Have a Dot made in 2005. There is literally nothing about this instrument that I don't like! It feels like it was sculpted to fit me, it balances perfectly on the strap or sitting, you can play that neck all night and never tire. With just some simple tweaks from the pedal board, this thing will produce just about any sound. For those tunes when only a single coil will do it, I have my Strat and my Tele, but for almost anything else from fusion to rock to country to jazz, this guitar is a workhorse. And even after 16 years, it still looks brand new. There's nothing out there that can beat this instrument for the money.
I own one of these, same color and I absolutely love it ! Plays and sounds like a dream . I also have an Epiphone Les Paul junior that is a work horse. I'm definitely an Epiphone fan !
Mine is a 2010 (same color), and interestingly enough it seems like the wood grain becomes more and more pronounced through the finish as the guitar ages. Don’t know whether or not that’s considered a “factory defect”, but I absolutely LOVE the look of it now!
Just my 2 cents about changing strings. You should never take all the strings off at once. Doing that creates a lot of opportunity for the neck to move when you change the strings. Strings can be changed one at a time. This way you don't have to worry about hardware falling off and much less chance of the neck doing weird things which would then require a truss rod adjustment. Great video though, thanks!
That's great and all but how are you supposed to address any fretboard issues like conditioning with oil or taking brass wool to polish the frets up if five of the six strings are attached at any given moment?
millershane71 It’s probably correct to change the strings the way you describe, but providing you’re not changing string gauge then a guitar neck shouldn’t do anything strange if you remove all of the strings at once. It should simply come back to its original shape when the new strings are installed and the guitar is tuned to pitch. If it doesn’t then you have a serious structural problem in all probability. Honestly I’ve been changing strings the “wrong way” since I was 9 years old, which was a very long time ago, on all types of guitars (bolt on necks, glued in necks, tremolo and non tremolo guitars, acoustics, 12 strings you name it) and I have never seen a neck that was impacted negatively by doing it that way. I have had much greater problems dealing with guitars that have been allowed to dry out. Change in humidity is really the enemy of guitar necks, causing all manner of issues (cracking, fret sprout and neck movement).
the same old ' TONE WOOD' sales talk from him as well as many guitar reviewers in youtube: 'Mahogany wood has warmer tone' has been argued to its death. Cant blame them...cos that's the sales pitch they have to say in order to convince you. There are so many videos that challenged you in a blindfold test....whether you can tell which guitar has mahogany, alder, ash etc. 99% cant tell the difference!
I could layer some lead and slide over that riff you were playing sounded good. I wrote vocals for it also. The guitar has a very sweet tone. Sounds great.
to anyone who is unsure about these guitars just check out the spec against the gibson . apart from the pickups theyre exactly the same product.same materials . same construction.now, i get that some folks will always go for the gibson citing the " heritage" but quite honestly theyre just label slaves. there really is nothing wrong with epis ive had mine for years and its fucking solid gold.
Not quite true. The Gibson uses 3-ply laminate, the Epiphone 5-ply. The extra plies, as well as the two extra layers of glue, will reduce the resonance of the top, at the same time it should reduce feedback, which shouldn't really be a problem at normal bar volume levels. The Epi also has a fairly thick polyurethane finish rather than a thin nitro. These are the only two differences that can't be (easily) corrected. I've been playing 40 years, and have a fair number of US- and Japanese guitars, including some custom stuff, but I purchased a Dot carcass (no pickups, 2016 model) on eBay to use as a victim to teach myself fret, nut, and finishing work. I was surprised at the finish quality. The frets were actually quite good. I went ahead and just built it up (Fralin Pure PAFs, Bourns 95 pots, Switchcraft switch/jack, Tonepros bridge - which is really just a Gotoh - Schaller ST6K tuners) - and really love the guitar. It's embarrassing right now that my expensive stuff (including a '58 Gibson ES-125) stays in the case. My main beef with Epiphone is the neck. The mahogany is a little too soft for my taste; I don't like a neck that can shift with hand pressure. It also suffers from the common Epiphone problem of finish cracks emanating from the corner of the nut into the neck - you have to check this, as there seem to be a lot of Epiphone peghead breaks. I wish they would add a volute, like Gibson did in the early 70s, to strengthen the weak spot. Using a two- or three-piece neck, like on the Sheraton, rather than a 1-piece with scarf joint would also stiffen the whole operation . Even Martin is now putting two-piece necks on the D-18 (look carefully at a new D-18 - you can see the joint running up the middle of the neck). But all in all I really love the guitar. I'm just not willing to pay 3K for a Gibson or a Heritage.
