I've been searching for an epiphone dot or similar semi-hollow body. Came across one in pieces on Craigslist with Gibson USA 490r/t pickups. I had an old beat up epiphone hummingbird acoustic (without electronics) that he was interested in. We did a straight trade. Turns out the pickup wiring was a wreck. In fact, the pots were covered in solder. It would ground out when put in the body. I had to remove the wrapping and rewire things.
Once I got it all put together I realized the pickups were out of phase. So I flipped the magnet and now have a very sweet semi hollow. I had a Washburn Wes Montgomery years ago and was never happy with the pups. These 490r/t sound great. Very happy!
Also in the deal: Pedaltrain Pt-1, set of Lace Sensor Blue/Silver/Red, and a brand new hards shell case for the Dot.
Couldn't be happier!(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/03/y3u2a6yt.jpg)
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Nice score!
Nice score indeed! I have one almost exactly like it with a JB in the bridge and an SH-2N Jazz in the neck. Decent pickups make a huge difference in those guitars!
Yeah, it exceeded my expectations. I played it in church on Sunday and had an old lady tell me my tone rocked (in her own words:) Never had a senior adult comment on my sound, much less a woman;) .... Wait a minute, maybe that's a bad thing!
Dots are great guitars. With a little tweaking they are nice sounding workhorses. Great job on the rewiring ;)
Yeah, I love mine. I put a set of Sheptone PAFs in there, and it's perhaps one of the coolest sounds I've got. Play with a little gain and you can get it really singing.
Jacob
Just looked those pups up Jacob. Guy making them sounds meticulous. I bet the pickups do as well.