superjudge3 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Notice the dot inlays instead of regular blocks, and speed knobs, not bell knobs. No, its not a G-310, it has a set neck! I've never seen this type of G-400 before! http://cgi.ebay.com/Gibson-Epiphone-SG-400-Hard-Case-clean-no-reserve_W0QQitemZ370077250286QQihZ024QQcategoryZ2384QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 If the owner removed the covers for higher output, I assume they know something about guitars and wouldn't think twice about changing knobs. As far as the dots go, it's entirely possible that they had dots at one point in the past. TWANG knows better than I do, though I'm not sure if he's still around here. It was made in 1994, so there's quite a bit of time between that model and the current ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JefferySmith Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm thinking of going with speed knobs on all of my guitars. I just don't care much for the stock knobs on the Epis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderstruck507 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 IIRC long ago the g400 had dot inlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisprice Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Did a bit of brief research on this guitar: Your guitar was made at the Samick Plant, Korea October 1994 Production Number: 1230 Hope this helps....Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskank Sally Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Wow. Check out that neck joint. Seems a bit longer and stronger eh? Samick had the right idea anyways. a little trimming on that lip and it would be damn close to a '67 joint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken361 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Look were the strap hooks on, its not in line. OMG it a fakeee! lol[-x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Didja buy it? Sweet looking guitar if you ask me & rumor has it the Korean guitars play well. I changed the knobs on mine because I like the speed knobs better & the silver insert was missing from one of the volume knobs on the originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Big 'oops' on that neck joint. Hard to believe they used to make G-400s that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muskank Sally Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Big 'oops' on that neck joint. Hard to believe they used to make G-400s that bad. I was just watching Greg Bennet display his Samick Torino model, and boast of how the neck joint on that guitar is longer and stronger overall than your 'typical guitar of this type'. Looking at it made me realize that they never did an alteration to their Torino to build an Epiphone SG except for the headstock. Bennet claims the wood used on the guitar is Nato in both neck and body, a wood similar in many ways to Mahogany he claims. watch 'overview' http://www.gregbennettguitars.com/tr1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjudge3 Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 I have a 2001 Korean and it is awesome. It has been through so much with me. If that guitar could talk! I feel almost stupid now for making this thread. Because I now remember when I asked this same question about 5 years ago at the old forums. I had forgotten that G-400s before 1995 had dot inlays and different knobs as well as some other differences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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