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Review by
a visitor on Feb 22, 2008
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i bought this guitar in a shop in newport, wales for ?160. at first i was looking for a les paul but they were just out of my price range. i was looking at an ibanez gio and almost bought it but then i spotted the epiphone sg 310 behind a load of other guitars and decided i wanted it .
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at first i hated the jack plug sticking right out of the front of the guitar but i bought an L shaped lead and it turned ouy to be better than ever. the strap buttons are very good, some other people will say they are crap but they are good. lots of people say this guitar should have a whammy bar but that woulg just spoil the traditional look of the guitar. |
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the guitar is cery comfortable to play standing or sitting and is very light. it has a very heavy metal tone and is great for rock riffs. i have played this next to an origonal gibson sg and there is no immediate differance appart from the pickups. |
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the soung quality of this guitar is immense. i could play it all day. it sounds brilliant on my crappy fender frontman amp, now that realy is saying something. |
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Durability |
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the tuning keys are rubbish and should be replaced with locking ones. i honestly smacke it off a wall when i fell off my bed and it just put a small chip in the head stock. i was seriously surprised the thing didnt break in half. seriously strong guitar!!! |
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when i forst saw this guitar i fell in love and there were no second thoughts when buying it. i have absolutly no regrets and would strongly reccomend this guitar. this is a lot better than my previous guitar (fender squire) and would be a great addition. the only thing i would get after this guitar is a real gigson sg or les paul. |
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Review by
jesse1989 on Jul 21, 2006
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I bought in Groningen in The Netherlands, in a store called Tonika, somewhere in may 2006. I paid ?240,- for it, wich I thought was pretty cheap for an Epiphone.
When I played on an old fake Stratocaster, I thought it was time for a new guitar, because that strat didn't play very fine and the sound wasn't that good either; but the new guitar had to be under the ?300,-.
First I was looking for some second hand guitars, but I didn't trust it. So began to search for a good, reliable guitar, that wasn't too expensive for me.
I could buy an Ibanez, Ibanez has some cheap guitars too, and I've heard people say that they were playing fine.
But the Ibanez' I found didn't have the looks where I was searching for.
The Epiphones were also quite cheap, I started searching for epi's on the Internet. I found a good looking red SG(?260,-) in an store, and I've played on such a guitar so I new that the neck was very fast playable. But it had no plate on the body, and I was afraid that I would damage the coating.
Finally I found a store that sold an Epiphone SG-310, in Ebony, with plate, and two humbuckers; for only ?240,-
After I read some Epi G-310 reviews, I knew this was the guitar I had to buy.
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There are two open humbuckers, two volume controls and two tone controls. And ofcourse a switch with a treble, a middle, and a rythm option.
The neck has 22 frets, with position marks. And the body is covered with a plate, so playing rough should not be a problem.
The jack output is on the front of the body and not on the side, and the jack plug is going in it rectangular, wich is an advantage when playing on a chair or on the couch because the jack-plug isn't in the way.
The two humbuckers and all the controls are just enough. I am missing nothing on this guitar except maybe a vibrato. |
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The neck of the guitar is very fast playable, wich is perfect for lead-guitar, and the fast riffs. But also going from chord to chord is going very flexible. This guitar is just what I need.
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Quality |
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The bridge pick-up gives with enough distortion an awesome sound, a little shrill, but that's just fine for rock/metal solo's. The sound of the neck pick-up is less great, but pretty heavy with distortion, and nice calm when you play it clean. But again the bridge pick-up gives much nicer sound. But maybe that's just a matter of taste.
This Epi causes a minimum of rustling, when using the right cable. Feedback shows up very fast. |
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This guitar is pretty much reliable, it's a perfect beginners guitar and also a very good one for the experienced guitar players.
But it's a pity that after a month playing, the neck pick-up began to fail sometimes. On every moment the sound can just turn off and then suddenly turn on again. That just shouldn't happen with a ?240,- guitar. But fine it's just a little thing because a use the bridge pick-up most of the time.
But things like a not working neck pick-up, are not wanted when playing a gig. I think it's just one guitar that has this problem, so don't let this influence your plans of buying it. I'm just the lucky one that gets the guitar with the problem. I give the durabillity an Average because of that bad working neck pick-up. |
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A good guitar, especially for ?240,-. I can recomend this guitar for those how play Rock/Hard-rock/Heavy Metal, because it performs this kind of music the best. But genres like blues, (jazz), funk sound good aswell on this guitar.
And I must say again that the bridge pick-up with distortion is great. |
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Review by
Elfman21 on Jun 23, 2004
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Ahhh.... my old freind! I didn't buy this great little thing from a official Epiphone guitar dealer. No, I got it used, which is good, as it's the only one I've seen in the great retro white color. Most I see are in that annoyingly generic red wood natural finish. I doubt I would have been able to find it anywhere else. I paid 150 for it, or maybe 175. And, yes, I will say it is excellent!
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It your basic Gibson set up, two humbuckers, two tone and volume switchs and a toggle switch. The pick up where a little rusty and cut out alot at fist, but with a little adjustment and some playing they worked fine. The factory standard pickups have worked fine. I see no reason to replace them. |
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I can't really give a fair abd objective observation of how well it plays, as it's my guitar and I how been playing it for a long time, I'm too used to it. In otherwords, I can't really say how much other people would like it. However, I can tell you, I can a meatier, thicker and all around better tone from it the I can from my Squier Affinity Strat. |
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The pick ups can be a bit uppity, but it plays fine. Not too much feedback, just enought to be used for effect occasionally, not enought to effect playing at all. |
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Wow, it is durable! The thing was already dented up when I got it, so I don't worry about being a little rought with it. You know, throwing it around, hitting into things with it, all that standard stuff. I once threw it across the room for a Drama class presentation, and it still played fine. And you'd think that would mess up the pickups, wouldn't you? |
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I enjoy thids guitar immensly. It's fun durable, not too big, not too small, good price. Even thought it's used it's a great guitar. Besides, used instruments have alot of Soul to them! |
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