Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

[aaronl]

Epiphone '05 Dot 335. Pickups aren't bad but can always be better :smokin: I figured since I was going to have the guts out I may as well go ahead and change the pots as well, good thought???

I would guess I would need 500k pots?
New caps?

I am thinking about
Pearly Gates Set
59s
Seth Lovers?

Something very PAFish & Has to be chrome covers!

Thanks!

 

[gripweed]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

I plan on buying one of these soon. There is no doubt that I will be putting in a Jazz n '59b combo.

 

[TheArchitect]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

Seths all the way

 

[aaronl]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

Seths all the way

The Seths sound interesting enough.
I am wanting the clapton 335 sound and his were of course PAFs...

But the pots???
500k??

 

[TheArchitect]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

The Seths sound interesting enough.
I am wanting the clapton 335 sound and his were of course PAFs...

But the pots???
500k??

500k would be vintage accurate. Thats the combination I have in my Sheraton

 

[gripweed]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

The Seths sound interesting enough.
I am wanting the clapton 335 sound and his were of course PAFs...

But the pots???
500k??

I don't think you should use anything other than 500k on a darkish sounding guitar like this.

 

[aaronl]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

Ok..
What type of Cap?
I know a strat man but a HH paul style I dont know what to use

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

Seth Lovers, 500K CTS pots, .02 Sprague Orange Drop caps and ALOT OF PATIENCE when rewiring 335 style guitars!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

Seth Lovers, 500K CTS pots, .02 Sprague Orange Drop caps and ALOT OF PATIENCE when rewiring 335 style guitars!

A bit of fishing line comes in very handy too. :burnout:

 

[aaronl]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

A bit of fishing line comes in very handy too. :burnout:

i am guessing you tie the line to the top of each pot and then you can just pull it back thru?

i would much rather do it myself and can usually figure stuff out but patience isnt my strongest point

 

[ParaGuitarMedic]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

+1 Seths, 500k, Orange .02 Caps!!!!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Dot 335 - Change Pickups & Pots

i am guessing you tie the line to the top of each pot and then you can just pull it back thru?

i would much rather do it myself and can usually figure stuff out but patience isnt my strongest point

You got it. It really isn't hard, just time consuming. Also, try to get some probes and masking tape if you're going through the f holes.

Another trick that I recommend is that you make a cardboard template of the position of the pots in the control cavity.

This way, you can do all the wiring outside of the guitar. When you're done, all you have to do is pull the pots through the bridge pickup cavity into the body using the fishing line.