Volute doesn't strengthen the head, it just moves the breaking point a couple of inches - that's why Gibson stopped doing it. Scarf jointing the head is the best way to 'fix' the design flaw - it's weak because of the grain direction of the mahogany. The 70s/80s necks didn't break as often because they made 'em from maple, not because of the volute.
Puddnhaid Husting epiphones use 3 ply laminates I have been over the specs recently and they now use a gloss finish - the pickups on epiphones have gotten to be very good the last ten years since the wires and materials are the same as Gibson BurstBuckers and 57 classics . Nuts and switches are cheap fixes and switching pickups helps majorly as I have done - not sure if I will change the pots till some years down the road . Gibson and epiphone makes faulty guitars - Gibson also didn’t benefit from losing many veteran luthiers when they left Kalamazoo . I owned two Gibson’s I saved up for 20 years ago . Wished I had one of them still but i love the epiphones and fender guitars I have and the 335’s I have by epiphone sound and play as good to me as the old Gibson one I had 🎸😎
I bought my son an Epiphone 335 Dot Chinese model and I must say I was incredibly impressed, people say it's down the the actual guitar, you may get a duff one, mediocre or a decent one, the pups were ok but I upgraded to 57 classics for him ( thomman £142 the pair) and to be honest, compared to my Gibson, I wonder why there's such a massive price difference... the name?
I really feel sorry for people with this kind of comments. As if you pay more money just for the name Gibson... I own both Gibson and Epiphone guitars for many years, built quality and quality overall is far better on Gibson guitars. You get what you pay for, if you like it or not. Epiphone is a nice budget guitar brand, perfect for many players, but made in a hurry and you can feel it all over, but no offense at all. Gibson guitars are pure art, mostly handmade by experts and with much better material. Two different worlds.
While Gibson is definitely a way better quality guitar, an Epiphone is gonna give you more for the price. Gibson may be better than Epiphone, but $400 is better than $2,000.
Panigale Tricolore Mass produced Gibsons aren't mostly hand made. A Gibson LP Standard was made with just as much machinery as an Epi, not saying the Epi's are equal, just clearing that up. Obviously a Gibson LeGrand to have more man labor than a mass produced SG Standard.
+metalmusician6798 Agreed, with this epiphone, you're paying $380 for a guitar thats worth anywhere in the range of $300-$400, with gibson you'd be paying $2000 for a guitar worth $1000. Now thats my opinion, your opinion may differ from mine. but gibsons (for me) are notorious for overpricing guitars, using a bit of false advertisement and stuff... regardless they are still fucking kickass guitars
These instruments are garbage. The frets wear out after just one year of playing, the finish is so ugly and thick that the whole 'instrument' looks like a toy, the nut is so cheap made that the strings cut the plastic etc. etc. It's a nice guitar for a beginner but a Gibson is a different world and worth every penny. It's a piece of art, this isn't.
I wish they would make this with binding on the neck and the open book headstock or at least the earlier Epiphone headstock that you see on McCartney's Casino or the headstock style you see on the current Masterbilt acoustic's.
Tony smith the lack of binding on the dot is in keeping with original 50’s Gibson 335 which didn’t have binding also the modern £3000+ dot inlay Gibson 335’s don’t come with neck binding. As for the head stock shape that’s purely aesthetic I’m neutral on that because no one has demonstrated any difference in tone as a result of head stock shape. So to get what you want you’ll have to save your pennies and get a block inlay Gibson 335 to tick all your boxes have fun now 😎👍
Just bought an Epi Dot 2006 Korea made samick. Something I noticed on this guitar is that the neck is pitched forward so that the bridge has the bass end elevated. I've never seen this in a guitar before. Does Gibson do this as well ?
Iccus Diccus They really do... I've seen crazier things. Epiphone guitars are leaving the factories in many different ways, from good to real bad. (best chance to have a good Epiphone is when the fifth and sixth number in your serialnumber is a 2 and a 1.) Sometimes I can't believe my eyes and wonder how such an instrument could have left the building at all. But some are good. And besides that: Gibsons are the same, little cosmetic failures and stuff. The only guitars I know that are always perfect are Martin and Taylor guitars, all other brands, including Fender, have these little issues.
so they accidentally bevelled the fret board forward a few degrees ? well it' is a great idea, makes it easier to play. my serial number is S04060018 I'll have to have a look at some others sometime....It plays awesome.
