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«  Well, actually amazing considering the price »

Published on 01/05/13 at 13:49
China I think mine is 2011. Standard fittings but grover mechanical, and toggle-knobs are not low-end, only the jack is to change (its thread dulls quickly).
22 frets very well finished / put, this is buying Epiphone pay compared to other brands only cheaper.
Set neck course, satin varnish everywhere look delicious. Attention, Gigi is very different in real life, she is gross with very little polish and smell the pores of the wood with her sister faded worn brown les paul is unique in the current production.
So do not expect a copy you would be disappointed.

The pickups are not static or feedback (waxed), and non-and split. I did the mod for micro grave but the result is well worth the effort to do so.

The magnets are type AlNiCo5, in fact everything on this guitar is a high relative costs.

UTILIZATION

Hard not to love a sg, light and handy, solid and practical, we need to know one thing: As rounded thigh just below the bridge is the first bin boxes are very far! If you are used to normal guitars (rg-lespaul, strat, tele) you will instinctively 2-3 boxes below, confusing.

Gigi on my sleeve as '60s tribute, so slim type, super nice and not overwhelming whatever the chosen game.
Ozégus access, look at the picture! It is well on top, but with the pitch shorter than ibanez / fender / prs / charvel company and it is rather tight past the 15th box.

Sg is a thin so it gives very often sound rather bright acid, which checks already dry here.

SOUNDS

Firstly I should say that I installed these pickups in my les paul worn brown faded as I like their side smokey jazz and mellow sound and very flexible micro serious split. So I prefer to bursbucker pro that equipped the original Gigi, the Epiphone are not bad huh?

They are not aggressive, in fact, and rather well rondouillards rock'n'roll. In jazz it is clean if you will, not acidic at all.

As is the Epiphone does not deliver the aggressiveness / acidity expected of a sg, I put other mics more aggressive and punchy where it does it well.

Since this is a deliberate choice of epiphone and the original pickups are extra, I leave 10.

OVERALL OPINION

I love the craft, and the look is quite unique (ras-le-bol or black finishes like mat on the tea table ...), although roots.

The edge of the frets has not moved in almost two years, the woods were so dry manufacturing.

While I was there, changing the pickups I wired simplissime (a master volume basta) and sound is affected, this is not a scoop.

Brief for the 239 roros disbursed this is a great surprise, Epiphone has significantly improved its services recently.
So much so that there is no viable alternative at this price level, and if you can save just over 360 roros you American are Fort Gibson these days!