All user reviews for the Epiphone G-400

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is an exact copy of the SG in appearance, the varnish is well done and the overall finish is not too bad

UTILIZATION

the handle is enjoyable thanks to the soft satin varnish, the radius the key is fairly flat which makes the game plan of the frets are well done.
The are: Mechanical quite a bit of play even when.
Holding the guitar, standing or seated, a default well known to the whole SG, Gibson or not handle too heavy relative to the body so dsquilibre forward.
In short, those who love quality and default use of SG gather the same thing on the low-end copy

Potentiomtres buttons are not right because they have pressed the wrong t is a dtail but ...
The frets are good quality they fool mark very quickly
shielding of the cavities and micro electronic bacl Has one or two brush strokes and basta, no ground wire connecting them together ...



SOUNDS

Microphones and say how much, and although I've changed very quickly because they are desperately short of precision;
as a t crit, the neck pickup is a bit too serious, that the bridge is not too bad in his clear but both are very trsdcevants in distortion, too much "fluff" my taste, no more than 2 notes in an agreement otherwise the disto total mess.

The sustain is quite limited use under the beautiful mahogany veneer with a mahogany good quality clown kind sipo in several pieces glued together, there are no small economies ...

The strings are no good at all, IMMEDIATELY change the regulation of the focus easel request be tweaked

OVERALL OPINION

I have this guitar since June and have already changed microphones, potentiomtres strings, have something playable without paying the price of a real Gibson, all comes back to me about 400 but I'm a fan of Frank Zappa and his SG ...

This copy of SG is aptly named, copied, looked like an SG but that does not have one.
Certainly, 200 tip, do not expect miracles and beyond, you will not
Has any shot to the low quality to reach such a price as the plastic imitation pearl inlays made using a pneumatic drill, frets that wear out very quickly, the wood very bad quality hidden by a beautiful veneer of a millimeter, the microphones virtually unusable for those seeking a clear and correct her in saturated potentiomtres the low-end, assembly of electronic leaving s desire with the use of adhesive tape to paint for insulation ..... but hey, 200 and manufacturing slingshot in China, everything is said

I knew that buying this epiphone, I would have a lot of work to give it a nice sound but the game (final price) is worth the candle even when
Now if you want to buy this SG you saying you're going to sound real without doing work on it, go your way, do not dreaming, You Save Plutt to pay you a "real" &% &%&%&% very mixed reviews

Made in Korea (mine is from 2002!)
a traditional handle Epi, 22 frets
epi humbuckers
toogle switch and 1 volume / 1 tone micro (4 knobs)

UTILIZATION

round pleasant, with good ergonomics and a featherweight (which at a little drawback is that later)

access to treble is super easy
and was amazed that a guitar is very versatile in terms of sound

SOUNDS

I play a bit of everything, this guitar has a very wide range of sounds, with an incisive attack anyway, it is for it not?

I play this guitar with a Vox AD30VT and a Vox AC30 and it sounds very CC2X very well, the knobs respond well to sounds, and we can consider almost any ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use for almost a year and a half to see more, in fact it's like an LP but with a more open attack, it is fun and it's the joy of playing with it
I took the opportunity that was suitable for me to buy it (70 euros OCCAZ!) and I was very surprised at the versatility, I was expecting something super aggressive and can not in fact It goes well almost everywhere, with a little gniak!

for more, we will say that it is light and sends it well, access to treble is super (I have a LP that also requires a bit more than usual to climb up there!)

... the least attention in the center of gravity which is very backward and that the handle does not break the law of gravity: ie "it plunges!", provide a wide strap and strap lock for avoid a sudden shock of the handle toward the ground, when you release the handle dips! , It became quite apparent! )
For my part toogle the switch started messing (contact) and a good cleaning + bomb had contact because of worries)

make the election again? ben in fact I bought this guitar for the low price or I had, but with hindsight I think that if I had tried that way and yes, it would have rained
So YES!

Made in China, mahogany body and neck, for me it is the same except that the U.S. current prices are! Channel

UTILIZATION

comfortable, good ergonomics, not too heavy to access super sharp

Of course everyone is that it stings the nose of the coward What neck okay!

