This New Epiphone Looks INCREDIBLE! | 2023 Joe Bonamassa Signature SG Custom Review + Demo
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This New Epiphone Looks iNCREDIBLE! | 2023 Joe Bonamassa Signature SG Custom Review + Demo
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9:33 Clean Tones
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I watched the video of him announcing this new signature. He showed the SG it was fashioned after and he compared them side by side. If memory serves me the portion of the back by the neck that looks different from from the rest of the back did look similar to the one you are reviewing. Honestly if I could afford one right now I'd get one like or the one you have.
1400 bucks for a epi I don’t know man
@@MattBaker-zd8nq if memory serves me It does come with a case. You know you'd pay at least twice with the actual Gibson branded with the same parts .
I love that guitar but 1500 man
While I don't dislike Joe or discredit his talent, he's undeniably amazing, but I can only see Joe Bonamassa as the Call Of Duty of the guitar world. He brings out a new model each year, making the special factor feel less each year.
I think of it more like Madden, but it's a good analogy overall. It's less a signature than a line of guitars at this point. They could just call them "Epiphone Historics" and recreate some random vintage guitar once a year. I'd like it more that way, since I have zero interest in having Joe's name on my guitar. Don't enjoy his music, don't engage in guitar hero worship, but I like vintage guitars and limited edition true reissues like this, the Firebird I, etc, are something I'd be into if they went back to pricing them lower than USA Gibsons.
@@JohnnyBGoode9 His name is not on this guitar.
@@Straydogger The case says "nerdville" on it.... even worse.
Not that he isn't talented, like you said. But to me, Bonamassa is the Taylor Swift of guitar heroes- a single person who has been afforded so much hype and unquestioning adulation that they literally have become a small industry unto themselves while countless people making music that is at least as remarkable go unknown. The big companies in the music industry (major labels, major guitar brands, etc.) have gotten so powerful and simultaneously so complacent that we can't count on anything from them other than endless rehashing of the same few tired ideas. This endless array of Bonamassa-inspired Epi's is the latest example, and yeah, I think Gibson/ Epiphone is going to find that they can only milk this concept so much.
I bought one of these and I really like it. It has a number of premium features that I think justify the cost. I was a little let down my not having Gibson pickups but in reality, there’s not much different in the sounds of the Epiphone pickups and the Gibson pickups. Fit and finish is first rate. I have a lot of Gibson guitars but I still enjoy the Epiphone Joe Bonanassa releases every year.
Finally some positive comments on this cool guitar!
This was first Epi. I’ve been totally gassed with it. The middle position may be my favorite. Lots to dig about it.
I only realized recently that Bonamassa is in his 40s. The general reverence for his playing and his collection had me convinced he had been playing in a band since like the 70s
That's cause all his licks are 50 years old.
I bought one and glad I did. The neck for me is perfect. Love the size. The pickups are good. Bonamassa plays one at every show. The guitar was put together perfectly. Price....maybe a little high but not like I hear everyone screaming about. A great guitar I'm glad I have in my possession.
Looks nice, but the price is highly unfortunate. I don’t really think it’s justified to charge as Epiphone, as an SG (which is a thin slab of wood, which is easy/cheap to produce), and even as an artist model. Btw, there have been Epiphones at much lower price point with mother of pearl inlays. There is another SG for sale right now with a vibrola for a fraction of the price. I just don’t see how all these “features” on an SG that’s made in China add up to such a crazy price.
It’s unfortunate that Epiphone is alienating its core customer base who can’t afford these kind of prices. I love Epiphone, but that’s the sad reality.
You might think that the price is "unfortunate", but in 2023 that really isn't a bad price for a guitar with those specs.
@@pulaski1Someone who understands! Thank you
The reason it cost this much is because a particular type of buyer wants a custom with ebony neck, three pickups, vibrola, and a headstock inlay, with real MOP. If you're inelastic on your demand for those things and you look at Gibson, you're gonna spend 5-7k on a custom shop or Murphy lab 61. It will be white like every other one unless you spend 8-10k+
People comparing it to a standard are people who's inelasticity is simply "must be an SG" with no regard for specs that are hard to add yourself. Like an ebony board, a pickup route, and a route for the ground wire, and drill pressing holes for a vibrola.
