My Seymour Duncan Loaded Guitars...

[Detroitblues]

I have two Guitars I used Seymour Duncan pickups, (which are my FAVORITE! :headbang

2006 Epiphone Dot Deluxe Special Edition w/ gold Seth Lovers:

Custom Warmoth Stratocaster with APS-2 Staggered:

 

[Gearjoneser]

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Those are beauties.

Nice Warmoth build. That color and the guard/cover combo you did is a great look on a strat.

And those new Epiphones are getting so good. Seth Lovers are the perfect choice for that guitar. Epi pickups are never keepers IMO.


By the way, I lived in your area as a child.....15 Mile and Mound.

 

[RorySquier]

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Those are beauties.

Nice Warmoth build. That color and the guard/cover combo you did is a great look on a strat.

And those new Epiphones are getting so good. Seth Lovers are the perfect choice for that guitar. Epi pickups are never keepers IMO.


By the way, I lived in your area as a child.....15 Mile and Mound.

Never? That's a very bold statement. Obviously you don't know your pickups very well, do you?:scratchch

 

[LatsMcGee]

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Nice to see another Oakland County guy on the forums!

 

[Kam]

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That Strat is ****ing beautiful.

 

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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that Epi semi hollow is delicious looking I just hate the 4 knob config on semi hollows ... I wish they just had one knob close to the strings so I could do more swells and volume adjustments on the fly

anywho heres my Godin 1998 LGX Flamed Maple with Seymour Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge and a Jazz in the neck

 

[d1dsj]

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Welcome, a great way to introduce yourself!

 

[bluesbend]

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That Dot is finer than frogs hair!

 

[Chickenwings]

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Never? That's a very bold statement. Obviously you don't know your pickups very well, do you?:scratchch

I'll second gearjoneser's opinion, but just to find out...
What epiphone (not gibson made epis from the 60s) pickups have you tried that you liked?

 

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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not trying to hijack but I like the Stock pickups in the Epiphone dots to be honest.. nice and wooly sounding... just how I like it!

 

[Detroitblues]

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The stock pickups in the Dot were rather nice. A deal on the Seth's was too good to pass on, so I bought them. The stock bridge pickup on the Dot was ok, the neck was really nice... But since I had to replace a bad control pot and a faulty toggle switch, I swapped out all the electronics on the Epi just to be safe... I'm happy that I did, because those Seth's make a perfect Blues-Rock machine.

As far as the Warmoth goes, I replaced the pickguard a couple days ago with a different shade of a Mint Green pickguard as well as switched the covers to cream from black. It has a nice vintage looking charm to in now...

 

[SongsForTheDeaf]

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The stock pickups in the Dot were rather nice. A deal on the Seth's was too good to pass on, so I bought them. The stock bridge pickup on the Dot was ok, the neck was really nice... But since I had to replace a bad control pot and a faulty toggle switch, I swapped out all the electronics on the Epi just to be safe... I'm happy that I did, because those Seth's make a perfect Blues-Rock machine.

As far as the Warmoth goes, I replaced the pickguard a couple days ago with a different shade of a Mint Green pickguard as well as switched the covers to cream from black. It has a nice vintage looking charm to in now...

main reason why I don't want to get another Epiphone... they just feel like any moment the electronics will stop working and in my experience with them even the Sheraton II is they fail with moderate use .. I found with the Sheraton II that the bridge pickup is pretty thin and sterile after comparing it to my Godin this morning but yeah the neck pickup is smooth and nice I found and has a lot more output

 

[RorySquier]

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I'll second gearjoneser's opinion, but just to find out...
What epiphone (not gibson made epis from the 60s) pickups have you tried that you liked?

That's a good question and I think I'll answer that. Quite a few I might say. Not all Epi's are the same (different years mary vary, etc.), but a while back I purchased an '06 Epiphone Les Paul Standard that played amazing and the sound of the pickups were quite surprisingly good. I've had a chance to give them an honest comparison (I own 19 guitars) and after some tweaking with the height adjustment, these pickups play perfectly. At first I thought they were custom pickups but I could see they were stock. I even got a chance to take out the pickups and measure the d.c resistance of both. It seems they are Epi's version of the '57 Classics and the neck p.u. measured 8.53k ohms while the bridge p.u. measured 13.98k ohms. That's quite the measurement, especially on the bridge. The key to getting a good sound is setting up the height adjustment on these pickups. Many people play an Epiphone and say it sounds muddy...just check the height. It makes a difference and I know this from experience. Playing my Epi LP through my '65 RI Fender Twin-Reverb is like heaven to my ears. Why replace them?

I have also played a few Epiphone SG's (G-400) at the store that had the same style pickups and they sounded sweet thru a Fender Hot-Rod Deville. I thought they even sounded better in an SG. It was a real nice guitar and I was thinking of buying it, but guess what? Someone else beat me to it. It was some guy, probably a teenager, who took a real liking to the guitar. I explained to him I really liked that guitar also and it played fabulous. We got into a conversation about the guitar and he asked me if he should replace the pickups? I told him no way, they sound good as they are...give them time. But I found it strange he wanted to change pickups right away like it's some kind of trendy thing to do these days. Sometimes I think people just replace pickups for bragging rights instead of trying to get the best out their stock pickups thru adjustments.:smoker:

 

[RorySquier]

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BTW...killer guitar! This one is my favourite. What year is the wine you're drinking?:beerchug:

 

[blueman335]

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Nice to see another Oakland County guy on the forums!

And another. I lived in Birmingham, Beverly Hills, and Clawson. Went to college in Troy.

I ran across a good deal on a natural Dot several years ago and put a pair of Seth's in it. It has a thick, 1958 style mahogany neck (not maple). Thickest neck I've ever seen on an Epi. Really sounds nice.

Epi's been on a PU upgrading mission for the last several years, and now many models have them. No one knows better than me how muddy the previous Epi HB's were. The upgraded ones, Probuckers and Alnico Classic Pros, have A2's and use much better materials. They're pretty good. Not every model has them yet. The quality on the recent-production Epi's is very good, gig-worthy out of the box.

 

[Aceman]

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You will of course, be entering both of those in the Ultimate Axe competition right?

The Dot is gorgeous and the Strat is awesome. Both just exquisite! Very subtle and very cool. Not overdone.

 

[Detroitblues]

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BTW...killer guitar! This one is my favourite. What year is the wine you're drinking?:beerchug:

No idea... Wasn't my guitar at the time of the pic... But it captured the flame so good, I kept it.

That neck on there is also a huge beefy neck. I've never played a larger necked guitar than that one until my recent Warmoth... Makes a '59 Les Paul feel like a tooth pick..

 

[Detroitblues]

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You will of course, be entering both of those in the Ultimate Axe competition right?

The Dot is gorgeous and the Strat is awesome. Both just exquisite! Very subtle and very cool. Not overdone.

The Ultimate Axe competition?

 

[Detroitblues]

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I found that Epi Dot in that finish is rare, hence its "Limited Edition" status. I'm sure there are many out there, just not as abundant as other models. But a local Music Go Round has one just like it for sale for $350(?). Look up the Troy Michigan MGR.

 

[blueman335]

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I found that Epi Dot in that finish is rare, hence its "Limited Edition" status. I'm sure there are many out there, just not as abundant as other models. But a local Music Go Round has one just like it for sale for $350(?). Look up the Troy Michigan MGR.

I picked up a used one in that color when they were still in production. Nice flame on them, better-looking than the plain tops on Sheratons. They also made Dot Deluxes in Hertitage/Tobacco burst (the most common) and natural (the rarest).