All user reviews for the Epiphone Goth G-400

I'm always using TH2 program via computer. (and only for monitoring, I use an old East German amplifier, called 'Regent')

old school sounds, I like it:



pros
Mine guitar was made in Korea, so because it is no longer manufactured (even in China) it bacame rare
great looking shape and finsih
Groover tuners (but it feels not very solid)
Mahogany body, and neck (set, not bolded to the body as the Special versions)
Because of the SG shape the access for the high frets is extremely easy
relatively good fret finishes


cons
the body is too thin, so not heavy enough for the neck and head. In other words, it is not well balanced.
pickups are noisy even without distortion effect.

Made in China
Double-cutaway solid mahogany body
Set mahogany neck
24-.75" scale length
Slim-tapered neck profile
Rosewood fingerboard
1.68 nut width
Fingerboard inlay at the 12th fret
22 jumbo frets
Dual Alnico V humbuckers
2 volume and 2 tone controls (with integrated killswitch tone pot)
3-way pickup selector
Pearloid trapezoid inlays
Tune-O-Matic bridge
Stopbar tailpiece
Chrome hardware
Satin black finish

UTILIZATION

This guitar oozes "cheap". It's not a complete lemon - it is able to be setup decently for ok playing action, and the pickups do sound good. But the construction of the guitar just screams "cost-cutting" to me. The satin finish on the neck and body feels nice, but it just looks like someone spray-painted this guitar in their garage with a couple of rattlecans. The electronics are where this guitar really shows its inexpensiveness - the integrated killswitch tone pot started randomly killing the signal first on just trying to turn the knob, then on its own. It kept doing this until I sprayed some contact cleaner in the pot - I shouldn't have to do this on a new guitar!

SOUNDS

The tone of the pickups was good - when they worked. As stated before, sometimes the killswitch would cut out the entirety of the signal, making this a very frustrating guitar. However, after the fix, the tone of the pickups was the one bright spot of this guitar. They could work for a metal band, rock, classic rock, or blues.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this instrument. I realize that there are quality control issues in any company, especially in instruments this inexpensive, but I shouldn't have to clean out a brand new guitar's electronics. The pickups are the only thing bringing this review up from being really bad. Please, friends - if you see this guitar, don't buy it. Just say no.

Well, nice guitar, enthusiasts SG apprcieront!
22 frets with a nice logo XII pearly a thinly Tune O Matic IDAL classic for all the bad dgouts Floyds roses that take sl'accord pa! of the knobs are classic but rglages assz prcis the handle? it's beautiful without a handle small pearl points!

UTILIZATION

With 22 frets it will not prfre guitar Steve Vai Marty Friedman or saw, to my taste CHAC difficult to acute ... but it's pretty ais to play (for a rock hard scratch the guns ... the pignoleur has Cacophony will surely feel like wading through mud!)
Ergonomics enjoyable, beautifully shaped lightweight ... but too bad, the handle fell like shit and if like me you play with your scratching your head well down will hit the ground trs faster if you release the handle.
Attention to obtain the desired sound, and if the guitar is wrong RULES (micro too low, strings too high ...) so dsasre ... do well gaffe is not a gibson which allows more j'men care less!

SOUNDS

That its okay to make a hard mtal or the TDCA in fact I think the spirit is asss Submitted SG (+ acute that his brief ACDC LP ...)
but my two pair corp marshall 'jcm 2000 and 1960 it is crunch cabinet ... the clean sound is good, it could almost make you think a gibson one could almost make crassouille blues! the distortion is asss aggrssive bottom and push it over the treble level (black apprcieronts fans!)

OVERALL OPINION

Owner of the skyscraper since 8 months I used the guitar for like 2 scne (scratches back in fact) and it does not measure up to my Gibson Explorer ... But aside from a young guitarist will probably be delighted to acqurir a beautiful object like the sound with more than burying a valid hits sour sub brands and low price, for one low price! ! it's nice then do yourself a favor and stop buying imitations strato!