Ask a luthier what it would cost to do those things, add that to your stock sg standard price and then compare it to this epi.
I'll also say, this thing is a two piece body, one piece neck, no veneers. It's infinitely higher quality wood than any other epi sg I've seen.
I think they would've sold out in a heartbeat if they'd put burstbuckers or classic 57s in it.
The pickups are really the only thing that makes me think they could take 100-200 off the price. CTS pots, orange drop caps, and a switch craft jack are nice additions as well but realistically, 30 bucks in parts.
Stewmac Parsons st pickups sound amazing for cheap though if you hate the pickups that much. To me they actually sound really good for epi pickups.
I really like this look with the cherry and the white. One addition:
Removing the vibrola tailpiece would also require a re-routing of the ground wire to a stop bar stud.
I'm shocked that an Epiphone at that price isn't flying off the shelves.
That’s a good one.
Buh dum dum🥁
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"In honor of the cost of living crisis, the brand known for amazing affordable guitars brings you...a slightly different finish and bridge for Gibson USA prices!"
The strap button seems to negate the "easy access" neck joint, I know it's changed a bit, but Epiphones used to be beginners guitars....$1,400 isn't really beginner price, they seem to inhibit a middle ground
A Gibson Tribute or a Fender Squier are beginner guitars
@@JokersWild70 I said "Epiphones used to be beginners guitars"
@@JokersWild70 A Squier, yeah. A Gibson Tribute, definitely not.
My first guitar I'm learning on is a PRS 24-08... some ppl are built different. Hate the feel of most other guitars now only other guitar I've played and liked was a daphne blue tele. Which I never would have guessed.
Higher end Epiphones are definitely not "beginner" guitars. There's plenty of pros playing them now. If it's good it's good.
Joe Bonanza gets so many signature guitars but I can’t name a single one of his songs. At least when Slash gets a new guitar every other week a few of his songs come to mind.
Im kind of the same way. Im a very casual listener of Joe. I don't really seek him out, but if it comes on, I wont change it. Listen to his song Blues Deluxe. Kind of meh on the lyrics and structure...but the licks and solo is amazing
@@4_I_M_A_RainDog2 I’m in the same boat. I’m a new-ish blues player working on my first album, so I’ve been listening to a ton of different players trying to get inspiration. Nothing beats SRV though.
Wow, you're pretty cool.
His signatures seem to be the guitar other people used, so it’s like ‘Albert King model OK’d by Bonanza.’ ‘Kossoff model OK’d by Bonanza,’ etc, etc.
@@joebloggs8636 Thanks dude 😎 Joe is my dad’s name by the way
Great job, Austin! Glad you chose this axe to demo! Due to the white neck binding, I think they should've stayed with white binding on the head stock but on the JB Black Beauty the amber color fits. Love how the white pickguard adapts nicely with the cherry & gold hardware. I feel $1300 is a fair price considering you're getting a custom hard shell case, 1 more pup and a custom vibrola.
i bought a Gibson SG silverburst off of FB marketplace in like new condition for 600 bucks. there are a lot of really nice used Gibson guitars for well under $1400.00 on Marketplace. also that Ephiepne is grossly overpriced.
The Horns are not right on these. They should be slim and pointy so just a regular Epuphone SG Body. For the price tag detail is everything.
I really like my Joe Bonamassa ES-335, I play and enjoy it as much as my Gibsons. Great fit and finish and setup, amazing tones, and killer looks. At $1300 still felt like it was worth the price. This SG looks great and if it’s as nice as my ES-335 I’d be tempted to get it. However, my ES-335 had Gibson burstbuckers and is $100 less. No issues with probuckers but at $1400 I feel like they really dropped the ball with that. For anyone saying a Gibson SG costs same or less. That may be true but a Gibson SG Custom with these specs prob costs more than $5k.
It definitely is worth the price. The new management of Gibson has improved the quality of epiphone.
But as we see some still see epiphone as a budget it will be interesting to see what happens.
