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Opinions Sought: Epiphone SG
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:22 am
by Bacchus
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?
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 10:24 am
by benecol
Iff it's good enough for Kelly Jones...
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:08 am
by Freddy V-C
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 £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.
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:22 am
by lorez
some of those colours look so lovely
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:25 am
by sunshiner
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.
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:43 am
by dezb1
Black and red ones won't sound as good as the rest as they're $50 cheaper
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 3:28 pm
by Doog
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
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:30 am
by NickD
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?
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:59 am
by Doog
I fucking KNEW someone was going to say that; jesus, DAD
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:05 am
by NickD
Doog wrote:I fucking KNEW someone was going to say that; jesus, DAD
I’ve got no kids, my friends and colleagues are my only outlet for the dad jokes that clog up my brain.
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 11:17 am
by sunshiner
Ass lips
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:29 pm
by Doog
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:34 pm
by sunshiner
The Scarlet Red for 299 Ls is almost as good as an ass lips one
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:41 pm
by Doog
Not quite, though
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:45 pm
by Bacchus
Oh, some bargains to be had there.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:03 pm
by dots
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:09 pm
by Bacchus
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.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 2:21 pm
by plopswagon
I was actually surprised how comfy the SG I tried out was, but it was from the chunky neck era.
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:07 pm
by sunshiner
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
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2021 3:43 pm
by kingkiller
dots wrote:hug me bag
That’s what the Deluxe models are for