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Epiphone SG Special Satin E1 Electric Guitar - Cherry

Solidbody Electric Guitar with Poplar Body, Okoume Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, and 2 Humbucking Pickups - Vintage Edition Cherry
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Affordable SG with a Broken-in Look and Feel

The Epiphone SG Special VE delivers classic rock tone at an unbelievable price. This solidbody SG Special VE has the sound and gives you the no-frills, all-business looks and in-your-face tone that's made SGs popular rock guitars for decades. The double-cutaway design provides easy access to the guitar's entire rosewood-topped okoume neck. The 24.75" scale makes lightning fretboard runs easy, the quality chrome hardware keeps things in tune, and the Vintage Edition (VE) finish offers a pre-broken-in look and feel. Get your hands on the venerable Epiphone SG Special VE.

Quality tonewoods

The Epiphone SG Special VE sings with a fatness and clarity comparable to its more expensive cousins. This is due in large part to the body's poplar construction. Poplar is known for its balanced tonality and harmonic richness. The SG Special VE maintains the legendary LP rosewood fretboard but substitutes an okoume neck, for warmth and sustain you can feel in your fingers.

Epiphone's vintage worn finish

Worn finishes, such as the SG Special VE's vintage worn finish, are incredibly popular for the way they lend an air of vintage vibe to an instrument while giving the sought-after feel of a guitar that's been played for years. The vintage worn finish isn't as glossy as some finishes and mimics the way older instruments age. Its feel also helps the guitar seem smoother and faster when playing hot gigs that can cause you to sweat. And best of all, the vintage worn finish will only look better with age.

Fat, smoking humbuckers yield uncompromising power

When you really want to cook on a solo or deliver thunderous power chords, you reach for a guitar that has a pair of humbuckers. The Epiphone SG Special VE packs that exact humbucking power. The sound is all about the warmth, punch, and midrange complexity you can only get from the pair of Ceramic-8 humbuckers loaded in your Epiphone SG Special VE. You get uncompromising power whether you're playing rhythm or digging into a solo.

Epiphone SG Special VE Features:

  • Classic SG tone and style at an affordable price
  • Poplar body is mated with an okoume neck and rosewood fretboard
  • Epiphone humbuckers deliver thick midrange-rich tones
  • Worn Vintage Edition finish
  • Spot-on intonation thanks to a Tune-o-matic bridge and stopbar tailpiece

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Tech Specs

  • General
  • Number of Strings 6
  • Left-/Right-handed Right-handed
  • Body
  • Body Type Solidbody
  • Body Shape SG
  • Body Material Poplar
  • Top Material Mahogany Veneer
  • Body Finish Vintage Worn
  • Color Cherry
  • Neck
  • Neck Material Okoume
  • Neck Shape 60's SlimTaper D
  • Neck Joint Bolt-on
  • Radius 12"
  • Fingerboard Material Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay Pearloid Dots
  • Number of Frets 22, Medium Jumbo
  • Scale Length 24.75"
  • Nut Width 1.6875"
  • Nut Material Graph Tech NuBone
  • Hardware
  • Bridge/Tailpiece LockTone Tune-o-Matic Bridge with Stopbar Tailpiece
  • Tuners Closed Gear, 14:1 ratio
  • Electronics
  • Neck Pickup 650R Ceramic-8 Humbucker
  • Bridge Pickup 700T Ceramic-8 Humbucker
  • Controls 1 x master volume, 1 x master tone
  • Switching 3-way toggle pickup switch
  • Miscellaneous
  • Strings Gibson, .010-.046
  • Case/Gig Bag Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: EGSVCHVCH1

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Customer Reviews

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Rated 5/5

Great Guitar

Such a great guitar for the money. Sounds good, looks great! Absolutely love the satin finish!
Rated 5/5

Good beginner guitar.

I recently bought this guitar and it is amazing. Out of all my guitars this one has been my favorite. It is easy to play and makes a good sound. It also stays in tune. I have only been playing for a year and it is easier to play than the "beginners guitar" off of Amazon. It is a good choice for beginners. It was also in good shape with no scratches and new strings when I took it out of its box. Amazing guitar.
Rated 4/5

1st axe I learned how to play

I read sum of the reviews on the sg. But the nea sayers were wrong. My Eppi (eins) is what I named it.Even though I have been using a vox head set and waiting for my amp. Eins is not as heavy as I thought it would be. The sound coming out of Eins is so grouchy and deep which I havnt had in my other guitars. The knobs are smooth,treble switch needs to be oiled and loosed up, I like mine to almost slip into place.Only thing I don't like is the finish(the stain is spotty in spots) That's ok ill give eins a once going over with sum hard R@R. X cellnt axe.Thank you Sweetwater you found the one that I wanted to play after all these years.AC⚡DC would be ok with the sg.
Music background: Use to rock got covid almost killed me. Time to relearn how to play.
Rated 5/5

Epiphone SG Special Satin E1 Electric Guitar-Cherry

Plays and sounds great. Really enjoy it very much. Thanks to Cliff and the Sweetwater team for all the help I received with everything I bought from y'all.
Rated 5/5

surprised

just surprised how much i love this guitar..
out of the box tuned up plugged in and instantly fell head over heals for the tone quality and play-ability..
my new go to slide and rhythm guitar so far...
worth the wait...
Music background: music producer/ engineer/ multi-instrumentalist...joat
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