These guitars are specialty guitars and should not be compared to "regular" models either from Gibson or Epiphone. So many people say they would rather buy an Epiphone SG and save a ton of money. That's exactly right, and this guitar is not for you. This guitar is for folks looking for something a little different than an off the shelf model. From a strict lens of "a players guitar", there are certainly many, many more affordable models.
Seeing these prices for signature Epis makes me kinda worried about the future Greeny Epi.
I’m sorry, the stark white plastics and fretboard binding with the ambers over headstock looks really bad. One or the other.
I saw Joe and his band here in Chicago about a year ago. Brilliant show.
Thank you Trogly. I couldnt wait to see this one
This price is a total joke. Still happy with my Epiphone Shinichi Ubukata ES-355, sent to me from Japan for $850 (incl shipping). And that included Gibson pickups! Also Joe needs to lose the hat and own his narrative 😂
I build guitars and amplifiers. It’s a miracle they can sell this SG model for $1300.
The new JJN is $999. The Epiphone 59 LP reissue is $999 and has Burstbuckers and Gibson wiring and an orange cap. This price is obnoxious.
"What makes it special to demand this price tag?" Absolutely nothing. If I'm gonna spend $1,400.00 then I'm gonna go the extra $400 and buy a Gibson SG Standard.
Couldn’t agree more. Hope they all have fun in a year or two trying to get their money back when the realization sets in that nobody will buy the Epi version.
While I think this is way too much I disagree. The craftsmanship was on par with a Gibson, I played one in shop. But at 1400 at least throw some Gibson pickups.
@TheGreatGadfly There's a ton more Gibson's no one wants on the used market than any Joe Bonamassa Epiphone signature models. Just saying.
Exactly. Why put out this kind of money foe Epi when your in Gibson territory. For now anyway.
Gibson at it again with their nonsense
I loved this Epiphone SG as it had that AC DC tone with the bridge pup in spades. Liked the smooth neck heel. Great video
Thanks for reviewing this model. I’m serouusly considering getting one. If your playing demo is anything to go on, it sounds great-lots of snap and bite, which most modern Gibson humbuckers generally don’t do. I have an SG Supreme with 57 Classics in it, and I’d prefer it to be a little brighter. If this is what Epiphone pickups sound like, I like ‘em, and they could be made in Morgoth’s basement for all I care! If it sounds and plays good, it is good, and it looks great too. $1400 is a bit steep for my wallet, but I want one anyway. And everybody who’s yapping about, “but it doesn’t have Gibson pickups!” needs to remember that it’s an SG Custom, not a Standard or a Tribute, you’re talking used vs. new, and Customs were always a lot more expensive than Standards. So go buy your used batwing-pickguard Standard, and I’ll be trying to scare up the scratch for this Joe Bonamassa SG Custom! If Gibson werr to make this exact guitar, it would be well over $5000, maybe closer to $10K, and you’d have to go through their Custom Shop. I don’t think they currently make an SG Custom anyway, except on custom order.
Better have silky frets and no sprouting for that kind of price on an epi. Remember the epi elites!
i feel relived because that "glue seepage u see i have on multiple frets on my ebony board on my alien tech green mustaine kramer and it wont come off with regular Lemon oil so when i take it in to my luthier to get set up they will fix it , its ALOT more severe on mine u just have a couple little dots mine has alot more only on the higher frets (16,21etc)
im relieved cause i didnt know what it was and it was a 1 off i got unlucky sort od thing but no its probably common with epi/kramer china ebony boards
Love sg's, hate epiphone, hate signiture models.
If I had my eyes on this particular model, I would have it modified. I would have it changed so that it had the dedicated volume control for the middle pickup. That is something that other Epiphone G400 models like this Joe Bonamassa signature have got that improves on the architecture. I couldn't be satisfied just with the switching that is available here at present.
Putting the middle pickup on a dedicated volume, taking it off the toggle entirely, and switching to a master tone would really enhance how versatile this thing is. That's a great suggestion.
That already is present on some of the more economical versions play firefly, Harley Benton and, of course, Epiphone, @TVsBen . The only reason they don't have it here is out of faithfulness to the original '61 SG Custom that was named after Les Paul.
