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Looks OK to me, but I'm guessing you won't get to try before you buy?
that's always too bad, because pictures don't tell 1/2 the story.
but hey, it's a lefty Dot ! what could possibly go wrong . . .
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01-27-2017 06:30 PM
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You can get a new one with case for $285.
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Let's look at it this way: how bad would it be if it's a Chinese copy of a guitar that's already a Chinese copy of another guitar? I don't think I would worry.
I only think the price is a bit on the high side for a used instrument, but left handed guitars usually go for a little more.
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Originally Posted by GNAPPI
Lol
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Originally Posted by little jay
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Originally Posted by jazzbow
Nuff said :-)
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I can't completely agree. It takes two hands to play a guitar, and both hold parts of the music and tone. So the music is in both hands, not just the left.
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
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I can see someone counterfeiting an early D'Angelico, or even a Gibson, but an Epi Dot? The counterfeiting effort would cost more than the guitar could be sold for. It's pointless. You never see counterfeit one dollar bills.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
Anyway I think I was overworrying this...
Thanks for all.Last edited by Gabor; 01-30-2017 at 09:03 AM.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
Epi Les Paul fakes are out there and not hard to find. Not surpringing to see a suspect Dot.
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Originally Posted by Archtop Bill
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
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Originally Posted by Archtop Bill
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Originally Posted by GNAPPI
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My understanding of Asian counterfeiting is this...
Big western company wants cheaper manufactured product.
Pays money to set up manufacturing plant with CNC tooling as staffing costs and readily available materials easily sourced locally.
New facility churns out X amount of product.
Contract ends and its financially cheaper to leave CNC tooling behind.
Asian company makes own brand with same shape and dimensions but with cheaper materials.
This is why Fender and Gibson have their own factories in Asia. One could also argue that some western branded instruments have wood components that are made overseas and then put together in the west. (Hagstrom and Horner come to mind)
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I'm new to the dot. Can't figure out the volume pots. Tell me if this is how they should work please.........When the switch is in the middle, if I have both volumes turned down..... If I bring up the bottom volume I get level....... If I turn that pot down..... And raise the top pot I get no volume until I bring the bottom pot back up...... Then both pots effect the level???
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I bought a Korean dot from a band mate and he put JB pups in there. Sounds great. Punches above its weight for the price. Its about 10 years old I think. Maybe I got lucky.
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Originally Posted by hairyhatman
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Originally Posted by Noisy
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Originally Posted by Timo
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I always found the same priced Ibanez semihollows to be a level above Epiphone dot in sound, quality, and playability.
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Within those 8 years, Epiphone has REALLY upped their game. So much competition today, as seen at NAMM 2020. Their guitars, the tone woods, construction, and hardware + electronics are leaps and bounds ahead of what they used to supply. I know, I have always shopped and tried them, having owned some old Epi's and Gibsons, I wanted to like them, and wished for their success. But my newest EPI, the 335 Pro (Limited Edition?) is just killer. Played on the gig yesterday (all stock) and with a Princeton Reverb, a Boss '59 Bassman pedal, I thought I was playing a beefy sounding Les Paul with tremendous lower mids, and singing sustaining highs.
Just one wonderful experience with this guitar!. And it's versatile. On sale at MF!!!! I may buy a backup.
Strings comparable to TI Bensons without the...
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