This is my go to guitar always, I can play country, blues and jazz leads, folky rhythms, and get any sound i want. I have compared it to Gibson's dot and I can't see paying far more just for Gibson on the headstock. I love my Dot!

I love the way it looks, but the quality was poor. Loose screws, loose STRIPPED strap peg, the set up was pathetic and the E on the pick guard fell off, not that I wanted it anyway.

The wires came loose inside on the jack during a gig!

I paid to get it set up and STILL had to replace the Nut that was crooked and badly installed with a bone one. Now it's fine but it cost me $300 on TOP of the price.

All I can say is I'll never buy another Epiphone. I will save and wait for a Gibson from now on.

Beware!

I'm 50 and have been playing for 38 years, so I've owned and played a lot of guitars. This is simply the best electric guitar for the money I've ever owned. The action, the neck, the look is all Gibson-level quality, just without the Gibson logo and price. I know a lot of players swap out the pickups for something higher-end, but I like these just fine. I might replace the tuners with some Kluson keystones some day, but what it has on it works great. Mine came (used) with flatwounds, which I had never used before, but I tell you I love the feel and sound of them. You're never going to get tele twang on it, but what you do get is a smooth jazz tone on the neck and a Chuck Berry sound on the bridge. The sound is right there where I want it from a semihollowbody: Chuck Berry, Cream-era Clapton, BB King, and every folk-rock band of the '60s. My only complaint is a little overspray on the inlaid headstock logo and a bit of paint on the binding. I got it used for $225 at a chain music store, and I think they goofed on the pricing. I was thinking about getting a Dot Studio, but this thing is sooooo much better than those. Definitely worth spending a little more money for this one.

I just bought this guitar off this site a few weeks ago, and instantly fell in love with it. I played the ES335 and after I got this.. i couldn't tell the difference. It's a beautiful guitar with great deep and rich sound. It sounds great playing jazz, blues, rock, metal, funk. My wife loves it because of the looks and I do as well, it's a great choice.

I've got a PRS Single Cut, an Old import Strat, a cheapo Dean (and a couple at work my wife doesn't know about) and my wife says the Epiphone is her favorite. She doesn't seem to take notice of my guitar habit much so I was surprised when she told someone she thought the Epiphone Dot sounded best. I own the Dot Studio. I've since played this. I've played a Gibson ES335. I don't think the Gibson has anything over the Epiphones other than pickups and Nitro finish. The sound is otherwise very close if not identical. Quality: Tuners are good. General finish is good. You get used to that big Gibson neck ;-), the frets are terrible. The ends were filed but the tops were never polished. I'd hoped the stings would take care of it on my dot but it's taking too long so I'll take a neck block with emory to them at the next string change. The pickups were good but not great. I put in a relatively inexpensive set of Seymore Duncan Hotrodded Humbuckers in (jazz and hotrod bridge) and the sound improved quite a bit. The Jazz neck is a bit more bright which isn't quite what I wanted (I wanted BIGGER) but the bridge has more output and it's got a nice growl now.

My Epi Dot rules. Given the 2k+ price on a gibson, this guitar is an absolute steal. I've lusted after one since I first saw Chuck Berry as a kid. If you're in the same boat, buy this guitar. I seriously considering EBaying my Studio to upgrade to the Deluxe. (I really wanted the Cherry but I got the worn brown)