Epiphone are good quality woodwor, nice neck and fretboard. Where you can make a big improvement later is in the pickups and bridge, you can get them replaced, that will improve it no end. Also get it set up properly, the action will be quite high and you can make a big difference to the playability by getting the neck set back and the frets stoned, that will let you get the strings closer to the frets.
I am not a big fan of the Gibson SG, the Les Paul is a better guitar. If I was going for anything 'SG' like I would shell out for a Yamaha 'YSG' Unfortunatley you are shelling out a lot of money if you do that. The YSG models are built like the Les Paul and have a steel 'spine' that gives amazing sustain, it was designed with the help fo Carlos Santana many years ago. I used to own one, a '2000' with the Abalone fret markers and banding around the body.
|