SG G-400 Deluxe

This Epiphone SG G-400 Deluxe Flamed Vintage Sunburst model was one of the first guitars I got by finding it locally on-line. Made at the Saein Plant, Korea, in  February 2000, I bought it from a drummer who had left it with a roommate in Halifax. I later met the drummer when I got another SG from him. He evidently liked SG's but didn't keep them long. I had never liked this style of guitar. It was always the "bat wing" guitar. But once I played it I realized what the appeal of them was. They are extremely easy to play if set up well, have a great tone - this one somewhat "woody", they are light and comfortable to wear, and the maple top on this one makes it a little "brighter" than the normal solid mahogany body. You also have access to all the frets. Gibson made the SG (solid guitar) to replace the Les Paul which at the time wasn't selling. Of course, it didn't replace the Les Paul but has become one the standard electric guitar designs. I wish I had played one years ago because I would have gotten one sooner.  For some reason I traded it for a surf green Danelectro U2 and almost immediately regretted getting rid of it. About a year later it turned up on-line for sale again and I traded a "Partscaster" Stratocaster for it. The Stratocaster had a wonderfully ugly brown pearloid pickguard on it that I have never seen again and wish I had kept. For awhile I had an "ugliest Strat" contest with a friend.  Getting the SG back was like finding a long lost friend that you thought you would never see again. The fun was finding the same guitar, not another one like it. This is a "good" one.