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Epiphone Dot The Epiphone Dot is a budget copy of the Gibson ES-335, with which i always associate Larry Carlton (with whom i always associate the solo on "kid charlemagne" from Steely Dan's the royal scam—outstanding). Like a lot cheapies, this one was tranformed from otherwise unremarkable to very playable by means of some attention paid to the setup (which, when i got it, it had none). The 335-type guitars are semi-hollow, having the neck set into a solid block running the length of the body, with laminated arched top / back, making the wings hollow. This yields an entirely different sound than a hollowbody, but can be played at higher volumes without the hollowbody's propensity for feedback. I also prefer their sound to that of solid bodies. Besides dressing the frets, i installed a graphite nut, Sperzel locking tuners, and in a fit of Brian-Setzer-mania replaced the stop-tailpiece with a Bigsby (which i now almost never use—have you tried keeping one of those things in tune? Forget it.) Out of frustration, i also cut a hole in the back plate to afford access to the control cavity, and if you've ever attempted to replace a jack through one of those f-holes, you'll understand why. It's like playing Operation, except with no red buzzing nose and a whole lot more cusswords. I have it set up with pretty heavy strings for an electric (.013-.56), because it sounds so much better. She is like buttah. |
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