longboarder Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hello I own an epi dot and am considering changing the pups for some a bit brighter. Any recomendations? DP's 191 191 211 212? thank you#-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Go to the epiphone forums, they are very knowledgeable on epi info over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 If you like the sound of the pickups but want more brightness then change the Volume potentiomenters from the stock 300k to 500k. If you are looking for a complete change of tone then probably saying what kind of music you play would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I feel I came off kinda strong. Let me rephrase: At the epi forums, there are tons of people that have modded their epiphones, and are very willing to share their experiences. You might want to take a check over there. But as Stiffhand said, if you shared what music you are playing, we might be able to help better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboarder Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Cant find any Epiphone furums. I play mostly Rock and blues but would like a brighter sound Do you recommend changing the volume pots or the tone pots? thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Cant find any Epiphone furums. I play mostly Rock and blues but would like a brighter sound Do you recommend changing the volume pots or the tone pots? thank you Here's the front door to the Epi forums. Sorry it's so confusing' date=' don't know why it's like that. You'll get advice in here but a LOT more expertise with your Epi over "there". Best of luck with your tone-quest. And welcome to our forums. http://forums.epiphone.com/default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 I feel I came off kinda strong. Let me rephrase: At the epi forums' date=' there are tons of people that have modded their epiphones, and are very willing to share their experiences. You might want to take a check over there. But as Stiffhand said, if you shared what music you are playing, we might be able to help better.[/quote'] Yeah you hard ***! :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Yeah you hard ***! :- Lol, I just told him to bug off pretty much and go to the epi forums... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Do you recommend changing the volume pots or the tone pots? thank you The tone pots are already 500K' date=' the volume pots most likely are 300K stock, changing them to 500k will brighten and clear the sound a bit. If you do not dislike the current pickups then changing pots is a lot cheaper. Epis unfortunately come with very low grade potentiometers, perhaps Alpha (brand)made specially for them at lower price/quality (Alpha pots can be good). One thing to notice is that import pots have different number of grooves on the shaft so your knobs may not fit USA made pots, only imports. I recently bought an Alpha pot for the same reason, that I would not have to change knobs and while the pot is built with light materials the taper and feel are really good, very smooth. In short if you upgrade only the volume pots aftermarket Alpha's is not a bad idea, if you replace all pots knowing that you [i']may[/i] have to replace knobs then go with good quality CTS pots. More expensive but worth it. An even after that if you still do not like the pickups then any other pickups you buy will benefit from the better pots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Lol' date=' I just told him to bug off pretty much and go to the epi forums... :- [/quote'] We knew you didn't mean it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 We knew you didn't mean it that way. I just wanted to make sure he knew. Don't want to scare away any of the n00bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longboarder Posted March 3, 2010 Author Share Posted March 3, 2010 Thanks for your reply Stiffhand Sounds like good advice. I'll look into it before replacing the pups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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