I watched the video Joe Bonamassa did on the release of this guitar. He showed the original one and the one like Austin has here side by side. Explained some things on it that im sure the Trogster will cover. Including the case. That picture of JB as a kid reminds me of the youngest kid on the show Home Improvement. Think of it like this folks if this was specked with Gibson pickups it wouldve been at least $500 more. Or if this was a Gibson version you could likely bank on another $1K.
I have these same pups on my Alpine White Epi LP Custom. These Probucker 2 & 3 pups are awsum!
If it was a Gibson version it would be $15-25k. It would be custom shop or Murphy lab only. Just look at the Kirk Hammet signature Gibsons as an example.
@AWMJoeyjoejoe Pretty close to it. At least 6 or 7 grand for sure. JB is excellent player but Greeny's previous owners Peter Green & Gary Moore helped drive that price up.
Hello I love Joe, But up until this SG I had not bought any of his collection. Im a strat girl, but i really like this guir alot. It was lucky I got it early because they have sold out at a few places . Love your show
Looks pretty sweet without pickguard. About looks, one of the prettiest Epiphone Ive seen.
First thing I noticed was the ebony board with the MOP inlays. Looks pretty solid. Price is questionable but I can see why. There are a number of aesthetics that you definitely don’t see on ANY Epiphones really.
Austin sorry i couldn’t do the NGD purchase on this. Im still waiting for a tranche of $$$ - long story.
Looking fwd to your review as im paused at the start.
Cheers 😎🎸🤘
Guitar llooks like the. SG Wayne Kramer is pictured playing back cover art of Kick Out the Jams.
So ive got 21' srv strat and im thinking about trading it on get this sg. Any opinions?
I hate the way they aged the headstock binding and left the neck binding bright white - I just dont understand why...
Bought mine day one. It’s a pretty nice guitar and a good value if you compare it to what a Gibson Custom Shop 3 pickup SG Custom sells for. If ProBuckers aren’t your cup of tea ( and these sound pretty good) , you can always spend $500 on a 3 pack of 57 Classics or a set of Lollar’s. I own a beautiful Pelham Blue 61 SG Standard too, this JB SG Custom has a totally different look.
How was the fit and finish on yours? I really love the look of this SG but for the life of me, I can't understand how they can use real mother of pearl inlays and NOT clean off that glue residue??? It's a minor thing I know but I run a small company producing consumer products and I am daily checking QA on the production line and before boxing to make sure all the smallest details are perfect before they get sent out to the customer. Also our products are NOT $1,399 a piece lol. Still a really lovely guitar whatever :)
I'd say its above average and no glue residue showing on mine. It could probably benefit from a Plek job on the frets, but that's my only ding so far. Really has a nice sound and vintage vibe with the tinted headstock, gold hardware and 3 pickups.@@martin-1965
@@guitjammin4710 Thanks man, sounds great and I'd probably do the fretwork myself rather than plek as have been doing it on my guitars for years now. Definitely got this guitar on my "want one" list now :)
At that price I'm afraid it's not for me. Once again it makes me fearful what the Epi Dave Grohl sig might cost. Or a Greeny if it happens.
However, maybe once these have finally all sold Epiphone will reissue the ivory white three-pickup SG Custom?
Really hope the Epi DG-335 won’t be over a grand but knowing Gibson, it will most likely be incredibly unattainable to the average joe and knowing scalpers it’ll be a messy release
Here’s hoping for the white one, Hendrix playing machine gun on it is what made me wanna pick one up. I’d pay that for that color, the gibson would be 5k or more
The trem is the only downside for me. If it didn't have that I might pick one up. At that price it should come with burstbuckers! Love the neck!
Yea I'd rather it have 2 Gibson pickups than 3 Epiphone ones.
The hideous looking aged headstock only is the red flag for me. It's a sore thumb.
@@Ycjedithey are custom voiced pickups unique to this guitar same as the black beauty which got killer reviews.
Construction wise they are no different to Gibson.
Mother of pearl is currently $9.56 per square foot on Amazon which could make 7-8 guitars even while being picky about how you select your inlays. Why do we pretend it’s such a premium material? I know the plastic is about $0.09 per square foot which is much cheaper, but this idea of this being only for select Gibson guitars is preposterous and asinine.
