[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:53:58 -0400 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:42:49 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 05/29/2006 04:14pm]]> Comments Mon, 29 May 2006 16:14:21 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_2 POSTED: 05/29/2006 05:37pm]]> Comments Mon, 29 May 2006 17:37:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 06/07/2006 05:26am]]> Comments Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:26:46 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 06/08/2006 08:38am]]> Comments Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:38:57 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_5 POSTED: 06/26/2006 01:50pm]]> Comments Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:50:10 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 08/31/2006 09:26pm]]> Comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 21:26:56 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_7
POSTED: 09/29/2006 05:06pm]]> Comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:06:41 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_8 POSTED: 11/28/2006 02:46pm]]> Comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:46:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_9 POSTED: 12/08/2006 11:53am]]> Comments Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:53:17 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_10 POSTED: 12/16/2006 10:38pm]]> Comments Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:38:47 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_11 POSTED: 01/20/2007 04:27pm]]> Comments Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:27:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_12 POSTED: 01/20/2007 04:31pm]]> Comments Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:31:50 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_13 POSTED: 02/08/2007 03:23pm]]> Comments Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:23:58 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_14 Though i figure it must be a knakered shop demo or something cause the metal disc on the tone knobs come off once and the pickups are screwing up a bit...
guess i should get it looked at =P
POSTED: 03/28/2007 04:52pm]]> Comments Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:52:56 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_15 POSTED: 04/02/2007 12:24pm]]> Comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:24:24 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_16 mrsi :
can epiphone not make an original guitar, all they do is copy off gibson


do you know anything??

epiphone are the licensed copies of gibson, they ONLY make gibson replicas, not like "vintage" or someone who copies everyone...

idiot
POSTED: 04/08/2007 11:33am]]> Comments Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:33:19 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_17 hop_goblin :
this guitar is just as good as a gibson, except maybe on the sound, but i would definitally recomend it. I lvoe the look it has....i have a cherry finish


mate ive played the gibbo version and the epi, they are VERY different, its not just the sound
POSTED: 04/08/2007 11:34am]]> Comments Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:34:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_18 POSTED: 04/08/2007 02:22pm]]> Comments Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:22:27 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_19 POSTED: 05/04/2007 11:57pm]]> Comments Fri, 04 May 2007 23:57:29 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_20 jthm_guitarist wrote:

So the Vintage G-400 is $100 cheaper than a standard G-400?

yes
POSTED: 06/01/2007 08:36pm]]> Comments Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:36:33 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_21
POSTED: 08/29/2007 03:51pm]]> Comments Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:51:17 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_22 POSTED: 09/04/2007 09:43pm]]> Comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:43:32 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_23 dinosaur sr wrote:

I just want to know why the vintage version is 100 bucks cheaper than the standard

I think it's cause of the finish. It's dull, not glossy, so there probably wasn't as much time put into it. The headstock isn't glossy, either, it's flat/dull. It looks real nice. The natural isn't nearly as bright as the picture, though. It's a dark walnut colour, which looks good.
POSTED: 11/05/2007 09:15am]]> Comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:15:59 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_24 angusyoung_sg wrote:

oh ya and my truss rod cover says SG on it instead of GIBSON. witch i have researched and it seem that only the gibson SG's say that on the truss rod cover. and also i opend up the back the other day and after looking closely i noticed that the tone/volume/input jack all say Gibson on them. anlso my price was in Canadian Dollars being as i am from Canada

ur full of shit. all the parts say gibson on them on epiphones. its like how a chevy has GM parts. your guitar was not made in nashville. why would the gibson, not say gibson? and my brothers g400 says SG there and was made in korea. it says in big letters made in korea. also it has 2 alnico humbuckers not a hot-b (whatever the hell that is) or a 57' classic, and angus's signature sg doesnt have 57' classics, it has the angus pickups. also angus hates his signature model anyway. also you make the tune-o-matic sound amazingly special even tho its the most basic bridge design possible and is on just about every gibson or epiphone. and you dont operate the bridge, it holds the strings, its not an active component of playing.
POSTED: 12/03/2007 02:42am]]> Comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 02:42:46 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_25 Ali-b912 wrote:
ur full of shit. all the parts say gibson on them on epiphones. its like how a chevy has GM parts. your guitar was not made in nashville. why would the gibson, not say gibson? and my brothers g400 says SG there and was made in korea. it says in big letters made in korea. also it has 2 alnico humbuckers not a hot-b (whatever the hell that is) or a 57' classic, and angus's signature sg doesnt have 57' classics, it has the angus pickups. also angus hates his signature model anyway. also you make the tune-o-matic sound amazingly special even tho its the most basic bridge design possible and is on just about every gibson or epiphone. and you dont operate the bridge, it holds the strings, its not an active component of playing.