Could anyone tell me about a video where someone is playing this kind of guitar with energy? i mean, without be conected to Amplifier. i just want to know more or less how does the guitar sound without be conected. I would thank you guys!
So yo anyone out there debating between this and the gibson es 335, gibson owns epiphone so they are practically the exact same guitar. There are some sound differences though, the gibson is a little lighter sounding, but the epiphone is a little more bluesy.
Hey, i'm looking into getting a new guitar soon and am curently debating between these 4,A gretsch electromatic jet an epiphone dot, the epiphone wildkat or a squier classic vibe 50s telecaster, if anyone has any experience with these instruments could you please tell me your opinions on them ( I mostly play punk,rockabilly,and some folk)
the dot is by far the nicest out of the 4 but im in the same position as you, epiphone es 335 dot in red, epi les paul standard or a squire strat. I will mainly be playing punk rock/alt music such as blink 182, arctic monkeys etc. think im going to go with a 335 in red :)
I have both the Sheraton and Epiphone ES 335 Pro II - the Sheraton is MIk with Gibson Classic 57s and the Pro is MIC with Pearly Gates. Essentially the Pro is built to replicate the specs of a 63 ES 335 which was what Clapton had in Cream. It is a step up from the DOT and it has block inlays and binding on the neck and body. It also has coil splitting. It would be better to go for a Pro than a simple DOT as I think the workmanship is overall better too and it really looks and feels like a Gibson 335 RI 63. The differences are mentioned above plus the headstock is a bit different from Gibson. The Sheraton is really nice and while it might be a step up again from the Pro I would make sure you look at an older MIK Sheraton. The headstock on the Sheraton is kind of oversize and I understand on the newer MIC models it is even larger. While the Sheraton is like a 335 I would say it is more of its own thing and does not try to emulate a 335 per se while the Pro does exactly that. The workmanship and finish is great and it is a classy axe as is the Epi 335 Pro. I love them both but the feel is a little different as is the tone but of course the PUPS are different. Hence I think you need to play both of them and not just once. Either one is a great choice at a fraction of a Gibson price tag. You will always want a Gibson 335 but you are in the ballpark with these two guitars.
William Langley a Sheraton mimics in cosmetics a Gibson Es 355 same as the BB king Lucille . The 335 pro is a great guitar as is the Sheraton and if u wanna do upgrades u can - my 335 pro I have Duncan 59 in the neck and Duncan 59 custom / Hybrid ( combo between custom and 59 pickup one coil of each pickup) and it sounds amazing I gotta replace the nut on it yet I wasn’t change the pots out till many years down the road same with my Dot Blueburst - only thing I’m changing soon is the nuts and pickup switch’s
Zeppelin Bear Bullshit. Both the Korean and Chinese made Epiphones are not of the same quality as the American Epiphones from the 1960's. You really have to look and try. Chinese made ones can be decent or bad. Same for Korean made ones. Same category.
Zeppelin Bear No they're not. I've had loads of Chinese made ones in my shop that were much better than Korean made ones. In this price range it's all about the individual instrument.
Panigale Tricolore Okay. I've got two ES-335 guitars. One of them made in South Korea with the other one being made in China. The South Korean one is much better in my case.
i'm thinking about buying this model for christmas but as many people say that Epiphone isn't the best brand i don't know whether to buy it or not. So please, i'm a begginer and i don't know anything about guitars, could you please tell me good and bad things? Thanks.
+ladcravicky We recommend reading a few reviews before you make a purchase, but this guitar is definitely a good choice for a beginner, one of our best selling guitars.
+ladcravicky If you have much money you buy Gibson 335 dot,but if you don't have much money as I,and want a good guitar,you buy epiphone.I play blues and roots music and I like epiphone 335 dot very much.
