CowboyStag]

I enjoyed this episode

[@budandbean1]

That guitar looks ready to play slide on! Just add Slide. Sleestax are cool!

[@Stratsafact]

That lightning bolt bridge looks like the G string is intonated for a a flat wound or wound string.

[@jonreynolds6248]

I may get digitally stoned for this but I always thought those old Wilshires were kinda cool. Neat little diversion from all the Jazzmasters out there on the Indie circuit. I don't know much about them though. I just like different stuff like that....

[@rickallen6378]

Excellent.

[@TheLocalZeroChannel]

Gonna say it again, some more. Keep talking whatever damn politics or religion you feel like. Or not. Just keep being Dave, sir. Love and good will to all.

[@garyheighway7635]

I like the guitar. Upgrade the bridge put some Grover's in it and a new nut.

[@markginimalanaphy8963]

Where did you find that guitar. That is the same guitar I used playing in the Hudson Valley area in NY back in the late ‘70s and early’80s I am looking for one to restore myself

[@alanscharrer5255]

When testing fret height for neck straightness, why do you put a capo at the first fret?

[@senoramoeba]

Measuring neck relief. The capo simply frets the strings at the 1st fret. If you don't, the tiny difference of height at the nut will screw up the measurement. With the guitar in playing position (because gravity will also screw up the reading), fret the last fret of the low E string and use a feeler gauge to measure the clearance from the bottom of the string to the top of the fret closest to the midpoint. Ten thousandths of an inch is a generally desirable result but it can range from almost flat to over twenty thousandths depending upon player preference.

[@morikenzou]

hey Dave! So, I'm building a Wilshire myself. Unfortunately, everywere I search, there's only glued necks specs. Do you know the neame of this kinda long tenon bolt on neck?

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

_Almost_ a Steve Marriott guitar (it was a Coronet Dwight). Pretty similar body shape though...

[@jimsuber6784]

Originally it was a Kalamazoo Epiphone model. They were nice guitars in the 60s

[@s76fitz]

Those kalamazoo gLued-in necks would BREAK off . BEWARE .

[@SeanKerns]

Sweet guitar. I've never seen inside one of these before. I wonder if all the extra cutting and holes in the neck pocket are because of the pickup. Looks like there wasn't enough room for the poles to clear.

[@sewing1243]

Dave, do you have a preferred wood for your dowel rods or are they just generic purchased from any old hardware store?

[@spblat]

“Down the hole he goes.” 😂 Did you know the excitement you would cause with that? They tried to brainwash my dad into that stuff. Didn’t take in his case and I was spared it. Thanks for these great videos and here’s to an exciting ‘19 for you!

[@wesleywhite9782]

I dig it

[@smoluk1]

DAVE= Miracle worker! wow!

[@Sid-np3hf]

Should have just used the full length screw to start the short screw holes and then use the short screws in the short hole

[@jefferywarburton2116]

it looks an enteresting dingle box how come i cant get that downtown lol

[@MrMikepresley]

I see my Gibson J200 '58 Reissue in the background, I miss my guitar :( but it needs a setup.

[@2na-phish]

religion and politics are best left out of the guitar repair business IMO, but you what they say about opinions....everybody has one :-) cheers and a happy holiday season to all.

[@onpsxmember]

Indeed, no place for that when there is so much guitar religion to go around. I'm glad the tone wood wars calmed down a bit.

[@profile1251]

Yea and they all stink!

[@OldPeepaw]

Life is politics. If politics don't affect you, you've got this rad thing called privilege. Republicans finally have some woes to relate to the regular people.

[@tdkrei]

Wondering if those pickups are the real Humbucker, I really like the sound of that guitar, both pickups. Nice job Dave.

[@onpsxmember]

The pickups are often the Achilles' heel of older Japanese guitars, often the first thing to be replaced. It's hard to find some with the original pickups and wiring.