I think it may be more difficult to work with than plastic as well . But I do get your point. The upgrades would have been done better in the electronics
@@frankwebster9110 and in reality the plastic ones probably come pre-cut, not requiring any fitting at all. It’s just silly to talk about it like it’s gold 😂😂
Marketing and branding are strong drugs. Gibson keeps putting out overpriced crap because too many guitar players are dummies and keep buying what they’re selling.
I love the mustard interior of the hardshell case
me too but the exterior is cringeworthy
Cannot understand the pricing at all. In the U.K you could get a Gibson SG standard for just £50 more. It seems like Fender Mexico and Epiphone are just pushing what classic shapes and configurations with artist labels can be priced at. The Fender McCready also shocked me even with the relic job it carries such a premium for an artists name.
Looks like they had a bunch of extra headstock veneers from that three pick up Les Paul Custom and threw them on here. I felt the same way. It looks odd just having that one part of the Guitar age like that and the rest of the guitar is so white in areas it’s almost glowing.
I once played a Frost Blue 1961-3 (don't remember the exact year but it was a "Les Paul model") 3-pickup custom in the early 2000s. One of the best sounding, most "alive" feeling guitars I've ever played. Wish I could've justified buying it back then, would be worth many times as much today
‘63 is when the Les Paul branding went away.
@@jfinester pretty sure early '63s still had it
0:40 I can think of one guitarist who has a lot more Gibson and Epiphone signature guitars 😂
Starts with an S and ends with a lash? 🤣
More like starts with an L and ends with an es Paul
Sounds and looks great! I own one and love it. I used to own the white Gibson Custom Shop '63 reissue costing 4-5 times more than this one and I have to say I much prefer the Epi. It sounds great, it's built better and I don't have to worry about dinging it up and botching the resale value. A guitar made for playing guitar on. Thanks for the review, Trogly! Love your channel.
The color is actually dark wine red. On top of that you get an ebony fretboard which nobody is mentioning for some reasons.(edit * i see you mention the ebony board alittle later. )
I owned Gibsons , and why I am a Fender head, I bought the 335 Joe B. and it scares me the quality and tone is so bad ass. Epiphone is turning out some masterpiece's, pieces of art.
I have a 2010 G400 with the flamed maple veneer. Fat neck, burst. It's one of my fav, 'go to' guitars. Paid 400. slightly used. Almost perfect. Don't think I would pay 1300 for an Epi. Nice guitar though. Thanx
Yeah, it's neat I guess, but like you said I'd much rather have a Gibson SG Standard '61 used at the same price. Can't get the Vibrola version for $1400 but the regular TOM bridge is far superior anyway. :D
Thanks mate
Howdy everyone!!
It's an 800 dollar guitar .. what ripp.. was thinking well it has 3 gibson hummbuckers in but epi pickups realy hit it home what a ripp off this is
It's a beauty, and the HS only aging is a bit unbalanced to me, with super white plastics.
Hey, Gibson LP Modern Lite is on the loose, got it in my feed. Maybe a good demo piece, and priced low. Ü♫
Pretty cool.. If it didn't have that gaudy gold hardware and 3rd pickup. If I'm going to pay that much, it'll be towards a Gibson, not an Epiphone.
Reminds me of the Capt Kirk SG. I wish Gibson would make some more of those in the dark wine red. I dunno about $1400 let alone the $1900 some bozos on Ebay are dreaming about but I just paid $1600 or only a couple benjis more for a mint Gibson Tony Iommi SG with phat ass case birth photo and a bunch of toys.. of course the Gibson has nibs and plek'd frets too so really Epiphone is on crack really getting pretty fantastical with their pricing because there is a world of difference between even the highest Epi v the lowest Gibson w/Gibson just killing it. Worse your basic upper Squiers in $400-$450 range KILL mid priced Epis in quality and playability albeit in the Fender mode. I have ONE cool Epi from AMS a couple years ago - the '58 LE Korina Explorer with gold HW. & mini Grovers but the kicker is it's now extinct and Epi now has their new Korina Explorer for almost double what I paid for mine and it doesn't have mini grovers and the logo is in wrong position to a '58 compared to mine but it does have "Gibson" pups. Both are made in China as Joe's is too. Even if I cared enough to swap Gibson pups in mine it would still be the cheaper deal - from the same Epiphone no less. Weird I will make a profit if I sell my Epi Explorer, if you buy the NEW Epi, you won't ever make a profit off it.🎸
While I think this was too expensive, the craftsman was on par with a gibson believe it or not.. but at least put the Gibson pickups at that price!
