Good budget instrument

I originally bought mine as an opportunity to get into luthiership at low risk; $90 used or something like that. The only modifications I did were tuning machine replacement (it has high-ratio Grovers now) and a wicked paint job. Keep in mind that it was a used instrument, but: the tuners were in really poor shape, to a point that the plastic chrome coating was peeling back off the knobs. Cheap tuning machines are a bit of a given though when a guitar is a really affordable model.

Compared to other similar instruments I have, its not technically the "best," but I still use it regularly. Comparing to my Epiphone Les Paul, this SG has a bit of a tighter "throat" from its pickups: a bit less clarity in the range, where it doesn't produce higher pitches as "singingly" as my LP does. It does seem to have a bit of a louder output, but that might be a pickup height issue (though frankly I like how if I want more output for my fuzz pedal I can just switch to this guitar, so its not a problem for me.)

Its a lighter instrument; I didn't realize until having put the new tuners on it that its body wasn't as thick as the body on my LP (it now is a bit imbalanced, lol), but that shouldn't be a problem for most folks.

Parts are clearly a little cheaper. I'm not fond of the knob style and feel, as you can tell they're the cheap option. not a huge issue though.

All around a good budget instrument. If you want something more serious I'd avoid it, but if you're looking simply to expand your color palette or if you're a beginner, it won't do you dirty.

A great playing Guitar.

This was my first Guitar ever. I bought it in a set together with a Line6 Spider Classic 15.

After some optical upgrades (Silver Pickup Covers; Vintage Style Knobs), it looked like a expensive one, so if you don't like uncovered pickups: No Problem, it isn't that complicated.

Sound: Today I still play this Guitar, but with a Vox VT20X, set to a Marshall Plexi like Setting. It just sounds like pure Rock'N'Roll. Just like AC/DC. But it's a bit hard to get a clean sound because the pickups are very hot for an SG. I just turn down the Guitar's Volume to clean up the amp. Works perfect. In the future i'll probably mod the Volume Knob (Treble Bleed Mod) so I won't lose Treble by turning down the volume, but it also works good without. I use this Guitar for everything from Chuck Berry-Riffs to Iron Maiden Solos, but most of the Time i just play hard rock on it, and I wouldn't say my 800€ Brian May Red Special is 640€ better playing. Just try it. It's that good for that cheap.

eh, it's interesting

Pros -

1) The action is great, and I had no problem with Fret buzz

2) Its a great looking guitar and lives up to its Gibson counter-parts

3) Lovely neck shape

4) The pickups are truly amazing, producing a traditional humbucker tone

Cons -

1) The tuners are really cheap, 2 of mine broke (they're pretty easy to fix though)

2) Its super light, which isn't bad but can cause head dipping. Which is common with most SG's)

3) The strap button fell off a couple of times.

4) The input jack fell into the guitar twice, which was a pain to fix

But it's a good guitar for any beginner!

Amazing guitar for low price

This guitar can do so many different genres to punk,metal,indie, etc and it sounds great for just being 200$. the tuners could be better but this guitar has been with me to every practice and show and its held up

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It's okay, but it's better than that LPJr

So my LPJr broke, and I bought this to replace it after playing it through a DSL40CR and not having the money for the Mustang I wanted. It has really hot pickups and I love the sound of an SG to death, but the frets need work and the neck has a weird feel to it-- not chunky enough but too chunky to be a fast shredder neck. I'm gonna put a PAF in the neck, and I haven't decided about the bridge.

love it

This is my go to guitar when I want to play. The pickups are great on sustain and definition of my sound and pump out a lot of gain. I mostly use this guitar to play anything and everything from blues to death metal. I would highly recommend this guitar for yourself or for a friend/family member who is just getting in to electric guitar.

This is a piece of remarkable kit :D

This guitar plays extremely well and easily out performs both sound and play ability wise with guitars that cost several hundred pounds more and so this is an absolute steal. The only guitar that I have the plays better then this is the Angus Young special which cost me close to 2000 pounds. I have had mine for 9 years now and the only thing that has changed in that time is a pickup. The gloss on the paint wears really well and over this time it has only just began to show wear and tear from knocks.

Overall for the price you could not a buy a better SG.

Great budget guitar

This guitar was around $180 when I bought it, it was my first electric guitar. This guitar couldn't get any better for the price tag. Pickups sound great, one of the pots is a killswitch, and it's a perfect guitar for $180.

Outstanding!

I have played on this SG for almost a year solid, and it has never let me down. It has been through hell, but always stays in tune, is easy to adjust, and is literally unbeatable for the price.

Epiphone SG Special

Another Ebay find, and the case that was included with mine turned out to be an acoustic guitar case, which was weird. I got a generic SG case for $40 and it fits quite nice. I think my SG Special was an older one as it had no pick guard, which I added. This guitar as nice sustain, and stays in tune well. All-in-all, not bad for under $100 used with a new case.