Opinions Sought: Epiphone SG

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:22 am

Looking for opinions on the state of current SGs from Epiphone. I know someone who is about to pull the trigger on one of these:

http://www.epiphone.com/Guitar/EPI14B8 ... e-Metallic

The most important thing is that it's gorgeous. This series looks fab, classic Gibson shapes in metallic colours.

Anything to be worried about?

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:24 am

Iff it's good enough for Kelly Jones...

Freddy V-C · Post by **Freddy V-C** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:08 am

My only experience of recent Epiphones is the Les Paul SL I bought last year, but I was very pleasantly surprised by how well that one played straight out of the box (immediately miles ahead of the shed Tele, which is a big part of why I sold the shed Tele considering it played worse than a Ã‚Â£99 guitar). Is it a student of yours buying this? I'm guessing they don't have any way of playing it in person first?

I gotta say I'm kind of gassing for the purple and green ones.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:22 am

some of those colours look so lovely

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:25 am

I have no idea how good they are but they do look incredible. The description says they have a "Custom C" neck profile, have no fucking idea what that means but if it's C, I already like it.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:43 am

Black and red ones won't sound as good as the rest as they're $50 cheaper

Post by **Doog** » Sun Oct 10, 2021 3:28 pm

benecol wrote:Iff it's good enough for Kelly Jones...

THEY TOLD ME YOU MISSED SCHOOOOOOOOOOL TODAY

The pink reminds of some 2000s-ass lipgloss, which is definitely a nice aesthetic

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:30 am

Doog wrote:
benecol wrote:Iff it's good enough for Kelly Jones...
THEY TOLD ME YOU MISSED SCHOOOOOOOOOOL TODAY

The pink reminds of some 2000s-ass lipgloss, which is definitely a nice aesthetic

Sorry, on what part of the body is this lipgloss worn?

Post by **Doog** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:59 am

I fucking KNEW someone was going to say that; jesus, DAD

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:05 am

Doog wrote:I fucking KNEW someone was going to say that; jesus, DAD

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ve got no kids, my friends and colleagues are my only outlet for the dad jokes that clog up my brain.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:17 am

Ass lips

Post by **Doog** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:29 pm

Doog wrote:
NickS wrote:Reverend guitars on clearance at Andertons.
LOADS of clearance brands, including those new Epiphones we were chatting about: http://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-dept ... :&pageSize:&

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:34 pm

The Scarlet Red for 299 Ls is almost as good as an ass lips one

Post by **Doog** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:41 pm

Not quite, though

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:45 pm

Oh, some bargains to be had there.

Post by **dots** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:03 pm

lovely color.

i've always dug the aesthetics of the sg. the problem is when i pick one up, it never feels right to me. i don't know if it's the thin body, the neck, the combination of the two, but it just doesn't hug me bag like a mustang does. i've tried it a few times over the years, thinking this time will be different, and it doesn't matter if it's an american build, a gibson, an epiphone, vintage, or whathaveyou -- something is missing.

but damn, the one in the OP is beautiful and probably sounds incredible.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:09 pm

dots wrote:lovely color.

i've always dug the aesthetics of the sg. the problem is when i pick one up, it never feels right to me. i don't know if it's the thin body, the neck, the combination of the two, but it just doesn't hug me bag like a mustang does. i've tried it a few times over the years, thinking this time will be different, and it doesn't matter if it's an american build, a gibson, an epiphone, vintage, or whathaveyou -- something is missing.

but damn, the one in the OP is beautiful and probably sounds incredible.

Aye, me too. It feels light, but not in a nice way to me. Flimsy feeling.

plopswagon · Post by **plopswagon** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:21 pm

I was actually surprised how comfy the SG I tried out was, but it was from the chunky neck era.

sunshiner · Post by **sunshiner** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:07 pm

SGs and similar "long neck" guitars do feel flimsy. To me people who can pull off rocking SGs are either pedants who carry a towel in the case to clean the guitar after playing and who can take a really good care of the instrument, or bashers who would abuse it, yet it would work no matter what and would't die. Someone like myself would put it in the case, get a nightmare in the middle of the night, wake up, run to open the case and it would be broken in 10 different places

kingkiller · Post by **kingkiller** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:43 pm

dots wrote:hug me bag

ThatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s what the Deluxe models are for