Epiphone SG G-400 Pro Demo Review - Big Sound Small price
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2017
- Dagan shows us just how awesome the Epiphone SG G-400 Pro really sounds, and also pays tribute to Malcolm Young of AC/DC.
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Not just a budget friendly version of the Gibson SG, the Epiphone SG G-400 Pro is a fantastic guitar for players of all genres and features high quality construction with a set of Alnico Classic Pro Pickups with Coil Tapping.
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Just got this for Christmas! The best gift a 16 year old acdc fan could ask for!
This is my (affordable) dream guitar
MrJG14 I was thinking the same thing.
The 1959 Gibson Les Paul is my expensive dream guitar, my affordable dream guitar is the slash afd Les Paul and my mid priced dream guitar is the esp iron cross
If you want it, go ahead. I bought a used one and am finding it to be my favourite! If you have this guitar plus a versatile amp (I have a Fender Super Champ XD), you can produce anything from full on Humbucker heavy rock (Marshall) tones, to crisp single coil (Fender) tones. Not quite the roundness or sustain of the Epi Les Paul Standard, but a LOT less weight, more comfortable and MUCH easier access to the upper frets.
I own one and they are the best for the money, save up and get a used one my man
Same!
Malcolm passing away really hurt. His was the first passing that really punched my mortality in the face. I remember looking at the inside of the For Those About to Rock album. The picture of AC/DC with Malcolm playing his White Falcon was such a powerful image; as if they were invincible and immortal. Rock In Power Malcolm.
RIP Malcolm young 🎸rock in peace
Eh? He's gone? 😶
🙋🏼♂️ did you watch the video haha
Sam m bit late but he really was one of if not the best rythm players. Fucking ledgend
@@jimmygubbins
Musically I live under rock actually, so yeah.
🙋🏼♂️ that made no sense 😂😂
The Epi headstock actually really works well with the SG shape. I'm tempted!
Just ordered it. It’s going to be my first guitar. I love music so much
Thats a great first guitar! Look after it!
You know what they say: it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll!
Jack Sparrow is the best guitar 🎸 reviewer 👍
CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, savvy?
Haha 😂 drunk sparrow.
Just what i was thinking!!😂
I knew i wasnt tge only one getting the same vine from this dude
Quick and to the point
I look forward to all Dagans reviews. His playing and playthroughs give a clear expression of the guitars n gear he previews.
I just picked one of these up... I didn't even know it had coil splits until I watched this video. I love it even more now than I already did! Truly my dream guitar finally realized!
Just bought this model used including gig bag for £180 ($235/€205); superb value. Granted that it lacks the warmth/full tone of the Les Paul, but on the other hand, the bite (brighter sound) cuts through and is very good for certain tunes. The coil split gives a fair rendition of a single coil pick up and allows you to play your favourite classics without having to haul out your single coil guitar (but let's face it there is nothing like a Strat for single coil chime). Mine weigths 7lb 3oz (compared to 9lb 10oz for my Epi Les Paul Standard) and so is very comfortable to play. A great all rounder guitar! I bought an Epi hard case - suggest to buy this if you buy a new guitar; it is strong and fits like a glove!
OK, been searching G400 demo, and this is the best so far!! Welldone
I'm a little late with this comment, but Malcolm was a true original and is missed.
Hey mate,this is the best guitar demo I've ever saw on the Epiphone SG G-400 Pro!
i love this guy ! his reviews always make me super pumped. i need new guitars!
This guy makes me happy. Fun review. And I just bought this guitar (used). My first electric. Very excited.
Just got this this morning. Love it
That intro alone gave you a like. Great video sir.
I love this freaking channel
I bought it today! great review!!!
ACDC is my Jam. And Angus is my hero. I've always dreamed of owning an SG especially when I found out about the g400 pro :( awesome review man.
Epiphone has been making quality gear for eons.
Malcolm....one of the best rhythm players ever.
That guitar sounds very good. I need one ASAP !
Rip Malcom he will be rocking on for ever 🎸
Thanx Dagan. Dedicated sg player myself!
This guitar is an amazing versatile guitar that I use all the time
The coil tapping give it this amazing fendery quality
You remind me of Phil X and his old reviews for frettedamericana... keep up the good work.. :)
Sounds great and looks awesome I will be buying one next week thanks to your review 🤟
We hope the guitar serves you well!