Epiphone is a great beginner brand, better than squier and there isn't that much difference between a Gibson and a Epiphone except where it's made and Gibson uses some more expensive parts but if you want a good beginner guitar that you can keep playing for a long time buy an Epiphone, even some professionals use them
this comment is in 2018, I have a Gibson 339 that I bought around 2012 sounds great £1500 then , just over£ 2000 to buy now, looks good but had one or two issues , a pot knob that turns with a distinct wobble and a tiny mark at the neck joint, I just got an Epiphone dot manufactured in China and the build quality is better and cost £294, not the same model I know but to buy a Gibson 335 today is nearer 4 grand ten times the price, no doubt the Gibson is better , but ten times better? the Gibson will be an investment with luck, but worth all that hard earned dosh, not so sure
I just got one, and could not believe the horrible set up it has. Action is sky high, the intonation was not even close. Shame on Epiphone for not overseeing these instruments QC. The strings sound like the cheapest crap. I will set this axe up properly, and put much better strings on it. The QC dept. is failing Epiphone miserably. I might even put a pair of Gibson Classic 57's on it, that will make this axe come alive.
Don't buy this guitar, it's bad for the money. The sound is meah and action is way to high, if you lower it you will get a lot of fret buzz. Rather spend 50 or 100 €/$ more and buy a squier classic vibe it's really worth it!!
I think you just not knowing how to setup you gear dude, i have this 335 i put 11g strings and it's plays like 9g so smooth to bend not even heard your fingers..
Have a Dot made in 2005. There is literally nothing about this instrument that I don't like! It feels like it was sculpted to fit me, it balances perfectly on the strap or sitting, you can play that neck all night and never tire. With just some simple tweaks from the pedal board, this thing will produce just about any sound. For those tunes when only a single coil will do it, I have my Strat and my Tele, but for almost anything else from fusion to rock to country to jazz, this guitar is a workhorse. And even after 16 years, it still looks brand new. There's nothing out there that can beat this instrument for the money.
I own one of these, same color and I absolutely love it ! Plays and sounds like a dream . I also have an Epiphone Les Paul junior that is a work horse. I'm definitely an Epiphone fan !
The sound of 2:33 is so classic and heavenly.
Achase4u sounds a bit flat and dead to me
I like the feel of the full size 335 in my hands, more so than the 339.
What one is the bigger body again bud,the 335 or 339?liked the bigger one of the 2 but can never mind what was the biggest
@@che85100 the 335 is the bigger one, for sure.
Mine arrives in a few days. After seeing this video, I'm really looking forward to it.
just bought one the other day...throwing some Gibson 57 classics in later this week
Mine is a 2010 (same color), and interestingly enough it seems like the wood grain becomes more and more pronounced through the finish as the guitar ages. Don’t know whether or not that’s considered a “factory defect”, but I absolutely LOVE the look of it now!
Well done demo.... Thanks! This guitar is ultra versatile. You can play about any genre of music with it...
***** Thats all i had to hear to buy it. Shut up and take my money!!! :D
I just got one for free, it had a snapped headstock but I fixed it with wood glue and voila! It's a great guitar
I like this guitar a lot but when I saw the upgraded 335 Pro... it was just love at first sight. 😍
Just my 2 cents about changing strings. You should never take all the strings off at once. Doing that creates a lot of opportunity for the neck to move when you change the strings. Strings can be changed one at a time. This way you don't have to worry about hardware falling off and much less chance of the neck doing weird things which would then require a truss rod adjustment. Great video though, thanks!
That's great and all but how are you supposed to address any fretboard issues like conditioning with oil or taking brass wool to polish the frets up if five of the six strings are attached at any given moment?
If you don’t know how to setup your Guitar properly your not much of a player bro..
@@Harlanmote You missed the point completely and your comment is non sequitur. ( If you dont know what that means i'd look it up mate. )
This has proven to be bull-shit in the first degree. How do you change pickups , dress frets or even build the fucking guitar.? Pure bullshit.
millershane71 It’s probably correct to change the strings the way you describe, but providing you’re not changing string gauge then a guitar neck shouldn’t do anything strange if you remove all of the strings at once. It should simply come back to its original shape when the new strings are installed and the guitar is tuned to pitch. If it doesn’t then you have a serious structural problem in all probability. Honestly I’ve been changing strings the “wrong way” since I was 9 years old, which was a very long time ago, on all types of guitars (bolt on necks, glued in necks, tremolo and non tremolo guitars, acoustics, 12 strings you name it) and I have never seen a neck that was impacted negatively by doing it that way. I have had much greater problems dealing with guitars that have been allowed to dry out. Change in humidity is really the enemy of guitar necks, causing all manner of issues (cracking, fret sprout and neck movement).
