lucylacetop Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Hi all, Just finally signed up after months of guest like antisocial behaviour... and yeah thts cos i gotta question lol but i'll stick around.. OK, i have a 2008 Epi LP plus honeyburst which i love, been thinking of upgrading few bits, play blues,classic southern rock anything else that takes my fancy. I love the sound i get outta this with a vox vt15 and a vox ac4tv but i'd love to put some WCR crossroads or classic 57s in. Cos i love BB & Freddie King, i've always fancied a 335 or a Lucille, even though i can coax some sweet blues tone from the LP. Played a Dot in local music shop and like it a lot, not mega blown away but really like it....now i'm stuck!! Do i buy it and have 2 guitars stock, the Dot sounds good but can be better but for £250 in UK its a nice deal, OOORRR do i take the money i'd spend on it and case and get my Gibby pickups,cts pots, new nut and kit out the LP to its full potential. Help me.....please... Or just keep the money and any other upgrade cash and save for a Gibson LP Traditional...??? AARRGGGHHHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28v6r Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 DOT!.....DOT!.....DOT! ......DOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucylacetop Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 i know, i keep edging towards that cheery red goodness of the Dot, until i imagine the LP with vintage tuners new electrics and sweet 57s in it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwhi2001 Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Just to confuse you, how about another option?? Go for the Dot, play it for a couple of months, and if you really like it either keep both guitars stock, or upgrade the Dot instead of the LP. Not much a Dot can't handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twanger Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 This is how I would do it...buy the Dot now (who knows what prices will be like in a few months!) and then upgrade either or both as you get a few more pounds in your pocket. You can make all the plans in the world but sometimes you just have to act on opportunities as they present themselves. Pickups and parts are cheap compared to buying a guitar so if you have the funds now get the guitar and buy the parts later. Yeah, they may be a tad more expensive then but not so much compared to buying another guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucylacetop Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Well , i'm going for the Dot for now thx guys. , "Why replace cheap stock parts with another cheap parts ?" .....hardly call Gibson Classic 57 pickups cheap..110 pound each nor Gotoh or CTS upgrades...but i get the idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Well ' date=' i'm going for the Dot for now thx guys. [/quote'] Good choice. You'll get much more enjoyment out of having a second guitar with different tonal options to your LP, knowing that both can be upgraded at a later stage. IMO changing pickups will make a lot more of a difference than upgrading pots/caps/wiring. Also, do your tuners and nut work well at the moment? If so, don't change them as a priority. And, if you do swap out your electronics later, you'll still have your high end pups to connect up with them. IMO the main problem pickup wise for muddiness is the stock HOTCH bridge in Les Pauls. Epi LPs do have their version of '57s in the neck which is not too bad at all. Dots have Epi's '57s in both neck and bridge. So, you could just buy one Gibson '57 for now to put in the LP bridge and then replace the others in both the LP and the dot when you have some more cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedadude Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 i bought a 2009 american deluxe stratocaster sometime back and absolutly love it but couple weeks ago i bought a brand new dot korean made natural finish on body and.. i play the dot alot more than i play the strat i run straghit thru (or, sometimes a compressor) a fender deluxe reverb tube amp. as i told my girlfriend last nite as i was playing for her i loooove my dot lol. (b.t.w....i wanted a red one too but they were out and i was not walking out of store without a dot. this finish is just as nice as the red one) enjoy !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 as i told my girlfriend last nite as i was playing for her i loooove my dot lol. How is your ex-girlfriend, Dave? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smips65 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 How is your ex-girlfriend' date=' Dave?[/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davedadude Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 she came back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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