Greggo Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 As above, seen one of these in a local music shop (well two in fact - one is satin ones gloss). Didn't have chance to play but will as soon as I can. Anyone got any thoughts or experience on these? I want something with humbuckers on to compliment my other guitar (a squier cv telecaster). I like the fact they are a cleaner looking dot with simpler controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 A friend of mine has an Epiphone Dot and it's plays very nicely - if the Studio's similar it should be a good-un. The only downside was that the pickups were a bit microphonic, so he did end up replacing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I've put a shot up of mine on the guitar porn page and reproduced below. It was stupid cheap at the time - from memory, including a hard case it was under £250.00. Word(s) of warning though, while for the money you get a fairly solid guitar/piece of wood, the stock machines are awful and the pickups lack a bit of clarity. I installed Sperzel locking machines (these just dropped in with minimum fuss) and it also needed a long throw bridge as the original had been set a few mm off, so it never properly intonated. By way of experimentation, I tried a Wilkinson humbucker in the bridge position, which was a definite improvement. I rarely use the neck pickup, so that's still stock (at some stage I may well just remove it completely, which will effectively transform the pickup selector switch into a kill switch). P Edited April 25, 2014 by NancyJohnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Ted nugent used these ( I think ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 [quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1398421989' post='2433899'] I've put a shot up of mine on the guitar porn page and reproduced below. It was stupid cheap at the time - from memory, including a hard case it was under £250.00. Word(s) of warning though, while for the money you get a fairly solid guitar/piece of wood, the stock machines are awful and the pickups lack a bit of clarity. I installed Sperzel locking machines (these just dropped in with minimum fuss) and it also needed a long throw bridge as the original had been set a few mm off, so it never properly intonated. By way of experimentation, I tried a Wilkinson humbucker in the bridge position, which was a definite improvement. I rarely use the neck pickup, so that's still stock (at some stage I may well just remove it completely, which will effectively transform the pickup selector switch into a kill switch). P [/quote] Thanks! that's useful information. I intend on having a good test drive at my local store before deciding whether or not to begin putting a deposit down etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassnut62 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I was hankering after a Dot for a while too and got great advice from Xperience Guitars in Nottingham who do set-up, repair, modification work on my guitars and basses. The best advice I got was to hunt down a Korean Dot made in the Peerless factory, which if I remember right means that the serial number will start with an R or a P. Everyone says get a Korean one, not a Chinese one; but within the Korean ones, quality is not always consistent either and that the factory with highest quality and consistency of work was the Peerless factory. Having got a nice natural Peerless Dot now, I agree with everything said above....great necks and bodies; but bad machinery, nasty pups and cheap nut. I am switching out for Nickel covered Seymour Duncan 59 & JB pups and will have them both coil-tapped and replacing all machinery with quality nickle gear, plus a bone nut. It played great as it was, but sounded poor and didn't stay in tune; now i can't wait to get it back, much improved and up to quality of a good £2k Gibson! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstraker123 Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I've just sold one, it was a lovely looking guitar and really nice to play but I thought the electrics in it were pants so my experience was also in line with everything stated above. Pick one up for cheap and get it upgraded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Bassnut62' timestamp='1398767311' post='2437323'] The best advice I got was to hunt down a Korean Dot made in the Peerless factory, which if I remember right means that the serial number will start with an R or a P. Everyone says get a Korean one, not a Chinese one; but within the Korean ones, quality is not always consistent either and that the factory with highest quality and consistency of work was the Peerless factory. [/quote] Mines an EE serial, which Wikipedia tells me mine was born out of China/QingDao. I know there's a lot of conjecture over far-eastern factories, but to be honest, I don't really buy into it. Decide what you want, play a few of them and haggle if possible. These aren't luthier built products, they're made on a production line like fridges. You're bound to get the odd hooky one, maybe I've just been fortunate. Edited April 30, 2014 by NancyJohnson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt P Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 not played the dot but as a foil to a telecater a 335 style guitar is fantastic, i've got a mex tele and a mid 90's tanglewood cs-2 and between them they cover pretty much everything i need (i do have a couple of superstrats as well but the tele and semi get a fair amount of the use) play as many as you can before handing over the money and don't discount other brands and models, my tanglewood had a price tag of about 500 quid new and i only paid about 220 for it a few years ago, it's a cracking guitar for the money, no mods required. Vintage make some nice examples as well. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassnut62 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 [quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1398847573' post='2438109'] Mines an EE serial, which Wikipedia tells me mine was born out of China/QingDao. I know there's a lot of conjecture over far-eastern factories, but to be honest, I don't really buy into it. Decide what you want, play a few of them and haggle if possible. These aren't luthier built products, they're made on a production line like fridges. You're bound to get the odd hooky one, maybe I've just been fortunate. [/quote] I'm sure you're right about that; the techs I use have just found the Peerless ones to get it right most consistently, in fact almost invariably. I think it is true to say that buyers pay a bit more for the Peerless ones though, which must mean something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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