2020 epiphone SG? should I...

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FuseG4 said:
is this that part of that uncomfortable feeling that has made me always keep the fenders and ditch the epiphones and even the few gibsons I've had, I wonder...
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Maybe I misunderstood the way you asked. The Epi necks and especially the Epi SG necks seem that way to me (not the Gibsons)
 
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i see yeah i did phrase it weird thanks

I dunno if I go up the scale to the lower end gibsons i'm sure not gonna get a white one in my price bracket. I had black SG special once. 'spose I could live with... not white. but ahhh man good job epi for making me drool.
 
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Oh man they are hard to find used. But found one.
About the same price as the epi
The vibrato bar is not something I would normally go for in SG but I know it will eliminate any possibility of neck dive and just cuz it's there doesn't mean I have to use
 
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The blade humbucker really really sounds like a blade style to me, they're that particular high end and sound with bends! Hmm but it generally seems in line with what I like
 
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I am pretty sure you will love the SG. They are wonderful guitars.
Mine is cherry but the white is cool as well IMO.
 
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I agree with someone earlier. Older PRS SE's are better made than any Epiphone SG's, and there are still a lot of used ones out there pretty cheap. Similar tone to an SG, especially from the older all-mahogany ones.
 
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I own a 2019 g400 pro. And I love it, the only thing I changed was the output(Thanks GuitarDoc) jack and strings, other than the strings, nothing else is getting touched on mine. I'd imagine the 2020 sound even better, FWIW my pickups have the solderless setup. It's all plugged except the jack.
 
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I meant output jack, I replaced it with an Switch craft. It was crackling a little. Auto correct struck again
 
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I just came back from NAMM and was *hugely* impressed by Epiphone's SG selection for 2020. It's one of the biggest step-ups I've ever seen in a guitar line.

They got rid of the cheesy old headstock, at least for a line called "Inspired by Gibson". The SGs in that line looked really close to Gibsons in specs and some even had locking tuners. I played a few, and while of course they were cherry-picked for NAMM, they all felt great and in no way seemed lacking compared to Gibsons.

I'm not sure about lower end guitars, but it seems Epiphone is making a serious play in the higher-end imports category. I would certainly give 2020 Epiphone SGs a serious look.
 
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I felt the same way about Floyd's sometime ago

I've got one now for about 6 years now

It's a RG4 ibanez
It hangs on the wall right behind me
I bet it's in time right now
And last night I noticed the high E sting is broken at the tuner

I dont think I ever play it

It's way heavier than my other guitars
Plays like my other RG2

Just I don't play anything that requires the whammy
 
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Go for it. The white with the full guard RAWKS.
And they’ve already done the upgrades for you.
Grover Rotomatic tuners, CTS electronics and a
Graphtech nut. I likes it.
 
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Haven't played any, but they look nice on paper

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ehdwuld said:
I felt the same way about Floyd's sometime ago

I've got one now for about 6 years now

It's a RG4 ibanez
It hangs on the wall right behind me
I bet it's in time right now
And last night I noticed the high E sting is broken at the tuner

I dont think I ever play it

It's way heavier than my other guitars
Plays like my other RG2

Just I don't play anything that requires the whammy
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I've been thinking this over and thanks this is useful
 
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i keep thinking over and over what do what my new guitar to do that I can't do on the tele?

warmer neck pickup tones for jazz

hotter bridge tone and less twangy overall sound for metal

my brother (who doesn't play but likes a lot of the same music and sorta knows my taste in guitars and stuff) told me I should get a guitar that's a little more metal if I want a new guitar at all, he says my guitars already are fine for like blues and blues rock and country and jazz. Get something that lets you play differently. He asked me what kinda guitars are good for metal, what makes a good metal guitar and what kind of metal do I want to play. and then he asked me isn't it kinda time you specialize in one genre of music? Most artists you hear sort of have their genre or a couple genres they fuse, and they have "their sound". He asked me what "my sound" is gonna be.

I don't even know lololol I like a bit of a lot of stuff!
 
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