I've grown to hate dot inlays

[toejam]

Dots are for players, sharkies are for collectors. Really, the sharkies take away from the fretboard and cause uneven playability. I wish sharkies didnt, because they look cool, but dots dont compromise the feel.............

:think: ??? I like both, but most of the time the only thing that is looked at are the tiny dots on the side of the neck and not the inlays on the fretboard.

[Jayster]

In general, I'm not a fan of dot inlays. However, playability always takes priority over looks to me. If it's a fantastic player, dots or not - I'm gonna try to add it to my harem ....

[DonP]

My recent guitar quest has brought out an observation I never thought about before: I hate dot inlays. I guess Jackson has grown on me so much that I now think "cheap" when I see dots, although I know that's not the case at all. Sharkies, Piranhas, Trapezoids, Blocks, I love them all. But dots? They just don't work for me anymore.

I agree.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

:think: ??? I like both, but most of the time the only thing that is looked at are the tiny dots on the side of the neck and not the inlays on the fretboard.

I think he means the fretboard surface. My fingertips don't touch the fretboard to much of a degree that it matters. :dunno:

[Grim]

As of right now, for the Custom 24, yes. They changed to the outlines back in 08. You might be able to find NOS with the solid birds, and I was trying to do that, but one caught my eye and I didn't care so much at that point because it is SWEET. I will post pics when it arrives.

Mine's got solid birds. I love the thing

[guitarsjb]

I don't care for dots either, unless they are on a Strat. Not sure when it happened to me either, it just did.

[Grim]

I like them . They give off sort of a classic vibe.

[Axewielder]

Dots dots and more dots!!

[DarkkWarriorr]

Dots are for players, sharkies are for collectors. Really, the sharkies take away from the fretboard and cause uneven playability. I wish sharkies didnt, because they look cool, but dots dont compromise the feel.............

Tell that to the thousand pros who play Jacksons and Gibson LPs everyday!

[etepbbb]

I'm so anti-dots, I had sharkfin side inlays installed on the side of all my guitars.


Though nothing is cooler then a none more black ebony board, bound with MOP sharks. Go play a Model 5, and you won't care if it's dots, sharks, or bird shit on the fretboard. Just wash up when your done, I guess.

[6string40]

You added dot inlays to your PC1's?!?!

I can't believe no one else caught that!

[Robert Hendrix]

It depends on the dots for me... I don't mind good dot inlays, but the guitars that have dots PAINTED on them sceams walmart. Granted, dots are rather plain, but the don't make the axe.

[wilkinsi]

It depends on what the rest of the guitar looks like. Someone here once posted a Soloist with rosewood board with dots but it also had binding. "JA-XXXX" or something in some kind of caramel or honey kinda finish.

[lerxstcat]

I went through a phase of preferring sharkies, but now I just take each guitar by its merits. I love my Yamaha RGXs and RGZs, and most of them have dot inlays. They may be inexpensive guitars but they aren't cheap. Those Taiwanese Yamahas are definitely the equal of Japanese Jacksons in playability, looks and sound. What the inlays are doesn't matter to me as much as how they play and sound.

[veniculum]

Wow, and I bet it's all scratched just like - place name of famous guitar player of choice here -'s guitar was scratched and the PUs make the exact amount of noise PUs made back in 1950-something...
meh...

I believe it is expensive, but I can tell you, it's not because of the inlays.

i aint saying it's because of the dots...that's ridiculous...but I am saying that just because a guitar has dots, it's certainly not a sign of a cheap guitar. And yeah...the guitar is old and beatup, and not worth 200 bucks as far as i'm concerned. Just saying