I have the 2021 model and I love it better then I do the Gretsch guitars I have. I plan soon to buy the BB King Lucile model.
the same old ' TONE WOOD' sales talk from him as well as many guitar reviewers in youtube: 'Mahogany wood has warmer tone' has been argued to its death. Cant blame them...cos that's the sales pitch they have to say in order to convince you. There are so many videos that challenged you in a blindfold test....whether you can tell which guitar has mahogany, alder, ash etc. 99% cant tell the difference!
This man sold me my Martin. Top Bloke!
Bought mine 20+ years ago and I love it !
This is an Epiphone Dot, not the ES-335. Very similar, but the Epiphone version of the ES-335 has coil taps and possibly a few different features.
You've got some asskicking guitars there, left hand blackie, rory signature, omg!
I HAVE A EPIPHONE ES 335 DOT. NICE GUITARS.
COOL STORY.
YOU KNOW YOU CAN TURN THE CAPS LOCK OFF
WHY ARE YOU GUYS SCREAMING
The 6th string is slightly out of tune, or the distortion makes it sound like it's out of tune?
+Torwalk Possibly, apologies! Can happen with brand new off the shelf guitars, they can sneak out of tune before we even realise!
+GUITARGUITAR I liked the review, to be clear :)
I could layer some lead and slide over that riff you were playing sounded good. I wrote vocals for it also. The guitar has a very sweet tone. Sounds great.
Hey!! LOVE this guitar- sounds beautiful. What amp are you using? Thanks!!
I just purchased my own at the phone.it sounds beautiful and looks beautiful thank you
I have this guitar. It's beautiful and plays well.
Love my dot best money I ever spent on an Epi
My Dot is All Black with a "Gibson" stamped truss rod cover. Sounds Sweet... :)
thanks for the great vid on the DOT 335!
Can You learn country music and blues on this guitar…thanks I like your video and the tone of your voice is also very nice
Give me the mini Humbucker versions any day!
Going by this video = what's not to like... Sounds sweet to me.
to anyone who is unsure about these guitars just check out the spec against the gibson . apart from the pickups theyre exactly the same product.same materials . same construction.now, i get that some folks will always go for the gibson citing the " heritage" but quite honestly theyre just label slaves. there really is nothing wrong with epis ive had mine for years and its fucking solid gold.
Not quite true. The Gibson uses 3-ply laminate, the Epiphone 5-ply. The extra plies, as well as the two extra layers of glue, will reduce the resonance of the top, at the same time it should reduce feedback, which shouldn't really be a problem at normal bar volume levels. The Epi also has a fairly thick polyurethane finish rather than a thin nitro. These are the only two differences that can't be (easily) corrected.
I've been playing 40 years, and have a fair number of US- and Japanese guitars, including some custom stuff, but I purchased a Dot carcass (no pickups, 2016 model) on eBay to use as a victim to teach myself fret, nut, and finishing work. I was surprised at the finish quality. The frets were actually quite good. I went ahead and just built it up (Fralin Pure PAFs, Bourns 95 pots, Switchcraft switch/jack, Tonepros bridge - which is really just a Gotoh - Schaller ST6K tuners) - and really love the guitar. It's embarrassing right now that my expensive stuff (including a '58 Gibson ES-125) stays in the case.
My main beef with Epiphone is the neck. The mahogany is a little too soft for my taste; I don't like a neck that can shift with hand pressure. It also suffers from the common Epiphone problem of finish cracks emanating from the corner of the nut into the neck - you have to check this, as there seem to be a lot of Epiphone peghead breaks. I wish they would add a volute, like Gibson did in the early 70s, to strengthen the weak spot. Using a two- or three-piece neck, like on the Sheraton, rather than a 1-piece with scarf joint would also stiffen the whole operation . Even Martin is now putting two-piece necks on the D-18 (look carefully at a new D-18 - you can see the joint running up the middle of the neck).
But all in all I really love the guitar. I'm just not willing to pay 3K for a Gibson or a Heritage.
