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Could be a decent shredder guitar after a pickup swap.
Epiphone at one point produced "fender style" guitars and basses, the S(stratocaster) series for guitar and the Accu(precision) series for bass. The "explorer headstock" version of the S series guitars are pretty decent for the most part, they are pretty cool compared to starter guitars nowadays. The volume knob sits way too close to the strings, this wouldn't be an issue but it's a push/ pull knob so that is a bit of a design hiccup. The neck is actually comfortable and great for heavy styles of playing, the body is also pretty nice. Unfortunately the electronics sound awful, clean tones are passable but that is a buzzkill because high gain tones sound really lackluster and sloppy. If you just swapped the stock pickups for some EMGS, Seymour Duncans, Dimarzios, etc. It would probably make for a great shredder guitar for those on a budget!
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