All user reviews for the Epiphone SG Special

Made in Indonesia by Samick factory, Lock Tone Tune o matic, bolt-on neck, 22 frets, 2 humbuckers, 1 in round 1 and the bridge, 2 volume knobs and 1 tone 1 1 3 switch positions.

UTILIZATION

Shape and thickness of the handle, but very comfortable as it is very shiny it is a can of brake type (non-slip). Very good ergonomics very slight, pleasant to play very easy access to acute due to its shape.

SOUNDS

I have 3 other guitars 1 telecaster and a stratocaster 1 Les Paul with it so I can play all styles. amp as I have a Fender Mustang IV I love about this amp I can get the sound I desire.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 months of fairly intensive way directly from the box the handle was straight as an arrow action was a higher trait that I prefer and I play with very low action and with this config I had no freight buzz, this guitar once adjusted professional manner is a true wonder especially with a good quality amp. I would do this choice without any hesitation and I recommend it hands down, with a professional fit and a decent amp (not an amp that comes in a pack or 3 sub amp) you will have a very decente scratch. but forget the sound Angus Young for the following reasons. You are not Angus Young (talent and tact) you do not have his guitar (built according to his specifications) and you do not have his amps (modified or built to its specifications) you do not have technicians who fit the sound while playing. So even a Gibson SG Angus Young $ 3,000.00 can not have his ankle so create your own sound and practice and become a Star.

I bought this guitar at the gibson day in Lille, my eyes were popping when I saw this Epiphone at that price, and myself being a fan of Angus Young.

This is a bass guitar line, do not expect something exceptional:
- Bolt mahogany
- Alder body (check)
- Kill one pot pretty funny when used ^ ^

MECHANICAL CHANGE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!

UTILIZATION

The handle is not unpleasant to my taste, certainly there are better but I have not noticed any discomfort when I play even shred.
access to acute ... is by definition an SG access to acute par excellence! : P

Weight: it is a very light guitar, really light, especially when you have the habit of a good Les Paul pulls us down the shoulder after 3 hours of snooze it ^ ^ pic of the nose, not very useful when you want to rest our left hand, but a guitar is supposed to play with two hands (at least the major part of the time ^ ^)

For good sound typical of SG: everything should be thoroughly! : P both knobs fully this guitar course is not accurate, but it gives her! mind games with her knobs it is useless

SOUNDS

Are they suitable for your style of music?
I'm plugged blues / hard rock, a good AC / DC on a good distortion, or a good solo Santana faces a rhythmic blues that tells us so much!
What I like about this Epiphone is that we feel its presence when playing in a group. It is very aggressive! With a good amp (I use a vox Valvetronix personal) she is not shy! But do not know it, if you want a clear, precise forget it.

I personally had a Gibson SG Special, I'm currently using a Gibson Les Paul and the rhythm for a good hard rock, where what you want to hear is the sound of the windows vibrate.

If I have to compare it to the Gibson SG Special, found comfort playing Gibson (after some adjustments to the string height ^ ^), but not the sound.
If I have to compare it with respect to its price and competitors, I throw myself on it blindfolded.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month, I keep her for his aggressive and dynamic. But do not expect miracles, it is only 150 euros! for that price I think it is really not bad, you can not expect better for SG! on the other hand, if I should redo this purchase with the experience, I'd at least my cheapskate and I would take a higher range, the style of the Epiphone G 400. But it is in the context of 150 euros ^ ^

PS: All the guitars in the world are not worth the fingers good guitar ^ ^ is not buying a Gibson price of a car that you'll necessarily sound good, it will make little (s) happy ( its) this guitar.

Purchased at an independant ma & pa shop. I had very little $$$ at the time and wanted a good guitar (who doesn't?) I paid $299.99 canadian.

The playability of this guitar is very good, regardless of price. It has a standard stoptail piece bridge which is very easy to use and intonate. The tuners are metal with a high ratio which kinda sucks but it is still usable (still way better than anything close to this price). The neck is bolt on but feels very solid. The neck is finished like the body too which you don't normally find on something this price.

There is nothing about it that is really awful. The drawbacks it does have are not even comparable in this price range; only if it were a $900 guitar or something.

The pickups are not the greatest sounding, but they do sound good. (www3.telus.net/mechatohm to listen to this guitar in action) The switch does cut out once in a blue moon. I can't quite get the low E string to fully intonate on lower tunings, it's damn close though. Oh, the color. I got the red and it's kind of a weird foggy purple/red. I don't like the color but oh well.

It is constructed quite well. It is light yet sturdy. Once again, put in relation to it's price category, in my opinion, it far surpasses any competition. Even though it is a bolt on neck, it has been very solid.

