I have an epiphone dot, one of the newer blue/green ones, I bought it brand new in the fall of 2018. It has their alnico classic combo. Honestly, don't have any real gripes about the pickups, I think they are fine. However, I happen to have some duncans sitting around. I have a jazz neck and an alnico ii pro bridge. I'm familiar with the jazz neck and like it in general. The Alnico 2 pro I bought for a different project that didn't materialize. I'm assuming that a swap from the epis would be for the better, but maybe not. considering that it's a semi hollow, with only f hole access, I'm inclined to replace the pots, switch etc. Supposedly the components on this guitar are okay quality, and they seem to work fine. so my questions are these:
1. do y'all think the pot/switch upgrades would be worth it? anyone switched out the "newer, better" epiphone harnesses for the better or worse?
2. anyone used this particular pickup combo. I haven't seen it get much talk. I'm thinking back to the original pre-humbucker les paul custom, which had (I think) an A2 p90 in the bridge, and the newfangled A5 "staple" pickup in the neck. A lot of guys go with A5 in the bridge and a2 in the neck, but I don't see of the reverse a lot. Is this a rare type of pickup configuration because it was just ahead of it's time, or did they abandon it for good reason? Again, if this were a basic solid body, I'd probably just do it and see, but with the inherent difficulties of switching stuff in a dot, I'd like to make this a real calculated decision.
1. do y'all think the pot/switch upgrades would be worth it? anyone switched out the "newer, better" epiphone harnesses for the better or worse?
2. anyone used this particular pickup combo. I haven't seen it get much talk. I'm thinking back to the original pre-humbucker les paul custom, which had (I think) an A2 p90 in the bridge, and the newfangled A5 "staple" pickup in the neck. A lot of guys go with A5 in the bridge and a2 in the neck, but I don't see of the reverse a lot. Is this a rare type of pickup configuration because it was just ahead of it's time, or did they abandon it for good reason? Again, if this were a basic solid body, I'd probably just do it and see, but with the inherent difficulties of switching stuff in a dot, I'd like to make this a real calculated decision.
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