I’m so glad I bought one today
I love this guitar! I want one! Love it!
Where to have fun with it brother awesome review
T O P
Thanks man, I'm still having tons of fun with this baby on Rocksmith, which I stream it everyday weekend on twitch
Loving the limited blue versions
Just picked the Epiphone G400 (non pro) up used for £129 sweet guitar, awesome rock machine.
Hi, i am looking forward to buying a new guitar, and i cant decide between an Epi Sg standard 2020 or this one, which one do you recommend me? Thank you
Bought onea year ago , no regrets :)
I just bought a 2018 Gibson SG standard for 1539$. The g-400 is great for the price but I really wanted an sg that I'll be rocking for the rest of my life so I went with the Gibson. It's ridiculously good. The g-400 feels like a completely different instrument, but the Gibson blows it out of the water in sound, quality, playability, feel, and just overall. I'd still recommend the g-400 if you just wanna add an sg to your collection, or want something good to learn on, but if you want something that's gunna make you nut In your pants the first time playing it, go with a a Gibson Standard SG.
An old wise man once told me - life is too short to buy cheap booze and guitars.
;)lol
Andrew Levister
I've had mine for months and I still bust a nut every time I open the case and pick it up.
the problem is that If you are a guitar player you want to try other guitars also after a while.
Andrew Levister I love les Paul's but they're too heavy for me to play a show with. That's why I love the sg
George
I bet if you owned a Gibson sg standard you'd love it so much you wouldn't need another guitar for a loooooong time. I have acquired many guitars over the years so I don't feel like I need another for awhile after I got this one.
Im going to buy this
Man that intro fuckin rocked !!!!
I love the way it sounds but I was expecting you to play something as Gary Moore's song like still got the blues, you play pretty cool.
great review !! i have one !!
I have watched this video like 6 times😂😂
I am getting it this weekend for my 15th birthday 🤘🤘🤘( the guitar not this video 🤣)
what a coincedence im getting one for my 15th birthday and its coming tommorow
@@hdbidhdib9471 what guitar are you getting?
How is the guitar?
I am considering buying this guitar but I really want the Gibson SG Standard too.
But the Gibson is so expensive so I don't know if I should spend that much extra money on it.
Pc Gameplay buy a used Gibson
@@JayBruceWorld Too late I have already bought the Sg g400 pro.
I want to upgrade it with the Angus Young signature pickup for better sound.
Just bought the SG G400 Pro in white today
This guy is a natural seller.
Like your videos but with this model it would've been good to talk about how it has a half pickguard and the unbound neck. I was lucky enough to find one recently, cheers.
I’m crying you’re so cool
2007 Edition 1966 Epi SG w Duncans and an Acoustic 120DSP amp. My neighbors hate me. I love my Epi SG.
Three years after this video I ordered one in gold. Better late than never I guess 🤟🏼
muy buen video amigo.!!! Gracias....Saludos desde Colombia..
Looking at buying Ltd next week my only dilemma, red (my fav colour 😁) or blue, looking forward to hearing it through my laney IRT 120W stack
❤️ angus young and malcom young 🙏
Bought this guitar yesterday and it's a whole lotta guitar for the money. Love it!!
The 'devil horns' did it for me :).
Yeah! The villain is always more badass! Ac dc style!!! LONG LIVE ROCK!!!🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🎸🤘🎸
❤️RIP Malcolm 🤘🏼⚡️
Hey mate,
What amp were you using in this vid?
Cheers
Rip Malcom young , best rock and roll rythem guitar player ever in my opionion
Hi, what amp is? Good review
AWESOME ! AC/DC FOREVER !! !! ! - Now a review of Malcolms Guitar PLZ !! ( GRETSCH Electromatic Double Jet ) !!
I wish I could find one ….in the original wine color Mal's # 1 started out as.
I have les paul trad 2016, fender american strat 2014, and epiphone sg400 2015. I use my sg400 as my main guitar. It is Light weight compared to les paul and strat, comfortable to play, very good sound, and the best part is it is cheap. I put it to abuse by playing hard without worrying i will damage my expensive guitars. i removed the pick up covers and the sound became more punchy. Very versatile guitar and can achieve many tones due to dual pickup and coil split. However, the weak part are the cheap volume pots. Pots are pcb and failed only in a few months. I replaced with gibson les paul coil split volume pots and removed the pcb and hand wired the pots. Works perfect! I still often use my fender and gibson but the sg400 is my no. 1 choice.
