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#1 igor

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 01:41 PM

Picked up my new Dot Deluxe Flame Top today, beautiful piece of equipment, but I don't know much about the history of "Deluxe Flame Tops". Can anybody fill me in as to the specifics?

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 01:46 PM

igor, on 28 March 2012 - 01:41 PM, said:

Picked up my new Dot Deluxe Flame Top today, beautiful piece of equipment, but I don't know much about the history of "Deluxe Flame Tops". Can anybody fill me in as to the specifics?

What do you need to know? It's a Dot 335 with gold hardware and a flame maple veneer top. Maple body; necks are usually maple, but mahogany is possible.

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 01:54 PM

igor, on 28 March 2012 - 01:41 PM, said:

Picked up my new Dot Deluxe Flame Top today, beautiful piece of equipment, but I don't know much about the history of "Deluxe Flame Tops". Can anybody fill me in as to the specifics?

Congrats on your new Dot !!

These are likely it's basic specs:

Body: maple
Neck: set, maple
Fretboard: rosewood
Frets: 22 medium
Pickups: 2 '57 Classic Alnico humbuckers
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way pickup switch
Hardware: gold
Scale: 24.75"
Nut: 1.68"
Inlay: dot
LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge/stopbar taipiece
Tuners: Grover

Is this what it looks like?

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 02:08 PM

Thanks all, that's it. Please tell me I did good, although it doesn't matter, I'm happy.

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Posted 28 March 2012 - 04:47 PM

Pete.R, on 28 March 2012 - 02:31 PM, said:

You did Good [thumbup]

Yep, you did good! Here is a pic of mine. I installed a Bigsby on a vibramate....
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Posted 28 March 2012 - 07:24 PM

Congrats on the DD Igor, nice pickup, hope you make beautiful music together, HNGD.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:35 PM

Congrats! I love mine.And we need pics...
Here is mine.
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Posted 29 March 2012 - 12:49 PM

These are all sharp looking tops! That Bigsby looks great Snowbum! Hard to see with the angle and glare, but did you use a Vibramate?

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 01:06 PM

igor, on 28 March 2012 - 02:08 PM, said:

Thanks all, that's it. Please tell me I did good, although it doesn't matter, I'm happy.

Excellent choice. I have a few Epi 335's, love 'em.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 05:00 PM

LPDEN, on 29 March 2012 - 12:49 PM, said:

These are all sharp looking tops! That Bigsby looks great Snowbum! Hard to see with the angle and glare, but did you use a Vibramate?

Yes I did use a vibramate. I had a few comments about it not being a B7 but I like it. I also installed a Wilkinson roller bridge, so I have not tuning issues.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 07:57 PM

snowbum007, on 29 March 2012 - 05:00 PM, said:

I also installed a Wilkinson roller bridge, so I have not tuning issues.

Great choice.

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Posted 29 March 2012 - 11:10 PM

snowbum007, on 28 March 2012 - 04:47 PM, said:

Yep, you did good! Here is a pic of mine. I installed a Bigsby on a vibramate....
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Hey - I did the same Bigsby w/adapter thing too. It works pretty good. I also installed a pair of Duncan Alnico II's with p/p coil cuts. Also, the guitar sounds best to me with flatwounds on the bass strings. I think that because the Bigsby setup seemed to brighten the guitar a bit. So the flats tone it down some. Great sounding, versatile guitar.

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 09:34 AM

SpruceTop, on 29 March 2012 - 11:10 PM, said:

How do you like the Alnico II's? I'm not realy fond of the GFS '59 pups in mine and am looking to try something different. I just put a set of Pearly Gates in my Les Paul and I don't want the Dot to sound the same as my LP. Oh, I have a casino so I thought I would keep trying humbuckers and not do a P-90 since I have that covered.

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 11:59 AM

I guess it didn't happen.. :-k

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 12:34 PM

snowbum007, on 30 March 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:

Try a pair of Seymour Duncan Seth's, the most authentic PAF made today. Rich, open, airy tones.

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Posted 30 March 2012 - 07:09 PM

HNGD igor...

But you know what we want:

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Posted 31 March 2012 - 07:03 AM

snowbum007, on 29 March 2012 - 05:00 PM, said:

Yes I did use a vibramate. I had a few comments about it not being a B7 but I like it. I also installed a Wilkinson roller bridge, so I have not tuning issues.

Excellent! You made great upgrade selections! [thumbup]

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Posted 31 March 2012 - 11:28 AM

Working on adding a pic, one step at a time. I'm on the road right now, will get to it in a day or two. Thanks all for the replies, I'm getting excited. Now I just have to learn how to play it, huh?

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Posted 31 March 2012 - 11:42 AM

igor, on 31 March 2012 - 11:28 AM, said:

Now I just have to learn how to play it, huh?

LOL, join the club.

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Posted 01 April 2012 - 11:33 AM

snowbum007, on 30 March 2012 - 09:34 AM, said:

I love the Alnico II's. I had pulled them out of a ESP Xtone to try something different in it. So I had them in a box just waiting for an application. My DOT with those pu's just nail the classic 335 tone - I think. I have a '78 Ibanez Artist 2630 (with a early 70's Gibson neck pu and a Gibson 490T (I believe) to compare to. And many believe, including me, that the early Ibanez's were as good or better than Gibson's of the same era.

Also, I love GFS pu's as well. I have a GFS 59 and Fat PAT combo in a USA double HB Strat. They work great in it. In my experience with the GFS line, the Classic II Alnico 2 might be the best choice if you want to save some $ over the Duncan's. I had a pair in a full hollow Artcore. The dam thing came surprisingly close to the tones of my early 70's ES-175T.