Soon to be a new Daddy! Epi G-400 on the way!

[Monkus]

Good looking axe ! congrats!

[bigG]

Man, VP, that's a perfect neck for your digit infirmity. Just went and checked one out yesterday (I learned on a Gibby SG Junior years ago) and I must say I was impressed by the G-400 in every way. And at $349 it's a steal!

Congrats on finally naming her...er, him! :

[Viking Power]

Congrats on your new guitar, VP. I was particularly impressed by your description of it as a "Epi G-400 SG copy", which is exactly what it is. I find it interesting how so many Epi owners refer to their instruments by the Gibson names (G400=SG, Dot=335), as if that makes them the same thing. I had 2 SGs back in the day, and the neck-heavy aspect wasn't a big deal - hell, you can attach a five pound weight to the body and call it a Les Paul.

NICE!

[Kazz]

Fast Eddie Felson from the Hustler and Color of Money movies yeehaa.

Fastway was a very kick butt band....I loved the music they did for the Trick or Treat sound track

[Plank_Spanker]

Congrats on the G400! :

[duhvoodooman***]

Enjoy your new G400. I sure like mine! : :

[Duff49]

Heywood,

I don't know man, my '66 EPi SG copy of a Gibson has the SG nametag right on the truss rod cover and is an authorized by Gibson issue.

To me it is an SG and it is really nice trans cherry with nice details not to mention great pickups and feel. I also just bought a Gibson SG and I must say that it sounds better than the Epi SG.

But as far as I'm concerned an SG is an SG, as long as it is built to relatively close specs. Even my ESP LTD Viper is basically an SG, considering the SG style to an architype.

This type of thing has been argued extensively with those of one group going with the corporate line of exclusive use of the name, and others that recognize the "style" as a strat, tele, SG, LP, etc. Companies can't put the names on their instruments, although Epiphone can, but we can call them by their styles just as a communication tool; basically grouping guitars into style groupings.

So, since the Epiphone SG's are labelled as SG's legally and produced legally by Epiphone, I think it is totally appropriate to call them SG's in every sense of the word, unlike the Viper which simply has the SG mystique.

My Viper fifty, by the way, sounds, feels, and plays really great. ESP makes some great guitars.

Duffy
Winfield, Pa.

[Tibernius]

My Viper fifty, by the way, sounds, feels, and plays really great. ESP makes some great guitars.

Off-Topic, but how do they compare to the Epi SGs? I've been thinking of getting a Viper 50, not sure whether the bolt-on neck would effect the sustain though. That and I'd be tuning it to Drop-B, and I'm not sure if it could handle that.

[Duff49]

I have the Epiphone SG, the '66 Gibson Standard copy. It is awesome. I also have the Viper fifty, inexpensive SGish copy.

The Epiphone is a nicer guitar and sounds great and is fancy with lots of nice details; but the Viper fifty is inexpensive and has hot pickups and is a great guitar with great sustain, really great sustain. In fact I like it as much as the Viper 400, if not more.

The Viper has great sustain. Really great sustain. Think about sustain: Hendrix had great sustain needlesstosay and he played bolt on neck guitars a lot. He actually played an SG for a while if I'm not mistaken. The SG would have been set neck. My Viper has really good sustain and a great tone. Try one out. Mine is deep cherry red solid color and looks great. It is a comfortable guitar as well. I got it barely used for 150 at a local store and it still had the plastic on the pickups and tuners. Somebody never used it.

I also have a new faded brown Gibson SG that sounds and plays better than either of the other two SG style guitars I have. But it cost a lot more as well.

Hope this helps.

Duffy
Winfield, Pa 1