A Chinese-made Epiphone copy of a Gibson SG for $1,400? It doesn't even have Gibson guts. I'm sure I'm going to wake up at some point from this ridiculous dream and laugh about it. I don't care who slaps their name on it because this guitar, with these specs, is worth about half what they're asking... at best. Another great post, Austin.
Some of you will laugh, but I've always been as much an Epiiphone fan as a Gibson fan. I was attracted to Epiphones when as a 6-year-old I saw John Lennon blasting out the electric intro riff to "Revolution" live in about 1968. I thought that was the filthiest, the dirtiest, the snottiest, the most demented guitar I'd ever heard, and I freaking loved it. It was nothing like I ever heard listening to my older sister's Paul Anka records. No, this was not my daddy's car radio music. This was dirt, dragged up from the silt of the Mississippi Delta decades ago, and now morphed into an entirely new species.
Then I saw Jimmy Page on a Les Paul, and man, that dirty, double coil tone, I loved it. Then I saw Rory Gallagher in Vancouver on his brutally beaten-up sunburst Strat, and I loved that just as much.
Now, today, all three of these iconic guitars and their players hold a significant place in my heart and in the music I play and love. Trying to pick one over another would be like saying I prefer one of my children more than the other two, I can't do it. On a desert island give me a Casino, a Strat or a Les Paul, and I'd be happy with any of them. You cant go wrong.
Trog's, I've been critical of your videos a couple of times, twice I think, and both times you stepped up to the plate and responded to my criticism like a man. No complaints from me this time though. Great video. Credit where credit's due.
I’m a big Joe B fan. But this one isn’t my favorite. Biggest thing is the yellowed binding around the head stock and not the fretboard. But also the cost is a bit on the high side.
If the pick guard was yellowed white instead of bright white that would complete it for me. Just a nitpick. Joe is an amazing guitarist, one of my favorites.
I wouldn't pay that or any amount for any epiphone everything is made in China and I don't want anything made in china. Now the Japanese made Epipys are awesome their workmanship is nearly perfect the exact opposite of the China made ones
I got mine at Joe's spfld mass show. It was $1500 but it was autographed and included was 2 anytime meet and greet passes. my only con is that Epiphone used their half ass "open book" style headstock shape. for $1500 and to be a replica I think they shouldve used the exact Gibson shape with the Epi logo.
looks like a fantastic guitar! They seem to have designed that thing really well.
I have the Bonamassa Firebird 1
Has @trogly ever reviewed an Amos? I don’t think I’ve ever seen him do that video? It would be cool to see his opinion being he’s played all the crazy custom shop V’s
Those things go for insane amount of money.
Hey. Any other SG you review, you give the head to body droop !!! The head heavy droop whilst on a strap, why not this one ??? Does the Joe Bonamassa SG not suffer from this effect ??
What would be the advantages of buying this model (had I not already got one) ???
3 pickups and tailpiece add weight to body.
Pretty cool--the laquered headstock doesn't really fit the binding on the neck though
Can you lose the vibrola and keep the tailpiece?
This guitar is £1499 in the UK ..that's $1814 and all the dealers strangely seem to be only selling at full retail. Someone needs to remind Epiphone that price fixing here could land them in court. Just love this guitar, but not paying that for an Epiphone...you really can buy a Gibson SG standard for that money. Thanks for another great review Trogly ...oh dear I'm tempted by all that bling 😮 lol
Hmmm, for the same money (UK) a full-fat Gibson SG Standard, or this Epiphone? It's a tough one...
Not.
