thinking about a sheraton or dot

[alanssaab]

i'm thinking about getting a sherry or a dot but after yesterday i'm in 2 minds . my daughter has an old (early 90's ) hohner se335 , the pots were getting scratchy and the pups were mince , so i decided to do a 50's style wiring job on it and i had a set of epi pups to put in it . so i pulled out all the old stuff , made up me template and got to work ( the pots arrived around noon ) i got it all wired up , no problems there getting those cts pots through the f hole was a bit of a bugger , but i got it all in and mounted up , then nothing but silence it turned out that getting eveything in the pio caps were touching other bits of the pots they shouldn't have been , eventually got it all working and it's sounding a excellent now , but what a load of hassle

so . i'm now wondering if i should get an epi shery or dot , i like my vintage wiring but doing it to these things is murder , i hope i don't get asked to do another one of these soon cheers

Alan

[Sjael]

Get a Lucille, they have a control cover 'round the back like a solid body.

[jcwillow777]

I have a Dot and a Sherry. I love both and both sound different. The Sherry has a brighter tone and the Dot a little mellower tone. The neck on my Sherry has a nice slim profile, which I really like, my Dot has a thicker profile, which I can adjust to fairly easily. The Sherry has more bling and the Dot is more plain. Go try them out and see which ones feels best to you. Personally, I couldn't say no to either one. I got the Sherry first, then the Sot.

 

No guarantees about bad pots or switches on either down the road. Epis aren't known for great electronic parts. I didn't like the stock pickups, some here love them. So I ripped out both guitars and put in new pickups and wiring harnesses on both. No, they aren't easy, but they are doable. Fishing stuff through the f-hole can be a pain, especially if you have to do it more than once. I did because this was my first time on a semi and I learned a few things, what NOT to do next time. If you put quality parts in when you do it though, you shouldn't have to so it again.

[vomer]

Alanssaab, welcome to the "through the f-hole" club! It does get easier, knowing that they will go through the holes the second time takes some of the stress out.

 

If you do get a Sheraton, note the width of the f-holes as some of the Korean ones from a run of a few years, sorry can't tell you the factory, have smaller f-holes which only take mini-pots. I don't know if dots were affected.

 

I prefer Sheratons but that's only my humble opinion.