modula Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Before you tell me to search previous posts, I have done, and can't find anything that really covers what I'm thinking of doing with my dot! Want to upgrade both pickups - really want smooth, warm, fat bottom-ended high gain sounding pickups, but with some good crunch for when I'm overdriven. Really fancy a humbucker sized P90 - thinking about the Seymour Duncan SPH90-1 Phat Cat - and just wondering if anyone has any experience of these in a Dot. Not sure if I should do a pair of these, or maybe a humbucker to go alongside? If only one, is it best in the neck or bridge? Was toying with putting it in the bridge with a jazzy, deep humbucker in the neck...Any guidance would be great as although Seymour Duncan have audio clips of their pickups in each position, clean and overdriven, the sounds are not from a semi-hollowbody... Help much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpach10115 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 I have a set of Phats in one of my LP's. They are ok sounding. Not great in my opinion. IMHO, If money is no object, a set of 57 classics. If you want MORE crunch, use a 57 classic plus in the bridge and a 57 classic on the neck. I have a set of 57's in my sheraton and they sound AWESOME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 IMHO' date=' If money is no object, a set of 57 classics. I have a set of 57's in my sheraton and they sound AWESOME. [/quote'] That blonde Dot you see in my avatar has a set of SD 57 Classics. You will NOT regret it. You will get exactly the sound you are looking for. I can get soft and smooth and I can get high end screaming and low end overdriven crunch and.....well, you know. Just get 'em. My 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fretwired Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I'm currently upgrading my dot and have opted for a Gibson '57 Classic in the neck position and a Classic '57 Plus at the bridge. I've also had a wiring loom made with RS Superpots and Luxe repro caps and am having a Tone Pros Locking Stop Bar and Grover tuners added. It will give me a great guitar for less than half the price of the Gibson version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I put a set of GFS Vintage 59s in my Dot and couldn't be happier. I get all the crunch I need, but a sweet, smooth sound as well when I play clean. The money I saved I used for other things like Grover Green tuners, Bigsby and roller bridge, new knobs and pointers, and all new electronics and wiring. The only thing that is original is the body and neck. I absolutely love it now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumbone Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I upgraded my Sherri with new pots, caps, switch, and jack (from fellow forum member Twang), and the pups with SD Antiquities from a local CL posting. The difference is night and day. Clear, articulate, no more mud, and string resolution that I had never heard before. I'm having a ball adjusting the balance between the neck and bridge pups for different tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpach10115 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Epi's are really well made guitars. The eletronics and PU's SUCK, but the guitars themselves are actually very good. I have been saying this for years. If you rip out the electronics and replace them with quality stuff, you will have a guitar that will be ALMOST the equal of a REGULAR Gibson production model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 I'm currently upgrading my dot and have opted for a Gibson '57 Classic in the neck position and a Classic '57 Plus at the bridge. I've also had a wiring loom made with RS Superpots and Luxe repro caps and am having a Tone Pros Locking Stop Bar and Grover tuners added. It will give me a great guitar for less than half the price of the Gibson version. I also had all of the electronics, pots, switches, etc. changed, and agree with the "great guitar for less than half..." comment as well. Epi guitars, good. Epi electronics, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkrejcik Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Me too! I just got a Dot with a set of VintageVibe CCH ('Charlie Christian' humbucker-size pickups) pickups with push-pulls for series/parallel and in/out of phase. Just getting acquainted with it, but it's tremendously responsive and versatile. Very Tele-middle and Tele-bridge sounds are available, plus a couple big and humbuckery sounds. Then there's the light and jazzy sound they were made for, PLUS the very cool, early-Beatles-Casino sort of huge ringing sound. This is cool, but you have already ordered your wiring loom, so that might be a done deal. Your Dot will still be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figstrum Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I have heard the Hot Rodded set in Epi Dots and they sound good. Seymour Duncan SH-2 and SH-4. You can get them cheaper as a set. Just a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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