I have had this guitar for 4 odd years now. I will never sell/trade it. It never seems to let me down. That's pretty good because I play it a lot. For the money, it was an excellent value. The only real drawback I see is the finish. I really don't like it much at all, but hey, at least it's not pink or some damn thing like that!

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I paid £120 new for this guitar from www.GAK.co.uk - quite a steal for a guitar that to all intents and purposes is a near-on exact replica of the Gibson model.

For the price you pay, it's fantastic - easy and smooth to play, looks gorgeous, and sounds brilliant.

The construction could be a little better - it's not falling apart by any means, but when I recieved mine there was something rattling round inside the electronics cutaway - it hasn't affected anything, but is still a little disconcerting.

See above.

For £120 you're getting a guitar that looks like an SG, plays ALMOST as well as an SG, and sounds ace. I reckon this would probably be best used as either a practice axe for a pro, or a main guitar for intermediate musicians, you won't find any better in this price range. In fact, you probably won't get a better guitar for less than £200.

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I got this guitar at pheifers house of music (in stettler) for about 230$ (canadian.) I got it because it caught my eye and im tired of playing strats.

Keeps in tune for DAYS
Good action on the lower strings (E,A,D)
Really great sound
Really good pickups

Nothing important here.

Good constuction, everything seems to be put together nicely. The things u put the strap on arent even a little wobbly, and i dont ever expect them to be. For anyone who cant afford a gibson SG, this is the guitar for you.

Buy this guitar. It is well worth the money, and will last you a long time.

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I bought this guitar from musicians friend for about $150. I always loved ACDC and wanted to get a good feel for an Sg before I bought a real one!

I feel that this is a good first guitar, but not good for a second, It also gives you a good idea and feel for an Sg. The sound is pretty good for a cheap guitar. The neck feels great I think. Epiphone necks always feel great. Mine stays in tune well despite what the other reviews say.

the only thing that is bad (even though its not really bad) is its just cheap. Its great for a first guitar and thats it. It has pretty good durability and will last well. The switch is a little crappy. and its very lightweight.

very light construction. switch is crappy but will do. tuners are pretty good. black finish is better for this guitar becouse cherry and cheap dont mix.

good first guitar. lightweight. cheap switch. black finish is nice. its worth $150

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I purchased this guitar on Music123.com on May 13,and payed about $250 for it.I bought it because it has that great SG with out the price.

This guitar is GREAT!!!!It has the classic Gibson SG tone,only its a lot cheaper.It has two humbucking pick-ups that sound amazing!!!!!!!

The strings break very easily if your not careful.But other than that its an amwazing guitar

It is great quality.Its a little light though so it breaks very easily.

Over all this is a GREAT guitar,if you see one and you want a great tone buy it,you wont be let down.

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I bought this guitar at Guitar Center during their Labor Day sale. The list price was 1400 dollars, but they had it for $799. I asked the worker there about it, and he said he would sell it to me for $470. Best deal I've ever seen.

The guitar for the most part is great. The body is extremely light compared to most other guitars. The tuners stay in tune for about a week. The pickups sound great, and there is a tone and volume knob for each pickup. They actually work too. Overall, a great axe.

There are only a few minor details that I don't like about the guitar. For one, there is a cheap-looking tape around the pickups to protect the coils. Also, the strings are a little too high on the bridge, but you can get used to that easily. (I played a strat before this, so it was a big difference to me).

So far everything has been in working order. No complaints here.

If you see this guitar and you need a new one, buy it! It has killer tone and a nice price tag, especially for a Gibson. Definitly worth the money.

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I was given this guitar from a friend. He bought it in hopes of being a "guitar hero", but found it harder than he thought.

Nice tone and surprising quality. You get a nice from the humbucking pickups, although I chose to replace them with some spare vintage style Gibson pickups I had around. The guitar I have has the sunburst design and it is quite nice. You can't get a Les Paul style guitar (made by a division of Gibson none the less) for the price (even though I did not buy mine) any better.

The tuners are crap. They don't stay tuned and they are not at all adjustable. I replaced them with a set of Grovers. Also the 3 position switch had to be replaced, but it did not facilitate a standard three position. I had to peel of the Les Paul style ring around switch and mount it side to side. It actually works and it is rigged so that when the switch is toggled it is in the direction of the pickup that it is now using.

See "Please describe what you like about the unit:"

Nice guitar, not bad for a beginner. If you are going to buy a guitar and you don't have a lot of dough to spend this is a good guitar. Just remember to replace the tuners!!