The beginning and amateur apprciront, the scratch of possdant MODELS MODEL + pros will find this a fair bit ...
if tomorrow I had to redo the selection of this purchase?? not sure, I had qqs scne difficulties with her
and trs is not good ... but see on other dates, until you try before you buy you would make the best views!

Epiphone factory in Korea.
22 frets, two humbucker (Gibson design).
2 volume, 2 Tone selector 3 positions.
It is entirely in mahogany with a touch bne.

UTILIZATION

Channel: nothing to envy to gibsons
Ergonomics: guitar very slight so enjoyable when you have a very expressive games scene

SOUNDS

Sound: powerful distortion, ideal for metal, hard rock. Its clear mediocre, but it comes out something. Crunch sound excellent, ideal for blues rock, rock n rool, rock 70.

OVERALL OPINION

It's been barely a year (attention, I board not Gothic style, but the epiphone sg classic model, the cheapest model (- 200 euros for occas !!!!!)
This is my prfre: I have a gretsh, a tele fender mexico, fender strat mexico, joe pass epiphone, ibanez sg.
I put 10/10 because I think this gothic must be better than mine that I had already put 10/10.
Epiphone has nothing to envy to Gibson, but rather the opposite: the price of a epihpone is still much cheaper than a gibson, a difrence of quality is not as great everyone says so.
Conclusion: no matter the model of home epiphone sg, they are all incredible. Thank you was

22 frets, made in Korea I think, fixed bridge, 2 volumes, 2tonalit slecteur micro, stick style "hoe". piphone microphones, pitempis. mahogany body handle but stocky, this may be why the sound sg piphone be distinct from more traditional.

UTILIZATION

Done to handle the logs, my taste too big, easy Access in acute, not heavy trs, trs no balance, no trs ergonomically sound microphones as the original dry a blow stick, dry, dry, a total lack of heat.

SOUNDS

Monte with emg is obtained without the mtal rel intrt Russi ... I did not find her INTERESTED, its lack of life, may be trying duncan to restore the heat ...

OVERALL OPINION

I sold this guitar, I find it beautiful but I did not AIM or her grip, her or its too dry. I wonder if the combination of al Saddle sleeve body is not mahogany top. it remains CHRE but is no more.

- In what country does she makes? (United States, Japan, Mexico, France ...)
In Japan it seems to me ...

- How many frets, what kind of micro as well as their configuration?
22 frets, 2 pickups, 4 potentiomres.

- What are the rglages (Volume, Tone slecteur micro ...)?
Grve, acute, medium, volume

- What type of race?
Epiphone is to say, round ... the classic!

UTILIZATION

- The handle is it enjoyable?
Trs, nothing wrong.

- Access in acute (dernires freight) is it easy?
Yep, no problem! 1 or 2 more frets t would be welcome.

- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
Weight nickel, form ... ben like SG is nickel! Against the head by an unfortunate tendency nosedive ds we loose the handle.

- Gets it easy to sound good? ...
Yes, if 'lon research a raw sound!

SOUNDS

- Appropriate are your style of music?
Bass that go well, a fat well, to make it mtal nickel! The clean sound is not lagging behind either.

- With what (s) amplifier (s) or effect (s) do you play?
With a Hiwatt 100W, a Zoom G2 pedal and sometimes a boss metal HM3.

- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
The dpend of this pedal setting.

- What are the sounds you prfrez, you dtest?
I like all the sounds, only the sharp "crack" a bit with some distos ...

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
9 months

- How do you report qualitprix?
Excellent! (Mr. Burns)

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
I tried an Epiphone les paul and a lag (roxanne I think), but I recheche a raw sound, hence the choice.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes!

