Great pawn shop Epi SG find.

[dub-setter]

I found a used Epiphone Wilshire hanging on
the wall of my local Music Go Round, looking like a college girl in the drunk tank with
hookers and shoplifters.

i always wondered how these babys sound like..

more telecaster style.. or a "light" sg..???

 

[joseph07081]

Great find op.... play the hell out of it.

 

[Biddlin]

Great score, op!

 

[rockerbilly58]

I'm having great fun with this one. I've had a lot of Epi's over the years but this one has something special about it. The neck feels great, it stays in tune better than my Gibson Standard and that dark cherry finish is gorgeous. I've not seen one like it before. I love poking my nose in any guitar shop but there's a certain excitement about going into a pawn shop and finding something like this.

 

[DrBGood]

... and that dark cherry finish is gorgeous. I've not seen one like it before.

Like this ? This was mine for a while.

 

[DrBGood]

Now your turn. We need more pictures of that cherry.

 

[rockerbilly58]

Here's a few more shots. Coincidentally mine had the strings wrapped around the bridge the same way when I got it. I also love the horns on it. They seem a lot sharper than current Epis.

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[DrBGood]

It looks massive on these pictures ! Is it thicker ?

 

[Raiyn]

Here's a few more shots. Coincidentally mine had the strings wrapped around the bridge the same way when I got it. I also love the horns on it. They seem a lot sharper than current Epis.

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Way more bevel than my '07 G400.

 

[Lookingfortoday]

Nice SG!

 

[rockerbilly58]

It looks massive on these pictures ! Is it thicker ?

No it just seems that way in the pics.

 

[rockerbilly58]

Way more bevel than my '07 G400.

It also has deeper bevels than my 2012 SG Standard. it's actually closer to my SGJ in that regard. And I like that very much.

 

[JBrown]

Not to toss any fuel on the fire here, but when I bought my G400, it had a truss rod cover that said "SG". So although it's model number is G400, the style is SG according to the factory. Who am I to argue with the people that made it?


That being said, NICE SCORE rockerbilly!!!

My G400 has SG on the truss rod cover too! I fully agree SG's they are.

 

[rockerbilly58]

I don't know how anyone could dispute it. I mean when I look at 'em I don't see a Strat or a Tele, I see an SG. Simple.

 

[Raiyn]

I don't know how anyone could dispute it. I mean when I look at 'em I don't see a Strat or a Tele, I see an SG. Simple.

Agreed. If you wanted to put a finer point on it, Gibson owns the design, the name, AND Epiphone! It's an SG!

 

[ScottMarlowe]

Agreed. If you wanted to put a finer point on it, Gibson owns the design, the name, AND Epiphone! It's an SG!

Also if a 1970 Gibson SG Deluxe with ZERO bevels qualifies as an SG then so do all my Epi SGs...

 

[Raiyn]

Also if a 1970 Gibson SG Deluxe with ZERO bevels qualifies as an SG then so do all my Epi SGs...

No, I'm sorry. We have to draw the line somewhere. Disqualified due to lack of bevels.











I'm kidding.

 

[ScottMarlowe]

No, I'm sorry. We have to draw the line somewhere. Disqualified due to lack of bevels.


I'm kidding.

If we put it to a vote, you might win on this one. I find them just plain fugly.

 

[Raiyn]

If we put it to a vote, you might win on this one. I find them just plain fugly.

That may be so, but it is an SG nonetheless.