I couldn't get past the clean bite the Alnico Classic PUPs had.from mellow, round jazz to dirty treble when was all good. The minute I picked it up, the neck yelled at me, "play me!" So I did. But a friend of mine got ahold of a used, pristine condition Epi SG Pro in the (fairly rare) alpine white finish. I'm basically a Fender guy, loving the single-coil, bell like sound.
The SG's I tried during the buying process played better than the big name SG's I tried, so I didn't feel bad about my choice!! A Lot of Fun to play, and a wide variety of sounds!!! Read full reviewįor some odd reason over the 45 years I've played pro, I've never been inclined to look at an SG.
Harmonics are perfect and it stays in tune very well!! I do feel this is a Great Guitar for the price, and if You are a player who has a certain sound or use only certain pickups, this guitar won't break the bank, allowing for a change to Your personal favorites. The guitar was most likely a restock as it was pristine, no pick swirls, scratches or dings, even had the pickguard and plates still under plastic!! The setup was horrible, but between a local tech and myself later fine tuning the setup, it is sooooo very much better!! The sound is very good, the split coil sounds can easily be enhanced to sound very "strat" like and sound good with a processor set for acoustic guitar!! Still working a little on the setup/action, but the neck is very fast, and sure, allowing by it's width a little room for not so exact finger positioning that can occur when moving very fast on leads. Recently purchased a used version of the Epiphone SG 400 Pro guitar.