Epiphone Dot set up

In this video I'm setting up Dale's lovely ebony Epiphone Dot - a 335-style semi-acoustic guitar. I've not spent much time playing the Epiphone Dot and enjoyed the tone and feel of this one.

The guitar was bought 2nd hand and the 'aftermarket' vibrato system (a copy of the Bigsby B7) had been modified and / or had a ill-fitting arm added. Because the hole in the arm was larger than the bolt and the hole in the vibrato unit, the arm rattled about unless it was screwed down very tight in which case it became very stiff and horrible to use.

There was no way of permanently fixing this (without a more substantial repair / replacement) but I made a workable fix with some soft copper. This held the arm nicely in place, stopped the rattling but allowed much more movement than before.

The video shows me doing my usual Reloved Setup including precision fret levelling to achieve a nice, low and easy action. Some of the notes down by the nut were buzzing due to backbow in the truss rod and some bent notes needed fret levelling to free them up.

All in all a straightforward set up without any problems and a lovely guitar when done.