Lowering Action on Epiphone Dot

Oasis_Dublin

Hello,

I hope I am in the correct forum. I received a present of an epiphone dot guitar recently. Having played a fender stratocaster recently also, the action on my dot seems extremely high. I know the dot is a hollow bodied, and therefore isn't the exact same as a stratocaster, but even so, the strings are too far from the fretboard.

I don't know much about the guitar, but I can see that screws on the body of the guitar can be screwed to lower the action on that end of the guitar. However I assume there has to be some work done on the neck also.

Is this something that shops in (Dublin) town can sort easily enough? Will the fact that it was bought online (thomann, I think) make any difference? Does anyone have an idea of the cost?

Cheers folks.

martinedwards

just a basic setup.

guitars are rarely at their best "out of the box"

Any shop should have a tech that can sort it, prices vary, so ask first, but it sould be well under €100

Oasis_Dublin

Cool, thanks for the reply.

0byme75341jo28

Usually about 40 euro for a set up.

And yeah, buying it on Thomann might make a difference. I brought a guitar into a shop in Cork and they refused to look at it because I bought it there. Closed down a few months later, good riddance.. :rolleyes:

Oasis_Dublin

Cheers for the reply.

If anyone from X music or Waltons reads these threads, and a guy shows up with a cherry red epiphone dot looking for a set-up, he bought it in your shop and not on thomann :-/

il gatto

Lower the bridge using the knurled washers. Keep lowering until you get fret buzz somewhere, then raise it slightly to eradicate it. If that doesn't do it, check what guage strings are on it. One guage lighter can help. If it's still high, you might be looking at getting the nut dropped or the truss rod adjusted.
The truss rod should be your last port of call.