[Goodallboy]

Interesting. The surprising thing about the sunburst Dot I bought is that it came stock with Grover tuners! I've read the stock PU's (on Korean made Dot's) were Gibson Probursts or some off the wall name. Crap basically. A friend of mine had a Chinese made Dot and they were even worse pckups.
Shocked is the only reaction I can come up with after the transformation.
One thing I can share with you is that after modding mine I was in Rudy's Music in NYC and they were telling me that modding Dot's was something they touted on their website and had been doing for years.
Can't comment on how far apart they are from 335's having not owned one, so I appreciate your observation. I only know I have an under $500 guitar that holds up with some that retail for over 6K. Might be worth someone giving it a try!