Mark's red Epiphone G400

[manoverboard21]

I saw Third Day last weekend in Poughkeepsie. Mark sounded amazing and did a great job filling in the guitars. His PRS' sound amazing but I miss his red Epiphone SG. Was that stock or did he ever have the pickups changed out?? I'm looking for new pickups in mine and I'm curious.

[E. Blues Gomer]

can't say for sure but I would think he pulled a Brad and swapped the pickups for Gibson pickups. and Probably changed most of the hardware to hand the rigorous Touring schedule.

[BigDaddy]

A bit off-topic, but I just saw them in Ohio and thought that Mark rocked! I loved his sound.

[manoverboard21]

Yeah, Mark definitely fills in the leadwork nicely and I find it clever that he uses a 12 string to get the 2 guitars sound. Still wondering if he upgraded the pickups and electronics in his Epiphone.

[MarkLee]

Yeah, Mark definitely fills in the leadwork nicely and I find it clever that he uses a 12 string to get the 2 guitars sound. Still wondering if he upgraded the pickups and electronics in his Epiphone.

Yes, in the red G400 I replaced the pickups with Gibson classic '57's. Also, as E Blues suspected, I switched out the hardware (Grover tuners, etc.).

The stock Epiphone pickups are decent, if you want to go that route. Not quite as "live" sounding as the Gibsons but quite workable. I kept them in the Korina SG (not sure if that's in the Offerings video or not) and they sounded pretty slammin...

On a side note, thanks for the encouraging comments!

[HPE89]

Hey cool! It's always GREAT to hear from one of "the guys"!! :D
God bless you Mark! :)

[manoverboard21]

Awesome!! Thanks so much Mark, I'm gonna pickup a set of 57's. God bless you!