-Made in china w is bizzare for a epiphone I say more but she just kor is a otocol made in china on the stick
22frets-double with two alnico pickups
For each micro-2boutons, one for volume and another for tonalitbr />-stick is very well when it's used to the scratches, but if you pass a series ibanez g10 has this one's made a big change in the handle and weight
-Especially for thin or not fat like me no guitar slumps which ets common forms sg is trslgre
I put 9 cra's just annoying that the handle slumps

UTILIZATION

-As I said the handle is very well when you're habitubr />-l 'Access in Augus is perfect nothing to say
It is trslgre, the shape is more gnial black satin gives it a style all metal
-Amp with a fender frontman 15g so I get a prize fender obtneir a good sound and trs facilemment

SOUNDS

She should have parfaitemment my style (pop rock metal ....) but with a different amp (Marshall MG30DFX) I'd better sound the same exellent
I played with a fender frontman 15r
I dtest no sound of the guitar but the amp so
It suits me in all styles

OVERALL OPINION

I have been using the month of June 2006
Do I like most is its look and "sound", the less is the scraper itchy nose
"I had tried 2 of the series ibanez g10, they not compete with this guitar
Quality-price report is good trs
For its 345-worth the blow ho yes
I advise anyone to sell it even if you are not flat as in what year it Serat casiment found on the French market and expensive couterat trs
if you sell, sells the most CHRE you've purchased

This scraper has a nice handle rhythm guitar, round and wide. 22 frets c is not huge but perfect for the beginner that "I was in the buying ...
a swich 3positions knobs and 4, normal.
The pickups are not what is more accurate but they have a nice sound that pushes the gain polyvalent.dès's becoming a bit like boiled rather sal .. perfect for hard rock but do not expect to play with the prog.

UTILIZATION

No complaints other than the size of the handle, but must see before you buy ca not please everyone, I 'get some nice crunch on my vox ac 15 dt pushing a bit treble and midrange with microphones serious c blues is rather for the rest ... résomument hard / metal.elle slumps fairly ugly, it must be said. It's pretty boring but c is a matter of habit.

SOUNDS

To play metal grunge genre for the rest ok ms c is not the foot. The pickups have a lot to? emg kit with a 81/85 nickel ca password!
set the well nieau the bridge, otherwise you will have pb tuning, it's pretty boring.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this wonder for a year and I can not say I regret it. Even if the price was enough of a deterrent, she's so pretty that I cracked it. Give him a kit and you will kiffer EMG, as the violin is very honest and pleasant.
Compared to these figures Ibanez and others without, you rez a skyscraper with a real character.

Epiphone, Gibson's little sister, had struck a blow at the exit of the Gothic series exploring, flying-v, Les Paul and SG. This black goth SG was my first guitar.
In other words, I was filled with it. Great form version angus young, micro nag, 22 round boxes fast. It's a guitar value HUGE!
2 volume and tone. Perfect for many commancer or even for the stage.

UTILIZATION

Handle great for the price, very nice. playing comfort and sound quality in its appointments, it's totally bluffing. I bought from a Supreme morgane lag, but I love the replay aves SG goth, sustout nag to the rhythmic, pure metal riff!
I even pushed the vice by changing the original alnico pickups with two double di Marzio ultra powerful. In other words, when I associated with my marshall TSL 100 and BOSS pedals I, the sound is monstrous !!!!!
sustain even very good and very rich harmonics. The clean sound is pretty poor anyway, but the SG is not you it's hard guitar? And even metal?

SOUNDS

Suitable for all sustout hardos power, sensitive souls go your way!
If you have more of this guitar an all-tube amp and you like the sound very rich, fat and highly saturated, so have fun!
Only for short powerchords and for how Solo Kirk Hammett.
With my wah pedal vox home whines that serious and I do not think that the result is far from its metallica and company .......

OVERALL OPINION

Guitar used since 2002, which I like because it has sentimental value, it is a gift from my friends! Brief but wonderful gift and even as a very good choice of guitar for commancer ideally in the universe metal trash black death .....;;
Price gun, incredible quality ..........

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UTILIZATION

I love the handle, the sound, the guitar.
Petit hic, unfortunately well known for SG-Shaped Guitars, it pitches down, and it is not always practical ...