[@hammdinner1359]

@@onpsxmember I have one of these. I like the pickups, which sound a lot like the stock pickups on my 2016 Gibson SG Standard but a bit brighter at certain settings. The instrument is well broken in, being almost 50 years old, and the frets are low and smooth. The bolt-on neck is quite pliable in a good way, which makes playing the guitar fun. Mine has the same relicing of the fretboard. It feels so comfortable. One-piece mahogany body with a lovely grain. It's an elegant guitar. I bought it about 22 years ago for $300.

[@1961jscofield]

I love the holidays too, @Dave's World of Fun Stuff . Especially the part where we shake a stick in the hole & if the Baby Jesus Bunny sees his own shadow, we get 6 more weeks of winter. Epic.

[@Smegness]

Hey - Didn't Steve Stevens and Billy Idol play these puppies back in the 80's ??? always liked the look of them - I think they could use a tune-o-matic bridge type of thing.

[@theonerod1]

The guitar player in my first band ever had one of those models. His was all blond maple. I couldn't tell you what the pickups really sounded like because I only heard his guitar through buzzsaw super-saturated distorted short circuit sounding effects. What are you going to do?

[@johnparsons661]

Thought it would get a wound G with that bridge.

[@roamershaker]

you should have just screwed in the pointy ones first then change to blunt screws ??

[@briano.5746]

Hey , I like fun stuff !

[@garywordsworth9302]

Epiphone Wilshire , how very Steve Marriott / Humble Pie

[@bobmarley5551]

i have an old ea 225 Japanese epiphone had to shim the neck twice lol

[@yettielusive3370]

Dave, it's better translated as the Holy Spirit. May God bless you and your family. :)

[@kscotthoy]

Yetti Elusive He clearly stated that he's not a believer. How about you show some respect and don't do that.

[@yettielusive3370]

@@kscotthoy - Was meant in kindness, and no disrespect.

[@mikecabral1579]

In my view Dave is a good man I’m a believer and that’s right for me. I have respect for what Dave thinks is right for him. Getting the good man part is the most important thing. I have been watching Dave for years and he is a thoughtful and caring person. “Be good to each other” at the end of most videos. The Golden Rule. The rest of it gets sorted out after we pass on. Being a good man gets you through the gate. Merry Christmas Dave and everyone.

[@glennhynes5263]

@@mikecabral1579 We are NOT good. Neither is Dave. Rejecting God's plan for redemption gets you through nothing. If you are a believer you know that.

[@mikecabral1579]

Glenn Hynes Hi Glenn: Well I really don’t want to start anything here. I may understand things different than you do. Trying to explain doctrine in KZbin comments is just not the right setting in my view. So I just want to say Merry Christmas brother and may God Bless you.

[@leeh.4453]

Key of J

[@bobcorrin5886]

Dave Received your coffee mug in the mail today. Ha' I'm the idiot Who possibly got the last one !!! No sugar tonite in my coffee. I'm saving it for Rum and Eggnog over the holidays!! Thanks and have a great Santamas Cheers Bob

[@WoodesosGuitarMods]

Jesus Fuckin Christ, that was a good video Dave! ;-)

[@willford8475]

No Santa Claus? WHAAAAAAAYYYY! 😭😭😭

[@Lex52]

22:50 Does anybody know what it even means? Does it really matter? A new insight in life in my senior years Thanks Dave!

[@DrDanglersKarateMaster]

That's a purdy guitar.

[@woodyh4650]

The only kind of “relicing” I like. Earned...

[@mattrogers1946]

The fretboard's been dyed, color had just been rubbed off.

[@c5back9]

What is key to brainwashing?

[@Robstafarian]

Pigtail makes an intonatable wraparound bridge.

[@jeromefreer1258]

Bad ass makes a nice intonatable bridge too.

[@Robstafarian]

Thanks for adding that. I only ever needed one, and I bought a Pigtail.

[@hastyberford]

Careful Dave people are very easily triggered these days. Nice work on the guitar.

[@Aenima308]

Have you ever fucked something up so badly you had to pay for a new guitar for the customer?

[@Headwind-1]

whooooo I agree with Dave. . .it was a Pagan festival in the first place, I like Pagan!

[@TomTobin67]

That's an early 70s Epi.