Got one for Christmas today with an orange crush 20 amp
Ian MacKaye is my favorite SG player
I’ve got a G400, a Gibson LP traditional and an a Fender Strato American Std. I swapped the Epi’s caps for Gibson Classic 51 and 51 plus. The tone now is great and those who listen this guitar would think it is a Gibson. However, the Gibsons wood quality is noticeable when it comes to sustain and playability.
Epiphones would never be close to Gibson, mainly because of the wood and eletronics, IMHO. However, this is a great guitar. Already gigged with it several times.
Summary: with some caps update, you end up with a great guitar.
Hi. What pedal or effect pedals have you used for this video? Thank you.
I know that the 2019 Epiphone exclusive deluxe G400 Sg pro on the used market is selling as high as $600.00.. I'm not surprised though..
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This sounds like a $1200 guitar incredible
Key is having a good amp, above all. Good setup on the guitar and skill doesnt hurt either.
Yeah, a good amp is important if you want to use a guitar at it's full potential
thr5 is good practice amp
hows the volume control on these? I have a really cheap electric where the volume is basically either off or on, very little in between.
I'd make a few little improvements: 1. replace the vintage tulip machine heads with modern chrome kidneys; 2. remove the nooby treble/rhythm pickup selector disc; 3. stain the fretboard from pau ferro to look like rosewood or ebony. it would then look as good as it sounds IMHO. ;) can't seem to get these in black now - just the common cherry.
@@pentatonicpaddy nevermind, lots of SG shapes to pick from these days
I drove 200 miles to get a used SG 400 pro I saw found on Craigslist. It was in MINT condition and I got it fo $150!!! Mom was selling it because her son wanted a strat instead! :D
Wow 150$ that's a steal.
Imagine being crazy enough to want a Strat over an SG
I bought a lefthanded one for the same price as yours.
That's quite a journey. I drove a round trip of around 20 miles for a used one for £160 (~US$235). A few marks on it, but otherwise great condition and no fret wear. Great guitar for the money.
Better than the Gibson SG standard. By now epiphone is making really beautiful pieces of art, just look all the new limited editions like Matt Heaffy's
Miguel Meneses Fernandez
I 100% guarantee it's not better than the standard. When you play this guitar it's feels pretty good. It feels like you're playing what you're paying for. A good 400$ rock machine. Which is fine, but when you pick up a brand new Gibson Sg standard it feels, plays and sounds like you're holding a 1,539$ guitar. It's a fucking beast I just bought one. Yeah price wise this one may seem more appealing to most people who just kinda would like to have an sg. But there is no comparison between a new 2018 Gibson standard and the G-400 sorry you're very wrong on this one. It may be better than some of the cheaper Gibson model SGs but definitely not the standard.
Pal u abviously have never played on an gs standard
Lol
Hahahaha
I have a G400 Pro. When I first got it I was underwhelmed really. Looked into it more and found that the reason I was not loving it was because the fingerboard had extreme amounts of fret buzzing choking the notes and preventing notes from ringing true and sustaining. I had to do a load of fret levelling on this guitar as almost all the lower frets from 7 on-wards needed attention. This is really not good enough for the price you pay for Epiphone which is high end of budget guitar range. In my opinion both Vintage and Yamaha offer so much better. On my Vintage VS6 I had only to level 1 fret to achieve perfection whereas on the Epi it was at least 7 of the frets were out and by a mile which prevented obtaining a reasonably low action. Pick ups are ok on the Epi but nothing special and you may want to replace that as well. So all in all the price is building up and getting near to the cost of a Gibson SG special especially if you cannot do the work for yourself and need a guitar tech to do it for you. All in all then it is clear where Epiphone are making the savings and compromises and this is in the labour intensive tasks like fret levelling. They are chucking out a poor product made cheaply without care and attention where the action is set high to mask out the compromises that they have made and lack of care and attention to detail. Beginners may not notice this but a more intermediate player would. Buy a G 400 or G 400 Pro but expect to do a lot of work to make it a truly playable and pleasurable experience. having said all that I now do like the G 400 Pro because it plays properly like it should have of before it left the factory. I have had Epiphones before and all have suffered quality control issues. I would recommend either Vintage or Yamaha as better options for budget guitars. There is no way an Epi G400 Pro comes close to Gibson SG Standard. Gibson prices are over inflated and really the product is not worth the little bit more you get. However with Gibson you are paying for the attention to detail and better hardware. Get the Epi and expect to do some serious amount of work on the fingerboard to improve the bare, less than perfect product you get. Then replace the pick ups and put in a bridge pickup with Alnico II magnet in and when you have done all of this then you could possibly claim that it was up there with a Gibson Standard. By the way I am no fan of Gibson and do not think their guitars are anything near worth the prices they charge but you do expect that they have done the work and paid attention to the details that make a good guitar playable. I am essentially a fan of cheap guitars and like to make them play much better than when you receive them but you do have to invest time, and some skill in such a project and possibly some money as well. Maybe you can get as good as Gibson SG Standard if you are prepared to do the work and make some investment but out of the box the Gibson would win hands down.
