JayP Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Greetings! I'm new to this place and I'm also the proud owner of a brand new Dot Studio (Wine Red Burst) I totally love this guitar and I'm still amazed at its price/quality! My scene is jazz and I'd like to put some heavier, flatwound strings to it, maybe some 0.012 to 0.052, but I'm not sure if this neck can handle that extra tension... anyone here with experience with heavier strings on this guitar? (and do you know by any chance what strings this guitar ships with?) Thanks and happy playing, everyone Joao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumbone Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 JayP, welcome to the forum! According to Epiphone the Dot Studio ships with 10's, which is what I use on my Sherri. I don't know if it would do any harm putting 12's on it, but most certainly would require a truss rod and bridge adjustment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icantbuyafender Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 yeah, My LP ultra uses 10's but i got the itch to try Ernie Ball Slinky .11's on her to work my fingers out. Whole setup on the bridge and neck was needed for the tension-- to keep good action anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggy Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 My Dot Studio runs 11's with a 52 and a 56 at the bottom and set up straight out of the box (in fact much better than with the 10's it came with so says a lot about the factory setups!) Only thing I needed to do was clean the nut a little by adding some pencil lead dust to the slots and using short lengths of each guage string as a file. It will handle 12's with not probs - just maybe need to tweak the truss rod and saddles and clean/lube the slots in the nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayP Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Thanks for welcome and advice, Gents Sounds good, then! One other question if I may ... any good guide/tutorial around here on the truss rod adjustment? I did it on my other guitar (Washburn J-6, L-5 style) but with this new baby I'm feeling more self-conscious I may end up odering another one :) I'd love to have it with a Charlie Christian pickup!) Thanks again! Joao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbbysB4Epis Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 any good guide/tutorial around here on the truss rod adjustment? I did it on my other guitar (Washburn J-6' date=' L-5 style) but with this new baby I'm feeling more self-conscious [/quote'] Hi JayP welcome to the Forum. This clip should help you out. [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_n6bH61p6E[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayP Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Thanks, Ibby That was helpful and I'll try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gearhead Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 That video was cool but didn't give much specifics. I posted some info a while back that has always worked for me, I've never let some one else set up any of my guitars. Here's the link: E-Series SG Bully set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsmith3 Posted February 22, 2010 Share Posted February 22, 2010 I found this web site to be helpful Gibson Guitar Setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayP Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 Thanks, RD! That was great too 8-) Thursday will be the day - need to buy the new strings. All together I think this will be a good reference! JayP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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