Volute doesn't strengthen the head, it just moves the breaking point a couple of inches - that's why Gibson stopped doing it. Scarf jointing the head is the best way to 'fix' the design flaw - it's weak because of the grain direction of the mahogany. The 70s/80s necks didn't break as often because they made 'em from maple, not because of the volute.
Puddnhaid Husting epiphones use 3 ply laminates I have been over the specs recently and they now use a gloss finish - the pickups on epiphones have gotten to be very good the last ten years since the wires and materials are the same as Gibson BurstBuckers and 57 classics . Nuts and switches are cheap fixes and switching pickups helps majorly as I have done - not sure if I will change the pots till some years down the road . Gibson and epiphone makes faulty guitars - Gibson also didn’t benefit from losing many veteran luthiers when they left Kalamazoo . I owned two Gibson’s I saved up for 20 years ago . Wished I had one of them still but i love the epiphones and fender guitars I have and the 335’s I have by epiphone sound and play as good to me as the old Gibson one I had 🎸😎
Hi cool video, is this the one made in China or Korea?
That'd be China :)
great demo mate
I bought my son an Epiphone 335 Dot Chinese model and I must say I was incredibly impressed, people say it's down the the actual guitar, you may get a duff one, mediocre or a decent one, the pups were ok but I upgraded to 57 classics for him ( thomman £142 the pair) and to be honest, compared to my Gibson, I wonder why there's such a massive price difference... the name?
No way anyone needs to spend the extra 4 grand for the privilege of having the name "Gibson" on the headstock.
I really feel sorry for people with this kind of comments. As if you pay more money just for the name Gibson... I own both Gibson and Epiphone guitars for many years, built quality and quality overall is far better on Gibson guitars. You get what you pay for, if you like it or not. Epiphone is a nice budget guitar brand, perfect for many players, but made in a hurry and you can feel it all over, but no offense at all. Gibson guitars are pure art, mostly handmade by experts and with much better material. Two different worlds.
While Gibson is definitely a way better quality guitar, an Epiphone is gonna give you more for the price. Gibson may be better than Epiphone, but $400 is better than $2,000.
Panigale Tricolore Mass produced Gibsons aren't mostly hand made. A Gibson LP Standard was made with just as much machinery as an Epi, not saying the Epi's are equal, just clearing that up. Obviously a Gibson LeGrand to have more man labor than a mass produced SG Standard.
+metalmusician6798 Agreed, with this epiphone, you're paying $380 for a guitar thats worth anywhere in the range of $300-$400, with gibson you'd be paying $2000 for a guitar worth $1000. Now thats my opinion, your opinion may differ from mine. but gibsons (for me) are notorious for overpricing guitars, using a bit of false advertisement and stuff... regardless they are still fucking kickass guitars
These instruments are garbage. The frets wear out after just one year of playing, the finish is so ugly and thick that the whole 'instrument' looks like a toy, the nut is so cheap made that the strings cut the plastic etc. etc. It's a nice guitar for a beginner but a Gibson is a different world and worth every penny. It's a piece of art, this isn't.
I wish they would make this with binding on the neck and the open book headstock or at least the earlier Epiphone headstock that you see on McCartney's Casino or the headstock style you see on the current Masterbilt acoustic's.
Tony smith the lack of binding on the dot is in keeping with original 50’s Gibson 335 which didn’t have binding also the modern £3000+ dot inlay Gibson 335’s don’t come with neck binding. As for the head stock shape that’s purely aesthetic I’m neutral on that because no one has demonstrated any difference in tone as a result of head stock shape.
So to get what you want you’ll have to save your pennies and get a block inlay Gibson 335 to tick all your boxes have fun now 😎👍
Awesome review 👍🎸
Great video! Thank you for the information!
dude should be a rapper "maple of the body and mohogany of the neck" said it as quick as eminem
Great review - thanks for posting. What amp did you use?
Buffalo49 went into an audio recorder through a Line6 HD500x with some amp simulations on there.
Just bought an Epi Dot 2006 Korea made samick. Something I noticed on this guitar is that the neck is pitched forward so that the bridge has the bass end elevated. I've never seen this in a guitar before. Does Gibson do this as well ?
Cosmetic failure.
I don't think so...You would have to make one heck of a mistake to do that.
