Musician's Friend has
Epiphone Limited-Edition SG Special-I Electric Guitar (Pelham Blue or Ebony) on sale for
$149.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to Deal Hunter
Meowssi for finding this deal.
Available Colors:Features:- Body
- Body shape: Double cutaway
- Body type: Solid body
- Body material: Solid wood
- Top wood: Not applicable
- Body wood: Mahogany
- Body finish: Gloss
- Orientation: Right handed
- Neck
- Neck shape: '60s SlimTaper D
- Neck wood: Mahogany
- Joint: Set-in
- Scale length: 24.75"
- Truss rod: Standard
- Neck finish: Gloss
- Fretboard
- Material: Other
- Radius: 12"
- Fret size: Medium
- Number of frets: 22
- Inlays: Dot
- Nut width: 1.68" (42.67 mm)
- Pickups
- Configuration: HH
- Neck: 650R
- Middle: Not applicable
- Bridge: 700T
- Brand: Epiphone
- Active or passive pickups: Passive
- Series or parallel: Series
- Piezo: No
- Active EQ: No
- Special electronics: None
- Controls
- Control layout: Master volume, tone
- Pickup switch: 3-way
- Coil tap or split: No
- Kill switch: No
- Hardware
- Bridge type: Fixed
- Bridge design: Wraparound
- Tailpiece: Not applicable
- Tuning machines: Deluxe sealed
- Color: Chrome
Top Comments
Just in case anyone is interested in what locking tuners I bought on Amazon:
Musiclily Pro 3x3 Guitar Locking Tuners String Tuning Pegs Keys Machine Heads Set for Les Paul Style Electric or Acoustic Guitar, Gold
The reamer I bought to make the tuning peg holes wider :
Taper Pin Reamers, 5-16mm Bridge Pin Hole Hand Held Reamer T Handle Tapered 6 Fluted Chamfer Reaming Woodworker Cutting Tool
The Bridge I bought :
Musiclily Pro 52.5mm (2-1/16 inch) String Spacing Tune-o-matic Pigtail Style Adjustable Wraparound Bridge Tailpiece for Epiphone Les Paul SG Style Electric Guitar, Gold
It's a great starter guitar or even first humbucker if coming from single coil Strats or Teles and their knockoffs. I've moved up to a nicer SG from here, but I still knock this one around now and then. I'll probably sell it for nearly what I paid, or gift it to a new player soon.
The fretboard is some sort of composite material that feels smooth and even. Mine shows faint, barely visible wear after much use. Other than bucking the tradition of using wood there, this is a great and practical solution at lower cost.
The wraparound bridge is compensated, like an acoustic bridge but more so, so it'll be just fine as long as you don't change the gauge of strings too much from stock.
Like any other starter guitar, you're likely to develop a taste and desire for more. It's a nice moddable platform, or you can move up to another guitar. You'll lose hardly any money at all for your time with this model.
I strongly recommend this guitar at this price, unless you have a specific reason to buy something nicer.
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If the special i is close to the special ii, it will be a really fun guitar.
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Just in case anyone is interested in what locking tuners I bought on Amazon:
Musiclily Pro 3x3 Guitar Locking Tuners String Tuning Pegs Keys Machine Heads Set for Les Paul Style Electric or Acoustic Guitar, Gold
The reamer I bought to make the tuning peg holes wider :
Taper Pin Reamers, 5-16mm Bridge Pin Hole Hand Held Reamer T Handle Tapered 6 Fluted Chamfer Reaming Woodworker Cutting Tool
The Bridge I bought :
Musiclily Pro 52.5mm (2-1/16 inch) String Spacing Tune-o-matic Pigtail Style Adjustable Wraparound Bridge Tailpiece for Epiphone Les Paul SG Style Electric Guitar, Gold
It's a great starter guitar or even first humbucker if coming from single coil Strats or Teles and their knockoffs. I've moved up to a nicer SG from here, but I still knock this one around now and then. I'll probably sell it for nearly what I paid, or gift it to a new player soon.
The fretboard is some sort of composite material that feels smooth and even. Mine shows faint, barely visible wear after much use. Other than bucking the tradition of using wood there, this is a great and practical solution at lower cost.
The wraparound bridge is compensated, like an acoustic bridge but more so, so it'll be just fine as long as you don't change the gauge of strings too much from stock.
Like any other starter guitar, you're likely to develop a taste and desire for more. It's a nice moddable platform, or you can move up to another guitar. You'll lose hardly any money at all for your time with this model.
I strongly recommend this guitar at this price, unless you have a specific reason to buy something nicer.
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That being said, $5k custom shop fender guitars also have Bolt-on necks.