mine has a hot b HB in the bridge (i also have no idea what is is but thats what the site said) and a '57 HB in the neck. i looked on the epi website right after i bough it and thats what it said. they have changed the guitar since i bought it cuz now they call it the faded g-400 http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductI... and it has alnico buckers. i can tell mines diferent because the epi name and little logo on the headstock are in gold, and the inlays are more of a goldish color. but on the epi site everything is silver. mine alos has the peices that run down the side of the fretboard(the name escapes me right now). the one on the epi website doesnt have that. and when i bought mine it was more than 100 dollars more than the g-400 standard. oh and also angus young signature sg has a '57 bumbucker in the neck position and an angus young signature HB in the bridge. check the gibson site bud.
http://epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductI... uitars/SG%20Specials/Angus%20Young%20Signature/
POSTED: 01/19/2008 05:23pm]]> Comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:23:51 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_26
I could never possibly point out every piece of incorrect information because there's too much. Wow.
POSTED: 12/05/2008 05:40pm]]> Comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:40:54 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 12/11/2008 07:59am]]> Comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:59:47 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_28 POSTED: 01/01/2009 11:12am]]> Comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:12:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_29 This config is pretty good for blues to a point, but if you want to go more the SRV-Hendrix-y tones you'll have to tweak your other equipment a bit more. But as far as the 60s Brit Blues based stuff or even BBKing Freddie King etc, yeah SG guitars can do that pretty decently, I did it for years. (i had the Gibson 1971 which really was a '61 reissue) I have playe one of the G400s recently in Guitar Center and I was not too crazy about how it was set up, and it felt a little stiff, but that was that 3 pickup white one. Its almost like you cuold fel like you were trying to play the paint and not the guitar. But alot of folks seem to be saying you can 'glide' differently on this satin finish and that the overall feel is smooth, fast and nice. On MusFriend the average rating out of 640+ reviews is 4.5 out of 5. I have a Sheraton II that's pretty good but I only use it for certain things. The Casinos are lovely. My point being that Epp makes good guitars. But like Gib or Fender or anyone there are some years and some models that are better than others. I dont look at names. i picked a used '82 Squire off a wall of new Fenders and it was the sweetest Strat in the store regardless of money. i bought it and probably the Fender rep got mad. So play more than one of them of the same model guitar, go to several places too and dont be scared to ask the dealer if you can sit there for a minute and play with the action adjustments or put good strings on it.
POSTED: 01/03/2009 01:21am]]> Comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:21:14 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_30 POSTED: 02/10/2009 01:59pm]]> Comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:59:40 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_31 POSTED: 03/06/2009 10:53am]]> Comments Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:53:49 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_32 POSTED: 03/24/2009 08:06pm]]> Comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:06:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_33 angusyoung_sg wrote:

oh ya and my truss rod cover says SG on it instead of GIBSON. witch i have researched and it seem that only the gibson SG's say that on the truss rod cover. and also i opend up the back the other day and after looking closely i noticed that the tone/volume/input jack all say Gibson on them. anlso my price was in Canadian Dollars being as i am from Canada

i don't care what you say, if it doesn't say GIBSON in script on the headstock it isn't a gibson. my epiphone les paul has gibson written on the pots, that doesn't make it a gibson.
POSTED: 01/19/2010 12:29am]]> Comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:29:30 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_34 I just want to know why the vintage version is 100 bucks cheaper than the standard

POSTED: 08/29/2007 - 03:51 pm / quote |
Because there is no binding on the neck and the finish is faded, not Gloss.
POSTED: 08/16/2010 03:29pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:29:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_35 POSTED: 11/11/2010 04:08pm]]> Comments Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:08:06 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_36 POSTED: 01/12/2011 06:15am]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:15:26 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_37 POSTED: 01/12/2011 09:31am]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:31:22 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_38 POSTED: 01/12/2011 10:30am]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:30:01 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_39
The guitar is pretty good. a few problems with it down the road. i needed to re-do the intonation, which was partly my fault when i switched the strings i played with the knobs on the saddles (i was a noob back than). the tuners started becoming loose, and the pick ups are not that good.

since i play a lot of progressive metal on electric guitar, as well as getting a couple new guitars down the road. i haven't really check it out again playing bluesy stuff.
POSTED: 01/12/2011 10:51am]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:51:21 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_40 POSTED: 01/12/2011 02:40pm]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:40:20 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_41 maximumrocker wrote:

^ i have had an Sg400 for about 4 years.

The guitar is pretty good. a few problems with it down the road. i needed to re-do the intonation, which was partly my fault when i switched the strings i played with the knobs on the saddles (i was a noob back than). the tuners started becoming loose, and the pick ups are not that good.

since i play a lot of progressive metal on electric guitar, as well as getting a couple new guitars down the road. i haven't really check it out again playing bluesy stuff. Seems like you have the same problems I've been facing. If I had the money, I'd get a new guitar.
POSTED: 01/12/2011 06:17pm]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:17:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_42 mrsi wrote:

can epiphone not make an original guitar, all they do is copy off gibson
I think the wilshire is theirs too
POSTED: 01/12/2011 08:14pm]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:14:35 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_43 POSTED: 01/12/2011 10:40pm]]> Comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:40:09 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_44 POSTED: 01/25/2011 05:09pm]]> Comments Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:09:37 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/epiphone/vintage_g-400/index.html#u_45
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