Feature:
There are few guitars that surpass the SG, with four control knobs, and a 3-way selector switch. As with every Epiphone that I have ever recieved, it comes with an amp cable.

Quality:
This guitar is made very well. All Epiphones are made very well, so this guitar is no exception. I think it will last ten years if you take care of it. For a serious player, the frets would wear down after more like five years, though. The worst thing that has ever happened to this guitar would be the amp jack coming a little loose, but you can just twist that tighter with your fingers, so there really have not been any problems. I think it would be good for use on the road.

Value:
If you like an SG, then this is a great value. It has everything that an SG should have, and it has a reasonable price tag.

Desirability:
Personally, I think it's not the best looking guitar out there. The finish on the one that I use is a deep worn red that allows the wood grain to show through, and that is a plus. It looks better than a lot of guitars, but not better than some. It looks decent, but the finish is amazing.

Sound:
Well, it has two humbuckers, it's an Epiphone, so the sound is going to be pretty much like a dual humbucker Epiphone. Of course, the body shape and materials let you get real nice hard rock sounds, but you can also turn it down and get some mellow clean tones.

Ease of Use:
Guitars aren't that hard to use. This one could have been slightly more playable, because the neck is in a way so that some people might find it a little bit wide, but it's certainly playable and really easy to get good sounds from this guitar.

Support:
I have never needed to use it, and I don't think I ever will, because these guitars are made so well. I have heard, though, that they are really good so I'm giving them a ten.

Overall:
I think that I will be satisfied with this guitar for years to come. It has a good finish, which will only continue looking good even if it looks worn, although it comes worn anyway. I don't perticularly need this guitar over the other guitars that I have, but it's a nice gem in the collection.

• Submitted: 8/28/2008
• Style of Music: Everything
• Location: Michigan

Feature:
came with just a poster that i have on my wall. the brown finish is really great. better than glossy finsih of course cause you dont get all the scratches and fingerprints.

Quality:
this guitar is made really good. ive dropper the thing dzens of times and it doesnt hurt it. the only problem ive had is all 4 of the knobs got real loose but its no big deal. its definately a well built guitar.

Value:
yes its definately worth it.

Desirability:
its a really good looking guitar nothing more nothing less.

Sound:
it sounds amazing!!!if you want to sound like angus young fo ac/dc this is you guitar. also it has good clean tones and even real good blues tones.

Ease of Use:
its so easy just to get a great sound. you can pretty much get any sound that you want. its a very flexible guitar for any kind of music. it is very playable but right out of the box just tune up and lower the action and you ready to go.

Support:
no problems

Overall:
i will be satisfied forever with this guitar. but i will soon upgrade to gibson sg's but will soon replace it with 2 gibson sg standards. it has helped me to learn guitar really nicely. i love it and cherish it so much im hopefully gonna buy a display case for it cause i love it so.

• User: a customer from yahoo.com
• Submitted: 7/28/2008
• Style of Music: rock, metal.
• Location: luverne, alabama

Feature:
No accessories. Just new strings.

Quality:
Perfect.

Value:
YES and more.

Desirability:
SEXY in WHITE!

Sound:
This guitar is the best kept secret in the industry. Period. The top-end store that sold it to me didn't want to admit how straight and flawless the neck was, the intonation was perfect, the strings perfect, the playability as good as any guitar I've ever played, and I've been playing since the early 60's. I just got rid of two Rickenbackers, because they played so BAD! Set up to death. This low-end Epiphone puts both of them to shame.

Ease of Use:
See above. Perfect.

Support:
NO problems.

Overall:
I'll never get rid of it. It's a keeper.

• User: a customer from eastern.edu
• Submitted: 7/1/2008
• Style of Music: 60's rock, country
• Location: Haverford, PA 19041

Feature:
The Guitar came with a poster of epiphone and the worn finish makes it so you don't need to polish it as much and I think that it is a great guitar.

Quality:
This guitar is made very well and the finish is perfect and its good. it will last you along time.

Value:
The sale price is great on zzounds and i've recommended it to many people.

Desirability:
It's a great guitar and the worn cherry is what i chose and this guitar will probably last me a long time.

Sound:
This guitar has great sound and I got it with a VOX amp and a crybaby and it sounded great, best of it's class.

Ease of Use:
The guitar has great sound and it's easy to make it your own just get an amp and you're good to go! it also has a good sound without the amp.

Support:
N/A

Overall:
I like the trapezoid inlays and the worn cherry finish the only flaw is that it dosn't come tuned.

• User: a customer from yahoo.com
• Submitted: 5/25/2008
• Style of Music: Alternative
• Location: Calistoga, CA, US

Feature:
The only accessories I got with the guitar was a cable. I ordered a amp and accessory package with it and it was back ordered for too long so zzounds put a package together for that was better than the one I ordered.

Quality:
This guitar Is a top quality piece of work. Came out of the box, set up and ready do play after I tuned it.

Value:
All the equipment I got from ZZounds (except for the head phones, they are cheap. Very hard to keep them in stero position) are well worth the money I paid for it. I checked a lot of places for prices.

Desirability:
Best looking solid body guitar out there

Sound:
Has great sound

Ease of Use:
With a Crate amp it has great sounds for any type of music you play. I got no manuals with the guitar. It is very easy to play.

Support:
ZZounds are top notch people

Overall:
I got the SG400 with a Crate amp. I expect to keep both as long as they last. The guitar is neck heavy and is my only fault to it.