Ok i need help! Everywhere im reading it says they only made 800 but i have a serial number of 811. Doesn't make sence, any help would be greatly appreciated
Joe's website sells the guitar and says limited to 300 worldwide so how many of these are there in reality? I bought one after a M&G with Joe recently and he played it on stage then signed/dated it. Update: The 300 was for the one with the Joe Bonamassa neck inlay. The Sweetwater web site says limited to 800 so who knows if that is true.
Andertons has this listed with Gibson pickups?
unless their batch is special, that would be an error
I still think the 3 pickup 57 custom is the best because of how much the Gibson equivalent would cost
Legitimately you can buy a used Gibson SG standard for the same price or even less
Thank you for doin this 🤘🤘 ever since I e-mailed you about it 3 weeks ago been waiting for you to document it. My dream guitar has always been an original 63 SG custom. I don't care that this one cost me 1400. I can't afford to get an original Gibson. So this will have to do. And the fact that it has mother of pearl inlays and the waffle tuners is well worth the price, and the pick-ups aren't bad at all. This guitar sounds pretty damn good and when you play it, it feels good too. Thank you again Austin for doin this review
oh mother of pearl
Sounds good tho
Fretboard on that example has some figure in it too. But Epiphone prices are way out of touch with reality these days, especially for a china made..
any new guitar with nylon saddles is good in my book, we need to move back to nylon saddles being common
Keep it ceezaaar
Man there are 10 or more Gibson SG standards for $800 and below right now on market place. That’s crack prices on that one.
Either Gibson actually hate being affordable or Gibson just hate people
I bought a slash november burst with SD seth lover pickups for 500 used. Hardshell case, branded as well.
1400 is absurd.
No you didn't
Did something change, or is that not an Oct 31, 2021 serial number?
I wish they would have left the neck binding white on the black beauty
Thanks for doing this demo! My local guitar store actually had this in stock and I got to play it, but tbh, I wasn’t as good as I thought. First, for 1,400, it should have Gibson electronics, not probuckers. Also, with that middle pickup, it’s weird to play on, I feel like I had to play high over the pickup, which was weird for me. I feel like it’s also like putting a third light on a car, it looks weird to me. I’d rather go with the Epiphone korina explorer for cheaper with Gibson electronics or just a 61 Gibson SG, preferably with the sideways vibrola, but any one works, as long as it’s not the junior or special.
Don't underestimate the versatility and rock n roll growl of a gibson P 90.
@@randybrown7023 I’m not underestimating them or hating on them, they’re just not what I’m looking for on an SG, I want the burstbucker 61s. Maybe on a Les Paul it’d be different, like a gold top Les Paul with p 90s, would be sweet, but not what I want in an SG. I also don’t really like the look of the special or the junior. Looks kinda like a kids first guitar, aside from the name on the headstock lol. I want the beautiful, professional looking Gibson SG 61 with burstbucker 61s and a sideways vibrola(dispute they’re issues lol)
€1500 epiphone in EU hahahaha we've totally lost the plot
Dark wine red. looks cherry to me too lol
Greetings Scott
@@sgt.grinch3299 Cheers Sgt! 😃
Thanks Trogly!
Personally not a signature/celebrity owned guitar fan myself. But still an enjoyable segment.
If only they had put acrylic inlays and this and MOP inlays on the Alex Lifeson... cos that's the one I bought...
Most Gibson's have acrylic inlays. The prophecy series also has mop and ambalone.
Z is for late. I love this SG. I really like the tones.
They could have kept the price point down by using acrylic inlays instead of MOP. Maybe a different fretboard material. I love them and think they are beautiful but people searching for an epiphone are looking for inexpensive or value. Most Gibson do not even come with ebony or real mother of pearl
Maybe in Blonde. Love the sound of it.
Nice, when this was first announced I almost commissioned a NGD for it.
Cherry has always been The Best SG Finish White was also good But that's It
Whenever I watch a Trogly guitar video, I make myself practice for at least 30 minutes. Sometimes, it turns into an hour. Try it you'll get better
Great review for a great guitar! I was watching with my wife and she said your first clean tone demo is the start of David Brent's "Oh La La". :)