Epiphone SG Special VE || Unboxing & First Impressions

[@fenixfyre]

Good review bro, thank you.

[@CarloFenrir]

Hey man! It was an unboxing and first impresions video. Sadly the review isn't gonna be positive as this video. Seems the guitar can't get intonated on the 3rd and 6th strings. My luthier told me the bridge on the guitar doesn't have the correct lenght, it needs to be a little bit back and that's why I can't intonate the guitar (othe guy commented that his guitar has that issue too). I tried to apply the warranty directly with the shop cause the amazon return window expired. But their "tech" told me that it was within the normal range. I know how to set my guitars up and I have never had that problem with a guitar, I own 8 guitars (that's why it took me a while to realize the issue, between life, more videos and stuff i didn't set it up right away and the return window on amazon expired). However I never thought that in 2024 I would have a problema like that, but hey, it happens. Sadly where I live I can't make the warranty valid directly with Epiphone because one of the official distributors is that shop. Sorry for the long story haha but if you are thinking about buying it check it out first. Idk if this is a common issue or I was unlucky. I'll go more in depth on the review.Thanks for watching!

[@franke_]

It seems that what matters about this model is where the fretboard was made. Chinese is not very good, I have that one. Anyways the freatbord feels like an Ibanez, it is very fast and very light guitar, I use 0.9s, a change of tuners may be usefull

[@CarloFenrir]

In Epiphone's website says the fingerboard is Okoume but idk if it was actually made in china. I actually like it. And yes the neck is pretty comfy. The only issue with mine were the frets, some were unleveled and the fret ends were sharp. Did you have any problems like that? And yes, I actually swapped the tuners for some Hipshot locking tuners. I'll do a full review later. But all in all, it's a great guitar for modding, great bones. Thanks for watching!

[@franke_]

@@CarloFenrir I've been playing it quite a bit practicing and even recording. The fretboard feels very comfortable, fast. The intonation is not perfect. I tried calibrating and it is not perfect like other Epiphones.

[@CarloFenrir]

@franke_ Man... I discovered the thing about the intonation a few weeks later, I never had that issue with any guitar. Long story short, I'm pissed haha. So the intonation problem is pretty common on other Epiphones? I can't get to intonate de 6th and 3rd string. Of course I'm doing a video about it, but I was trying to see if I just got a bad guitar or it was a more common problem.

[@franke_]

​@@CarloFenrir I've set a very low action, I don't mind a little string buzz. But the intonation is impossible. Other epiphones are good, it depends on the neck. I cant get the 4th string to intonate. But the body of the guitar is surprisingly light which is very good, its good for practicing. Im playing with 0.9s light and its awesome