SOUNDS

Vox AD30VT Amp with the creature offers great possibilities.
I personally have nothing against the original pickups ^ ^.

OVERALL OPINION

APRS 9 months of use (not trs intensive ...), I have to say I plan to change the guitar. What motivates this choice is (just me) the only default of the guitar; wrong balance. But to say anything, she dla geule, sounds good, is comfortable ... Briefly, for the price, nickel.

(See below, everything has been said)

UTILIZATION

The handle is generally pleasant, not the fastest but ok. Access to acute poses no particular problem, but suffers for large solis example, its 22 frets. The look is simply the ultimate, simple and black. The guitar is rather light but not balanced, careful not to let go if you are not large (less than 1m75) will enter the pit head. You can get a more accurate sound for sounds "grimey" as metal. With a good amp, one gets a rather nasty!

SOUNDS

The sound suits me well (metal), I play on the distortion of my amp (H & K - WARP 7) with a NOISEGATE (BOSS - NS2). At first I was playing well on a fat, very low, but over time I preferred the sounds sharper than I think most wicked and most suitable for fast games. So this guitar fits well with the heavy riffs and fat.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two years, I especially like the look and sound fat. The hand position for "palm mute" is not necessarily obvious to adopt at first but got used to it. The price / quality ratio is excellent for a beginner (current price: 600 CHF ~ / ~ € 400). With experience I will gladly recommend to a beginner who wants to rock and metal, but for a more professional (live frequent studio) I find it too limited. Currently I think of him putting EMG81 for a more accurate and punchy story to keep it a few times.

(Edit: I would lay her life in him installing a EMG81 ... Surprisingly! Without becoming an exceptional guitar, it provides much more live and studio. More potatoes, more accurately.)

Frabriquée-Korea. Frabrication good!
-22 Frets, Alnico V pickups double bobinnage.
-Volume and tone for both pickups.
-The handle is rather flat.

UTILIZATION

-The handle is not very comfortable at first but over time it becomes enjoyable.
-Access to treble is very easy, normal for this type of guitar.
-Guitar leans toward the nose (normal for SG). Not heavy.
He must know how to use micro is the amp that everything happens afterwards.

SOUNDS

-It is well suited to my style of music (punk rock / pop rock / metal).
I played with a fender frontman 15 g, but soon with a marshall mg 30dfx (I will tell you the news!)
-You can obtneir sounds "fat" (microphones handle) and sounds "crystal" (body microphones). But it is not so precise saturation.
With the small fender-the sound its really mean especially saturation.Donc I can not judge too.

-With a Marshall MG 30 dfx sound is clear and passable ttrès saturation is correct.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since May 2006.
Do I like the +: its shape and saturation.
Do I like the -:?? I do not know ban??
-Before the beast, I tried two Ibanez G Series 10 and EPIPHONE really crushed.
-The value taken is not bad.
Newfoundland: av € 350
Occas-: av € 300
And of course I do it again this election!

Made in China
22 Frets, 2 Alnico humbucker (made in Epiphone)
2 volumes, 2 tones and a 3-way selector
Set neck.
For more information, go to the Epiphone website.
Grover on my model.
I put 8 RAPORT for quality / price.

UTILIZATION

The handle is round and thick enough, like all the Epiphone. But you get very quickly. obviously, it's not a guitar shredder. Access to acute is perfect (it's an SG), although I find that from the 15th fret was much room in the boxes, why I prefer the guitars type srate. The shape, well ... I love the SG in part to their forms, so good. Do not forget the famous annoying tendency to dive when the A head is not holding the handle. Otherwise it goes to the weight.
Small flat for the position selector and electronics in general celon me to be redone, components and welds of poor quality ... We can feel when you pass a microphone to the other, small Cccrrrrgwfff and sound interruptions etc., are easily forgettable at home, but by repeating it and live the horror.