SOUNDS

To me it sounds different from my other guitars "USA" have a lot of opportunity to play with almost anything, a tendency to rock anyway

OVERALL OPINION

J ' have in all and for all nine guitars at home with 2 thereof Epiphone EXPLORER and the other two guitars are Fender vintage 1990/1976, a Gibson S1 1975 and other vintage made in japan ... for me it's not worth the cost of buying GIBSON of the year because there are too may differ with the Epiphone even now, look at the price! If you want guitars that sounds we must start in the 70s but this is not the same rates to all bye

Steph

Made in China, mahogany body and neck, for me it is the same except that the U.S. current prices are! Channel

UTILIZATION

comfortable, good ergonomics, not too heavy to access super sharp

Of course everyone is that it stings the nose of the coward What neck okay!

SOUNDS

To me it sounds different from my other guitars "USA" have a lot of opportunity to play with almost anything, a tendency to rock anyway

OVERALL OPINION

J ' have in all and for all nine guitars at home with 2 thereof Epiphone EXPLORER and the other two guitars are Fender vintage 1990/1976, a Gibson S1 1975 and other vintage made in japan ... for me it's not worth the cost of buying GIBSON of the year because there are too may differ with the Epiphone even now, look at the price! If you want guitars that sounds we must start in the 70s but this is not the same rates to all bye

Steph

Everything has already been said ...
Tonch good finish but a few little apparent from the beginning.


UTILIZATION

The handle is nice, by scratching the cons is a bit heavy (normal. ..)
access to acute is very good (shape).

and it really just play everything, really


SOUNDS


As stated above, we play everything with little, but I find the sound curiously

enough, "bland" but I do not know the explanation
I play with a line 6 spider jam or a Fender Super Champ XD


OVERALL OPINION

J
e have for 2 years, I test a guitar before, but actually it is not my favorite.

Like his good access to acute, his Polival
but I like his sound less "fade" ... Not bad

Made in Korea in 2002
Bridge / bridge tune-o-matic.
22 frets, 2 humbuckers.
2 volume, 2 tone
Mechanics are correct for a guitar of this range, but I've changed by Grover 18:1 (a little bit of forest will be necessary to adjust the hole in the head).
I also put strap locks.
I redid the electronics also because a Knob began to sputter (it took 8 years so good for something made in our time ... we will tolerate)

UTILIZATION

Channel enjoyable to play, a bit thick for my taste.
Big problem of balance (the handle is heavier than the body, once she has a tendency to fall head ...) so it takes a little "keep his head" but hey, we made it.
Access to acute relatively easy (but I use it too) ...
The sound is that of an SG, what about the other. If there's no group / guitarist whom you immediately think when you said SG is that it lacks a foundation in your rock and roll culture (personally I like moderately AC / DC, but c is not a reason you MUST think about it).
Then, mine being Korean, I never tested the range above (the real gibson) or the one below (the Chinese to 250 € new)

SOUNDS

Personally, I've given Si (so-mi-fa-la-re-si #) to play stoner rock. I use the neck pickup almost exclusively, with the tone Knob to 2 or 3 not more. Sometimes I use the microphone without acute disto, it comes out a sound place to make nice arpeggio but that's not what I prefer. Then pedal level, just a Boss SD-1, all on a Marshall JMP 100W and it leaves you sound very fat as it takes to make transitions between psychedelic riff.

OVERALL OPINION

I did last year.
I played mainly on a stratovolcano, therefore enormous sound level change and how to play. We like it or not.
What I love most: the look, the simplicity of the object, no bridge to the c ** as the fender, all electronically accessible by removing 4 screws (no need to remove the strings .. .). When I say it's easy to say: this is two piece of wood glued together, a few holes in the wood to attach ropes as simply as possible, 2 microphones, a coat of mail and basta. Basically, we feel that it can not let you go on a whim.
On occasion you can find Korean for a pittance, then go ahead!

Originally written by Temallica on Audiofanzine FR.

22-fret mahogany set neck
Mahogany body
Two Epiphone humbuckers
Three-way toggle switch
Two tone and two volume controls (one of each per pickup)

You can adjust the bridge with a screwdriver in order to lower the strings and get a better playability (but don't lower them too much to avoid fret noise!).


UTILIZATION

Very pleasant neck. A bit more difficult to play than a Gibson neck. However this neck is the best one among the dozen guitars I've tried (Schecter, Squier, Ibanez...). Rather easy access to the upper frets. The guitar is quite unbalanced: the headstock is too heavy when played with a strap (mahogany is a heavy wood). It's easy to get a good sound. I use the neck pickup at full volume for distorted sounds. The bridge pickup sounds well clean.

SOUNDS

This guitar is conceived for all rock music styles. Personally, I use it to play metal and hard rock (Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Van Halen). You can also get a good crunch sound out of it. It's fun to use the distortion sound with a Peavey Vypyr to get accurate riffs and fat licks. You can easily get nice harmonics. On the other hand, it's difficult to get a crystal-clear Strat sound, unless you use an X Boost stomp (like on the Vypyr).

