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I personally dont get it either. But there are a lot of the more "budget friendly brands" of larger companies that are heading into the near or sometimes over $900 range and Epiphone has become one of them. LTD is another good example, as is PRS SE series. Pretty much Squier is the only one keeping south of that price point.Epiphone Prophecy SG Review
Don't let the rock stance fool you. This SG is a master of versatility.
IT seems VERY NICE...... but come on you can get a metric crap load of GIBSON SG's under 900 used..... really nice ones
or a NEW Gibson sg for just a few dollars more
Not that I have anything against Epiphone guitars. I have a G400 I bought used in 09. At the time it retailed for $299. It’s a decent guitar. It kinda became my “test mule” as ultimately I’ve swapped/modded everything on it other than the wood and the plastic. But if I’m dropping $900 on an Epi SG version….. I’m going to be looking for one that says Gibson on the headstock.
Yes sir! I got a G400 myself and its a fine guitar in its own right but like your's it was about a 1/3 of the price of this. I actually got a Gibson SG Standard a year later for only $700 and it was only a month used from when i bought it, basically brand new. Still cheaper than these prices
If memory serves. I got my G400 used at about a buck-99 plus shipping off eBay. Add in the mods I did, which was a combination of new and used pieces….. I still have less than 1/2 the cost of this one we’re discussing. It was a decent guitar when I bought it. Based on comments I’ve gotten from friends that have played it after my mods….. that have been playing electrics for decades….. I turned it into a pretty nice guitar.
Absolutely! When i got mine back in 96, they hadnt started using Gibson pickups and though it was based upon the 61 Reissue SG, it was very stripped in that era. I changed the cheap " Sam Sung" pickups( space between the words lol) to Gibson 498T/490R, copper shielded the cavities and changed the pots. It gave it a big boost.
Looks a lot like a Wilshire Weas… same guitar different name? I know from the forum a bunch of us migrated from, the Wilshire seemed to be a pretty sought after guitar.
those are very nice Ive had a couple WIlshires.....coronets and this -0- wish I had kept it..........
Pretty much the same body style, but this is loaded with a P-90, probably my all time favorite pickup.
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Something i found out a long time ago in my line of work is both Copper Wiring and PVC run parallel to the costs of refined petroleum and thats because both use the same initial processes to make polyethylene/thermal plastic nylon. Usually with copper, a lot of the time the conductor of the wiring isn't what's as inflated, but rather the insulation itself. Of course right now, its both the insulation from problems domestically and the raw metals from foreign tariffs thats killing the markets