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I got this guitar at MusiciansFriend.com after the neck on my Hondo II broke. It was 150 dollars, about 160 after shipping. I was amazed at how quickly it shipped. I had ordered it on a Monday and it came Wednesday of the same week!

Everything!!! I expected the finish to be a cheezy bright red, but I was delighted to find that is was a dark, semi-transparent red, just like my friend's much more expensive G-400. There's only one volume knob and one tone knob, but in my opinion that is good, because if I wanted to use a vibrato effect with both pickups, a volume knob for each pickup would make that almost impossible. Neck is straight, tuners have a very smooth operation. In the pictures it doesn't have the little black ring around the toggle switch, but it came with that too!

Only the factroy installed strings. I'll probably put Slinky's on soon. And it sometimes picks up a radio signal.

It's amazingly solid. The pickups are good, I could talk forever about how nice it sounds. But like I said before, the strings aren't the best.

You know what they say, you get what you pay for. Well "They" obviosly haven't seen this guitar! With the quality of the unit at this price, it's the equivalent of buying a Ferrarri for $500. It's great guitar for AC/DC and Black Sabbath, but any I've played stuff from Santana to I Believe in a Thing Called Love, and this guitar sounds great all the way.

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Purchased it form Musicians Friend for $150 (US) as a my first guitar. I had to share my brothers Fender American Strat and I wanted a Paul, but was low on cash

It is an inexpensive guitar that gives you that Les Paul tone. It's got a fast neck and nice string action. It comes stock 9's, but I prefger the sound and feel of D'Addario XL 10's. It's similiar to the guitars that bands that I like use, so I was stoked to get this guitar. It's fallen a few times and it's still working as usuall.

There are a few problems with it. The tuners aren't that great. I have to retune after every song. I have also had a little trouble with the input jack. The washers fell off and I had to replace them. There is a slight hum. I believe it is realted to the type of pickup selsctor that is used.
The guitar tends to fall out of my strap, but that was nothing thata straplock couldn't solve.

It's made in Korea. The guitar has a nice ebony finish. I like the neck binding it has good construction and feel. It was what I was expecting for $150.

Overall it is a good begginner guitar if your looking for the LP tone. I got what I expected for $150. If you want the LP tone and have the money I would reccomend getting a better model like the standard or custom.

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I got this guitar from an individual not a store. I payed about 60 bucks for it, because it was used and because it wasn't in very good condition. The reason i bought it was because my squire strat was a huge piece of crap.

there are a few things i like about this guitar. 1, it was really cheap. 2 it has more sustain than my squire strat. The other is if you are hard on this instrument it doesn't really matter because it is fairly tough and you arn't loosing anything special if you trash it.


It doesn't stay in tune for more than a half an hour. It doesn't have very good sound and the pickups buzz so much it would make you wish you were deaf.


As i said before the construction is fairly good. The quality isnt bad for a guitar with a list price of about 170 bucks.

This isn't a bad deal for a first guitar, because you dont know if you'll stick with it, but if you already play dont waste you're money. Go for a real gibson. They're the best. I just bought an SG supreme a few day's ago and i love it.

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I purchased this guitar used at a local guitar shop about a year ago for $650. I only played it for about 5 minutes before i fell in love with it. The pervious owner had hardly played it, so it was in mint condition.

The neck is the perfect size, and is lightning fast. The tuners never go out of tune, despite heavy playing. The body is light, so you can jump around and play at the same time, and not break your back. Sounds almost as good as a les paul, for about half the price!

The bridge pickup is a bit weak for my tastes, i plan on swapping it for a Gibson 498T sometime. Other than that, the guitar is perfect!

Since i got it so new, the bridge saddles had almost no indentation in them, so when i played really hard the strings would pop off the saddles. A trip to a tech set this straight, for 78 cents. Solid craftsmanship, meant to be played, and played hard.

I love this guitar! And at such a great price, it was well worth it. Sounds awesome for rock and hard, distorted music, especially through my mesa heartbreaker. But also sounds great for blues, through my friend's Vox AC110. I will never get rid of this guitar.

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I picked up this piece at the local guitar center for a small $850.

First and for most this is one nice guitar. The finish is superb without flaws. I picked up the WIne Red and it is gorgeous. Another great feature is the neck. The rosewood fret board is smooth and the with the littlest application a string rings with pure sound. OVerall I am pleased at the gutiar itself. No questions asked.

None that I can really think of.

Its a Gibson. Need I say more. No place else can you get this quailty and pure sound.

As said before it is a Gibson. Gibson is known for quality and duration of life. I played a Schecter C-1 plus next to this gutiar and there was no comparison. Don't look over this you want a guitar and look no further.

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