• From: Nottingham, UK
  • Registered: 2006-08-08
  • Posts: 690

Topic: .

Yep today I was in a guitar shop and tried out an epiphone dot. Not bad but no epiphany either. good jazzy sound but not much rock and raunch from the bass strings. Nice action for barre shuffles but I've a feeling the C shaped neck might tire my grip. Plug going into the top of the body was a bit odd too (assistant had a warning about that, maybe someone had stood on the cable and ripped a plug out socket and all!). Pickup switch felt a bit cheap/insubstantial and dials were a bit plasticy. Not bad but don't feel a tug pulling me back to buy it.

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  • From: Bellevue, WA
  • Registered: 2006-06-15
  • Posts: 3,336

Re: .

It's not the Gibson, but I love my Dot.  You've put a pretty accurate review, I think.   I get good tone out of my bass strings, though.  You're not going to get a growly crunchy sound out of it, regardless.  The ES-335 on which it's modeled doesn't give you that, either.  It's supposed to be more of a blues/jazz axe than a grider's tool.

I'm going to restring mine with some heavier .12 guage strings, and see if I can't fatten up the top end a little.

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