• User: a customer from dannyridner.com
• Submitted: 4/22/2008
• Style of Music: Country, Alternative
• Location: Nashville TN

Feature:
it came with a nice poster of epiphone guitars and of course with the cable to hook it to an amp, thats it for accesories

Quality:
very nice guitar, durable material, made to last a long time, nice finishes, doesnt look like its ever gonna break, (dont test it though)

Value:
Its worth the typical price for this type of item

Desirability:
Its a very nice guitar, girls love it too

Sound:
its got good sound

Ease of Use:
its easy and simple to get the sounds you want, anyone would be able to figure it out

Support:
I didnt need support so i dont know

Overall:
Ill keep using this guitar for a couple of years until i save up enough money to get a better one

• Submitted: 2/1/2008

Feature:
I like the worn finishes a ton, and i love the vintage style inlay. durable hardware

Quality:
Very well made. very solid guitar.

Value:
you couldn't ask for more to be honest.

Desirability:
very sexy guitar. It can make anyone look cool on stage.

Sound:
sounds amazing to me, the pickpus are good. It sounds as good as my ES 333, so you cant really say it sounds bad.

Ease of Use:
Its a guitar, and as far as the controls(two volume, two tone) they made it to where you can get any sound out of the guitar, but kept it simple enough to where anyone can figure it out(unlike the fender jaguar HH

Support:
You get a great Warranty like all instruments from epiphone

Overall:
best guitar i own

• User: a customer from hotmail.com
• Submitted: 10/7/2007
• Style of Music: Rock, Alternative, Punk
• Location: Knoxville, TN

Feature:
2 volumes, 2 tones, selector, what more is there?

Quality:
Very high quality. I've had this for months, and it's good. I haven't used it playing a gig yet.

Value:
Great value. Feels like a Gibson.

Sound:
The sound is equal to my LPs in the same setup. Sounds good for pretty much anything.

Ease of Use:
I rated this a seven because the neck is kind of thick, but Im' picky about necks.

Support:
I hear they're great.

• Submitted: 9/22/2007

Feature:
I'm a strat guy, so I find that the lack of three pickups is a little limiting but then again I don't own it so I can't really make a complete judgement on that. It's nice having a tone and volume pot for each pickup. The lack of tremolo arm is also slightly limiting.

Quality:
The jack on my friend's broke off and fell into the body after about 2 months. The action is also a little weird, but I think that has to do with imporper set-up.

Value:
It's pretty decent, but to make it really great you need to put new gibson or seymour duncan humbuckers in it. By the time you get it up to Gibson quality you mind as well have just bought a gibson. But it's a pretty good beginner guitar and decent for certain styles.

Desirability:
The red finish is pretty boring, the sg is so heavy looking in my opinion

Sound:
This guitar has nice tone but I think the highs are too sharp but I have a feeling this is due to crappy stock pickups. I think if it had some nice gibson pickups it would be a load better, but for stock pickups on and epiphone it's not too bad. The sustain on the one I've played isn't what you'd expect it to be on an SG, but I think that may be because it's maple laminate not solid maple, which considerably reduces density and weight which are very key to sustain and tone quality.

Ease of Use:
It's a guitar... ...but I supose that it's pretty easy to use compared some guitars.

Support:
My friend was able to get epiphone to fix it for free but it took a while and it messed with a performance of ours. So it's got it's good and bad parts when it comes to support.

Overall:
This guitar just doesn't suit my personal style or my musical interests, it lacks high quality pickups but it seems that if it was adjusted and equipped with better pickups it would be a great guitar for beginners or intermiediete players who were going to play heavier styles of music.

• Submitted: 9/4/2007

Feature:
Features aren't a big thing to me when it comes to guitars. I do like the pearl inlays and look of all the accesories on it.

Quality:
ITS AN EPIPHONE!!! I've had no problems as far as quality goes.

Value:
Well worth the price. This is a great axe for beginers and experts alike.

Desirability:
oh man!!! I cant tell you how many girls have said i looked sexy with this guitar! Ive had bands play it and every one says "I Want IT".

Sound:
This guitar sounds great!!! Through many amps its sound is awesome, but the best i've heard is through my line 6 spider. With this guitar you get great sustain, volume, distortion, and clean sound. Only sound problem i've had was when i'd bend my B or high E string above the tenth fret...This was easily fixed by slightly raising the bridge.

Ease of Use:
This SG is easier to play than any other guitar i've played in my life. With the deep cutaways it's soooo easy to play those high noted solos.

Support:
No PROBLEMS!!! Except the bridge needing to be raised due to the squeak my B and E string made if they were bended.

Overall:
Awesome axe...not much more i can say. I Think its the best sounding guitar i've heard...in person anyway. THIS IS THE SHIZNIT!!!!!

• Submitted: 8/13/2007

Feature:
The humbuckers sound great and the Grovers work well. Its a shame theres no whammy bar.

Quality:
The SG is finnished to a high standard, there was a paint blemish on mine but thats not really a big deal. all the componants seem to be of a high quality and nothing has broken yet. Its fairly weighty compared to other cheaper guitars which clearly shows the quality of the wood.

Value:
I would happliy have paid more for this guitar. I cant see it breaking anytime soon so it will probably last for years. If you cant afford a Gibson, i recomend this guitar.

Desirability:
When you show it to people, they automaticly say "wow, that must have cost loads!"

Sound:
pretty much what you'd expect from an SG. Sounds great clean and full and crunchy on overdrive. Excellent for Rock and Metal or anything that needs a crisp, full tone.

Ease of Use:
The neck is comfortable however you will notice that it is neck heavy. this is realy annoying for a few days but then you get used to it and it's fine. Having the full 22 fret access is makes soloing alot more comfortable. The Grover tuners are excellent, you can trust them to stay in tune.

Support:
Not needed

Overall:
amazing guiatr. i recomend it to anyone who has been playing long enough to apppreciate how good it sounds.

• User: a customer from hotmail.co.uk
• Submitted: 7/30/2007
• Style of Music: Rock, Blues, Metal
• Location: Plymouth , Devon, England