Iccus Diccus They really do... I've seen crazier things. Epiphone guitars are leaving the factories in many different ways, from good to real bad. (best chance to have a good Epiphone is when the fifth and sixth number in your serialnumber is a 2 and a 1.) Sometimes I can't believe my eyes and wonder how such an instrument could have left the building at all. But some are good. And besides that: Gibsons are the same, little cosmetic failures and stuff. The only guitars I know that are always perfect are Martin and Taylor guitars, all other brands, including Fender, have these little issues.
so they accidentally bevelled the fret board forward a few degrees ? well it' is a great idea, makes it easier to play. my serial number is S04060018 I'll have to have a look at some others sometime....It plays awesome.
Made a review on this one on my channel. It's a good instrument capable of covering a lot of ground. Build quality could be improved
sounds good but what you never showed us is what it sounds like with out an amp
+Robert Lloyd not very loud
Robert Lloyd Uhh...dude. unless you missed it...its an ELECTRIC guitar?
Robert Lloyd. You're night the sharpest tool in the shed....Oh my...
You can play them without an amp as they are HOLLOW BODY.
Id went to my pawn shop and saw one in three town sunburst with brass hardware and pick up covers
I bought a Badcat Sh-553 just to have something close...
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Como se llama la canción ?
Sergio Estay No lo sé hermano 👌😔
No sabes cual es la canción del inicio del video?
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Could anyone tell me about a video where someone is playing this kind of guitar with energy? i mean, without be conected to Amplifier. i just want to know more or less how does the guitar sound without be conected.
I would thank you guys!
Well, it's an electric guitar
Que canción tocas al inicio?
So yo anyone out there debating between this and the gibson es 335, gibson owns epiphone so they are practically the exact same guitar. There are some sound differences though, the gibson is a little lighter sounding, but the epiphone is a little more bluesy.
to not yo
Even if you get the Gibson or the Epiphone, you have a wonderful guitar, your money has the last word.
Hey, i'm looking into getting a new guitar soon and am curently debating between these 4,A gretsch electromatic jet an epiphone dot, the epiphone wildkat or a squier classic vibe 50s telecaster, if anyone has any experience with these instruments could you please tell me your opinions on them ( I mostly play punk,rockabilly,and some folk)
the dot is by far the nicest out of the 4 but im in the same position as you, epiphone es 335 dot in red, epi les paul standard or a squire strat. I will mainly be playing punk rock/alt music such as blink 182, arctic monkeys etc. think im going to go with a 335 in red :)
I have an Electromatic, 50s CV tele and Epiphone Dot. All are great. Get em all.
It isn’t bad but it sounds a bit muddy
Does it has the push pull system?
This one doesn't. The ES-335/339 PRO are the ones with the push pull that switches to single coil.
Dot or Sheraton?
wildkat
ES335 or Casino if you like the P90 sound.
I have both the Sheraton and Epiphone ES 335 Pro II - the Sheraton is MIk with Gibson Classic 57s and the Pro is MIC with Pearly Gates. Essentially the Pro is built to replicate the specs of a 63 ES 335 which was what Clapton had in Cream. It is a step up from the DOT and it has block inlays and binding on the neck and body. It also has coil splitting. It would be better to go for a Pro than a simple DOT as I think the workmanship is overall better too and it really looks and feels like a Gibson 335 RI 63. The differences are mentioned above plus the headstock is a bit different from Gibson. The Sheraton is really nice and while it might be a step up again from the Pro I would make sure you look at an older MIK Sheraton. The headstock on the Sheraton is kind of oversize and I understand on the newer MIC models it is even larger. While the Sheraton is like a 335 I would say it is more of its own thing and does not try to emulate a 335 per se while the Pro does exactly that. The workmanship and finish is great and it is a classy axe as is the Epi 335 Pro. I love them both but the feel is a little different as is the tone but of course the PUPS are different. Hence I think you need to play both of them and not just once. Either one is a great choice at a fraction of a Gibson price tag. You will always want a Gibson 335 but you are in the ballpark with these two guitars.
William Langley a Sheraton mimics in cosmetics a Gibson Es 355 same as the BB king Lucille . The 335 pro is a great guitar as is the Sheraton and if u wanna do upgrades u can - my 335 pro I have Duncan 59 in the neck and Duncan 59 custom / Hybrid ( combo between custom and 59 pickup one coil of each pickup) and it sounds amazing I gotta replace the nut on it yet I wasn’t change the pots out till many years down the road same with my Dot Blueburst - only thing I’m changing soon is the nuts and pickup switch’s
Is there a difference between the one made in China and Korea?