“look at it! it’s got bloody devil horns on it!” sold!
Rip Malcolm Young ❤😭
I would have loved to have seen what Malcolm could have done with a guitar like this considering he played an old Gretsch with half of the guts ripped out of it and a sock stuffed into it. Just goes to show it's not the equipment, it's the musician. I've been to the Epiphone plant in China and they make excellent products, no one should hesitate to buy Epiphone if they can't afford (or simply don't want to pay for) a Gibson. RIP Malcolm and thanks for the review Dagan!!
Your accent reminds me of that of Kevin Pietersen a bit. It's very interesting.
I have the 2015 and it looks like they updated this model and put binding on it
I have the Alpine White Epiphone SG G400 limited edition "custom shop" with emg's. Its pretty nice. I got it for $110
I purchased this guitar because of this video. But when I plug in with distortion it doesnt sound as good as this video. What were his settings for distortion? Were there any other effects or pedals used. I have a 50 watt Crate amp. Thanks for the help and great video.
yea, the distortion he used sounds ~awesome~
you can tell when he goes to the clean tones that the pedal or amp helped it a LOT
I have this guitar and the pickup switch position is inverted from the factory, rhythm position for bridge pickup and treble for neck pickup 😁.
Well do you have any idea how easy that is to unscrew, turn 180°,and thread the cover back on?
A beautiful and affordable guitar
1:58 what is that song called I’ve heard it many times before I love rock and roll myself and I never get tired of listening to any rock song and that song just rings a bell a tiny bit
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
UK Phil X?
Thanks for the review! Would you recommend this to someone who is looking to start learning to play the guitar?
Pablo Ortiz This is the same question I have, Pablo
Yea it would be a good beginner guitar or a strat or squire just depends on what you like
What is a good amp to go with this! Thanks
Malcom : Best rhythm guitarist in the world
AC/DC best rock band in the world
Deanna Kemp Undeniable on both counts.
Their entire rhythm section was so tight.
I recently played a cheap epiphone sg and it had a thick coat of lacquer on the neck, which made it hard to move quickly around the neck. Does this have the same problem?
Nel prro
Rip Malcolm Young, acdc for life
I was looking at new electric ⚡️ guitar 🎸 and this is the one
This is part of the 7 cheap guitars that don’t suck video.
❤ rip Malcolm
"Look at it It's got bloody devil's horns on it". SOLD I'm going out to buy one this week. Although they aren't readily available anymore. I found a black one on craigslist for $400 cdn. I think that'll do!!!
wow! det bra!
❤I love AC⚡DC!!
❤❤❤❤❤ R.I.P. Malcolm
I love my new SG, but the neck dive drives me nuts!
This veneer on the single scratch pate cherry top looks much better than the veneer on the one with the bat-wing scratch plate,...looks like it has taps as well,...wondering why they didn't put taps on the vintage worn brown,...because vintage is in the name?.......
Would you have to do anything with your amp to make it sound this intense. Or will it sound like that when I plug it in to an amp. Obviously tuned
R.I.P to Malcolm ❤❤
Hello people! in the case of the 400 Pro, the neck is glued ... which advantages or disadvantages result from this? Thank you in advance!
I own a left-handed G-400 Pro one in that color.
Hi. I cant choose this guitar g400 pro or squire affinity strat hh or hss. Can you help me please? Thanks for the video.