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using it for almost two years. It's a really good guitar. The perfect instrument for beginners. I tried out lots of guitars before. Since I had no experience, I chose this guitar because I felt comfortable with it. I plan to sell it and buy a Cort G270. Very good value for money. The guitar is very affordable considering the quality. Based on my experience, I would certainly buy it again due to the playing comfort but not for the sound: I play now less metal and more blues/jazz. This guitar is a really good choice!

This is a guitar made by Epiphone, which is the Gibson equivalent of Fender's Squier. That is to say, they make cheaper versions of the classic guitars of the parent company. This is no exception. It is a lower-priced version of the SG, speficially a 60s SG. The cool thing about this is, that with knowledge of guitars in general, this can be upgraded considerably with a little work.
The guitar has a mahogany body and a rosewood fretboard. It has 22 frets, a tune o matic bridge, and some cheap hardware. Honestly, the 3-way toggle switch is pretty flimsy. Other than that it has 2 mediocre humbuckers in it.

UTILIZATION

This guitar doesn't really play all that well. I like it, but sometimes it's tough to play fluidly and rapidly on it. It's difficult to really move through the strings like I can on better guitars. Getting a good sound out of this is difficult, unless you are running through a heavy distortion or fuzz. It's not as heavy as a classic Gibson SG which is nice, so it does earn points for being ergonomic. The top notes are easy to reach but it's tough to play the guitar anyway, so it doesn't really make it that much better.

SOUNDS

I have used this amp with a Marshall stack as well as a Fender Twin, and I must say, I think it's better with the stack, though not by much. It needs a ton of distortion to sound good. The clean sound of this guitar is flat, unnaturally warm and bassy, and doesn't cut through at all. If I were to buy this guitar, I would definitely buy new pickups and have them installed, as these are really not all that great. That's probably the biggest complaint I have. They work better with high-gain sounds. In fact, their ultimate redeeming quality is almost definitely the low amounts of noise, even with punishingly high amounts of gain.

OVERALL OPINION

While the playability of the guitar isn't perfect, it's at least usable, and a setup might alleviate the tension. The pickups, on the other hand, beg to be replaced. Even if they are virtually noiseless, they have few redeeming qualities. After replacing the pickups and getting it set up, it'd certainly be a much nicer instrument, however, you have to wonder whether or not it's more worth it to just get a better instrument. It's certainly cheap, but I still think that it's worth it to spend a hundred or so more to get a much better instrument, which you can if you look at some of the higher end Epiphone models.

The Epiphone G-400 is a cheaper version of Gibson’s famous SG. The G-400 features 22 frets, dual Alnico V humbuckers, two sets of volume and tone knobs, and a three way pickup selector. The G-400 has a fixed bridge, which in my opinion gives this guitar a lot of sustain. The neck is extremely fast, it is made of mahogany, like the rest of the guitar, and comes with a beautiful red finish.

UTILIZATION

The neck on the Epiphone G-400 is amazing. Thanks to the SG body, the super high frets are just as easy to access as the top ones, making soloing all the more fun. The guitar is extremely light, which is great for playing shows with, and it looks like an old school Gibson SG, who doesn’t love that? Thanks to the neck having such great action, you can get a great sound without even trying.

SOUNDS

The style of music I play now is mellow/soft, however when I used the G-400 I was really into heavy rock, and it was wonderful for getting that kind of sound. I used it with an Epiphone Triggerman 60 DSP, and I got awesome rock tones, with super long sustain, which I loved for soloing. When you play the G-400 clean, you can get a very nice mellow sound, but turn the gain on and the guitar really comes to life. You can bend a note and let it ring for days. My favourite sounds that the G-400 produced would be the lead guitar sounds; it’s a great guitar for soloing.

OVERALL OPINION

I actually do not own this guitar anymore because I gave it to my girlfriend for her birthday; however I still play it when I’m over at her house. I did own the G-400 for about a year and a half. My favourite part of the G-400 was the sustain it produced; this guitar can hold a note forever. My least favourite part would be the fact that about after a year of having it the bridge sort of fell apart, not to bad though because I was able to fix it myself, but it was still a hassle. I had played a few guitars before the G-400, but once I touched it I fell in love with the sounds it could make. For the price this guitar is amazing and I would recommend it to anybody. I loved this guitar, if you are looking for a great low cost rock guitar, buy this one!