South Korean made are better.
Zeppelin Bear Bullshit. Both the Korean and Chinese made Epiphones are not of the same quality as the American Epiphones from the 1960's. You really have to look and try. Chinese made ones can be decent or bad. Same for Korean made ones. Same category.
Panigale Tricolore The topic was between Chinese and South Korean made. South Korean Epiphone guitars are thus the better models.
Zeppelin Bear No they're not. I've had loads of Chinese made ones in my shop that were much better than Korean made ones. In this price range it's all about the individual instrument.
Panigale Tricolore Okay. I've got two ES-335 guitars. One of them made in South Korea with the other one being made in China. The South Korean one is much better in my case.
i'm thinking about buying this model for christmas but as many people say that Epiphone isn't the best brand i don't know whether to buy it or not. So please, i'm a begginer and i don't know anything about guitars, could you please tell me good and bad things? Thanks.
+ladcravicky We recommend reading a few reviews before you make a purchase, but this guitar is definitely a good choice for a beginner, one of our best selling guitars.
+ladcravicky If you have much money you buy Gibson 335 dot,but if you don't have much money as I,and want a good guitar,you buy epiphone.I play blues and roots music and I like epiphone 335 dot very much.
Epiphone is a great brand! They're just made in much larger production runs in Asia, so they're much cheaper, but not as finely made as Gibsons.
Check out epiphone les paul standard for a more rockyer sound. Check out squier classic vibe tele/stratocaster for a more cleaner sound.
Epiphone is a great beginner brand, better than squier and there isn't that much difference between a Gibson and a Epiphone except where it's made and Gibson uses some more expensive parts but if you want a good beginner guitar that you can keep playing for a long time buy an Epiphone, even some professionals use them
3:53 what is he playing here?
An Aminor 7/9 I believe.
What's that lick from at 5:13? I know I've heard it.
metalmusician6798 Hmmm, our man plays his own little bits, but it could be... "inspired" by something... ;)
metalmusician6798 maybe the beatles don't let me down...
metalmusician6798 sounds like waiting on the world to change by john mayer or dont let me down by the beatles
metalmusician6798 Guys it's Hendrix
***** You got it That lick at (5:13) was from the almighty JIMI!
Very nice...
I am very curious about your strange accent, I'm guessing Scottish with a dash of eastern European?
no, northern british
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie
cool!
this comment is in 2018, I have a Gibson 339 that I bought around 2012 sounds great £1500 then , just over£ 2000 to buy now, looks good but had one or two issues , a pot knob that turns with a distinct wobble and a tiny mark at the neck joint, I just got an Epiphone dot manufactured in China and the build quality is better and cost £294, not the same model I know but to buy a Gibson 335 today is nearer 4 grand ten times the price, no doubt the Gibson is better , but ten times better? the Gibson will be an investment with luck, but worth all that hard earned dosh, not so sure
Buy it and play it Learn guitar from it
Stop Compare with internet brabrabra
and your life will better
400, POUND TO BUY.
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But without the E on it
Epiphone ? .........no thanks !
I just got one, and could not believe the horrible set up it has. Action is sky high, the intonation was not even close. Shame on Epiphone for not overseeing these instruments QC. The strings sound like the cheapest crap. I will set this axe up properly, and put much better strings on it. The QC dept. is failing Epiphone miserably. I might even put a pair of Gibson Classic 57's on it, that will make this axe come alive.
Don't buy this guitar, it's bad for the money. The sound is meah and action is way to high, if you lower it you will get a lot of fret buzz. Rather spend 50 or 100 €/$ more and buy a squier classic vibe it's really worth it!!
+Julius Miller lol i'm deciding between a squier cv 60's strat and this one.
I bought this guitar and i don't have any of the problems that you say.
@@xavierarmendariz7155 yeah, that dude doesn't know jackshit
I think you just not knowing how to setup you gear dude, i have this 335 i put 11g strings and it's plays like 9g so smooth to bend not even heard your fingers..
"semi-acoustic/electric guitar..."
what? it's a hollow-body electric. It's not a semi-acoustic or acoustic anything.
It is semi acoustic , if you play it unplugged it's still quite loud
@@nailmarty well what in your opinion then is a semi acoustic guitar ?