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syle « Excellent quality / price ratio »
Published on 09/08/11 at 01:47
Best value:
Excellent
Mine was made in Korea. Unlike the newer models, she overlays type "dot" on the sidelines, instead of trapezoids. There was not the "tulip" on the head and the microphones were "open coil" (without covers) to non-adjustable pads. Little more, however: the mechanical oil bath.
Aesthetics plus "gross stripping", so, approaching more the look that SG Standard SG Special.
Otherwise, the classic mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, set neck, two humbuckers, 3 position toggle switch, 2 volume, 2 tones.
Since this model has changed somewhat in appearance, and production was later moved to China.
UTILIZATION
The handle type "slim taper60" is very fine and very comfortable. It will show just a bit tiring in the long pieces on the bars (due to its fineness) and will not give as much support as a profile 59 '. But we can not have it all. In any case, this handle is very fast, and access to acute in fact evil, ultimately, a real highway.
The ergonomics are very good, the guitar is very thin and very light, and he blamed just a very clear trend (much sharper than on a Gibson SG) to pitch down. We must therefore choose a strap large enough that it is not annoying.
Otherwise, it is impeccable: a remarkable ease of playing!
His level, do not worry: you plug and it sounds!
SOUNDS
Its level, with the former open coil pickups, it sounds very, very big.
Whether on the bridge pickup or the neck pickup, the output level is impressive, and it sounds very fat, very thick, very dense, including clear sound that offers a lot of roundness. All with great sustain. We can however blame these microphones on one side a bit rude, grotesque, gross stripping, and a lack of precision ... but it also has its charm. In any case, it does not lack character ...
This will be perfect for hard rock and we can tap into the metal without any problems. But the guitar will come out too well for rock, and honorably for the blues.
Accessories is a real treat to play at the bottleneck.
The following models, I had the opportunity to play several times, seemed to me to be less successful in pure violin (it's still very correct), even if their less sober finish gave them a distinct advantage over the aesthetic.
The pickups are also different: Epiphone them mounted Alnico more civilized, objectively better, but some find a bit anemic (objectively, they are not that much!) And a little transparent.
Of these guitars, the quality of the violin can be considered quite an upgrade pickups. A good kit Seymour Duncan (for example) will make a formidable war machine.
OVERALL OPINION
I used it for over fifteen years. I ended up selling it to a friend a few years after buying a Gibson SG Standard.
At the time, I was not immortalized in the tests: I wanted a guitar which sounds good, which is gouache and that looks like an SG. I, just in case, tried the Epiphone Les Paul LP100, sold at the same price, but that did not really compare (in particular because of its handle screwed to me unacceptable). I also tried the Chevy Les Paul, very good, but I preferred the SG ...
I then tried other guitars in the same style (Vintage, C77 CS2 ...), some were very good, but none gave me some regrets over the G400.
On mine, I ended up replacing the pickups with Gibson 490 of Recycling.
This is a guitar that I can only advise.
Of course, it does not compete with a big Gibby, but the price / quality ratio is quite excellent.
Aesthetics plus "gross stripping", so, approaching more the look that SG Standard SG Special.
Otherwise, the classic mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, set neck, two humbuckers, 3 position toggle switch, 2 volume, 2 tones.
Since this model has changed somewhat in appearance, and production was later moved to China.
UTILIZATION
The handle type "slim taper60" is very fine and very comfortable. It will show just a bit tiring in the long pieces on the bars (due to its fineness) and will not give as much support as a profile 59 '. But we can not have it all. In any case, this handle is very fast, and access to acute in fact evil, ultimately, a real highway.
The ergonomics are very good, the guitar is very thin and very light, and he blamed just a very clear trend (much sharper than on a Gibson SG) to pitch down. We must therefore choose a strap large enough that it is not annoying.
Otherwise, it is impeccable: a remarkable ease of playing!
His level, do not worry: you plug and it sounds!
SOUNDS
Its level, with the former open coil pickups, it sounds very, very big.
Whether on the bridge pickup or the neck pickup, the output level is impressive, and it sounds very fat, very thick, very dense, including clear sound that offers a lot of roundness. All with great sustain. We can however blame these microphones on one side a bit rude, grotesque, gross stripping, and a lack of precision ... but it also has its charm. In any case, it does not lack character ...
This will be perfect for hard rock and we can tap into the metal without any problems. But the guitar will come out too well for rock, and honorably for the blues.
Accessories is a real treat to play at the bottleneck.
The following models, I had the opportunity to play several times, seemed to me to be less successful in pure violin (it's still very correct), even if their less sober finish gave them a distinct advantage over the aesthetic.
The pickups are also different: Epiphone them mounted Alnico more civilized, objectively better, but some find a bit anemic (objectively, they are not that much!) And a little transparent.
Of these guitars, the quality of the violin can be considered quite an upgrade pickups. A good kit Seymour Duncan (for example) will make a formidable war machine.
OVERALL OPINION
I used it for over fifteen years. I ended up selling it to a friend a few years after buying a Gibson SG Standard.
At the time, I was not immortalized in the tests: I wanted a guitar which sounds good, which is gouache and that looks like an SG. I, just in case, tried the Epiphone Les Paul LP100, sold at the same price, but that did not really compare (in particular because of its handle screwed to me unacceptable). I also tried the Chevy Les Paul, very good, but I preferred the SG ...
I then tried other guitars in the same style (Vintage, C77 CS2 ...), some were very good, but none gave me some regrets over the G400.
On mine, I ended up replacing the pickups with Gibson 490 of Recycling.
This is a guitar that I can only advise.
Of course, it does not compete with a big Gibby, but the price / quality ratio is quite excellent.