SOUNDS

I play everything.
Needless to say it is much better in rock, blues and all that.
As against the metal and other highly saturated music is different, the microphones do not have much power, it is quickly wide. These are not very accurate, it drools a lot with a powerful distortion. We thus obtain a rather bold. By clean is not bad, but nothing more. You can feel the difference between the two microphone, the bridge is more powerful and less accurate.
I love the sounds of rock 70/80 years. With this scraper is playable, but with a pedal that provides a minimum behind. One day I tried it with a GT8 ais a Marshall 50DFX ... It's something else it sounds and responds better, BUT STILL SO DROOL!
I'll change the pickups for Seymour Duncan SH1 and SH2 in the neck and bridge in SH4 (very classic ... but this configuration so effective. I am fortunate not to micro switch scratch, sentimental reasons, but I'm not that it would be better to totally change the scratch to invest in a more expensive but with good microphones from the start.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a little less than a year.
I love its shape, but its matte black color contrasts with the modern vintage look of SG, we like it or not.
Before I board tried it in the same range of prices, Squiers, on the other Epiphone, Ibanez and, of Cort. Epiphone models, we do not see a big difference in sound. For Squiers is clear that it is best, Ibanez same. Cort for I have mixed feelings because Cort some great quality / price, but the woods are less well however.

See the reviews below, add anything there's no secret.

UTILIZATION

For my part I find the handle very enjoyable. Rather broad and even when pais.
Access in acute do not care because I am rhythm guitarist in training in which I play, but the shape of the SG base, leaves a good Access in acute ...
Shape of this guitar I love it! Weight: not too heavy just right.
Do you get a good sound easy? : Well ...

SOUNDS

It should plutt much my style of music: Rock, mtal ...
I play for now head on a Marshall JCM 900 (j'commence get tired) the sound is average good ... But other models that attempt to possess with piphone and a Cort X6, I think it is quite at his particulire. She has her little characters well enough spcial and friendly. Ending for I will give him a microphone EMG 81 (bridge) and APRS me this will change many things! There's way to something good!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it less than a year.
What I like most: the shape, style and the little characters that it DGIG.
What I like least: the head a little itchy nose ... used to it ...
I play Cort (X6), I try other models piphone and it bothers me more. Report qualitprix not bad (buy OCCAZ '250 euros, and yes, I am not rich, lol ...). And I certainly do it again this choice, absolutely no regrets.

Epiphone factory in Korea.
22 frets, two humbucker (Gibson design).
2 volume, 2 Tone slecteur 3 positions.
It is Fully in Mahogany with a touch bne.



Look irrprochable!

UTILIZATION

Channel trs comfortable and very fast because of its shape.
Access in acute because grace is divinely easy form two devilish horns dernire the hoop is in the air (and down as above). It feels so good to play on the handle that one wonders why all the guitars do not have the ACCS 22nd fret so easy

A Submitted dcrire how you how much this guitar is lgre? is a real feather me change my strato heavy as a bulldozer.
But this is where a lightweight BMOL. Lgre yes but a little too much because if we lche carrment it stings the nose! But should not s'apeurer, you get used to rev faster!

SOUNDS

Well it's not Gibson Epiphone and so do not expect one of his most prcis.
However the fact remains that it's a pretty big and well in the bass boost to the metal so IDAL fat.
With a good amp and good saturation, I think she is doing well when even trs. DEFINITIONS of the lack of sound does is felt that it goes a little volume on scne.

She made some adj concert so do not panic!

EDIT: It now possde EMG 81, and became formidable carrment, WHOLESALE its insured!!

OVERALL OPINION

I possde 5 years, a fan of AC / DC and metal has been a long time I wanted an SG and a scraper that sends the potato. I fell in love with this guitar that I glimpse.
With less than 500 and in view of its many advantages, he forgives her (petits. ..) default.

I will soon offer a kit for EMG worthy of her daemon that really shows me what he has in the guts!

If this tempts you scratching Do not hesitate to make because it is increasingly rare on the French market!

EDIT: APRS a stint at the luthier, it possde now a pair of EMG pickups and a whole new look, she became fearful carrment, WHOLESALE its insured!!