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I wasn't expecting to love this guitar based on reviews. The powers that be must have read the reviews and fixed the problems. I love this guitar! I also bought the Gibson SG Modern days later. I play them both equally.

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I never had active pickups. I'm sold. This sg is a gorgeous blend of style and fire breathing force. The Fishmans do everything they say, from modern higher gain, to a PAF Humbucker ,finally a single coil tone. I found all 3 subtle changes, but clearly 3 usable tones. I have had an epi sg previously, and was prepared for a fast neck. It's so much more, having now played of 3 hours with little to no fatigue. I have smaller hands and I've been out of practice for years, this guitar was going to get me excited. It has done that and more indeed. Versatile, classy, and gnarly. I cannot be happier. Cheers zZounds for a well set up and promptly delivered instrument.

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Great Great guitar, set up was perfect out of box, the flat black is wicked looking and the fluence pickups are the best I've ever had. Hands down, Awesome price, awesome guitar and very awesome company and support team. Thanks zZounds!!!

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I was really looking forward to this guitar after seeing them when they first popped up for pre-order. I buy 1-2 Epiphones a year for my collection and usually get the ones that are a bit unique or are signature guitars. The Epiphone quality over the past 5 years has been phenomenal and the resale value of these guitars has been solid. Unfortunately, this guitar was the worst quality Epiphone I've ever owned, and I have owned 20 or so.On paper the specs are amazing. Fishman Fluence pickups, 24-fret ebony fretboard, block inlays, flamed maple veneer top, etc. All of those amazing features for jam packed into a $899 price point provides a tremendous value. The quality must be where they had to cut corners.The Issues:Lopsided Nut: First off, the nut is too short on the high E side. Looking down the neck you can clearly see the nut slope from left to right. This causes the first fret to completely choke out. I tried raising the bridge as high as I could (knowing this would be fruitless but hoping for the best) and it made the note better but it still has no sustain and does not ring out like it should. The nut will need to be replaced and now my factory Epiphone will be one that is modded, substantially reducing its value.Bad Wiring: The wiring for the pickups is loose in the treble setting so the sound goes in and out. Opening up the back cavity I found they had to really pack all the wires and electronics in to make it fit in the small cavity. I suck at soldering so I'm going to have to have my guitar tech fix this issue.Sharp Fret Ends: I've never had a neck with binding have sharp fret ends...until now. After a couple minutes playing, my index finger on my left hand is shredded from the frets. I'll have to file and polish them in order to make the guitar playable.Neck Dive: As one might expect, an SG with 24-frets will be prone to neck dive. The Toni Iommi Epiphone 24-fret SG circumvented this by putting the strap button on the horn of the body rather than the back of the guitar by the bottom of the neck. Result the Prophecy SG dives like its a submarine trying to escape an enemy battleship.Overall: When I received this guitar I unboxed it to make sure nothing was broken, put it in its new case and put it with my collection. Unfortunately, I did not do a full evaluation or this guitar would have immediately gone straight back to zZounds. Unfortunately, I did not get around to it until a few weeks ago and now its unreturnable. I'm going to contact Epiphone and see if they will make this right.

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I would really like to say I was amazed a what I saw this guitar could do on the demo video's I had seen. So I bought one about two weeks ago.But as soon as I got home with the guitar. Reality set in. the Battery box on the back side it seamed so easy. I tried and tried could not get that box to open. So I got out a tiny Philips and took it out .finally got it ! wrong again. needless to say I finally figured or stumbled upon how to get the Battery out .I would like to say that i have not seen not one video anywhere showing the true answer to this problem I take it a lot of other people have done EXACTLY what I did also ! So Epiphone I get it the joke is on us on this correct ???? I had the same problem with the nut just as the other reviewer had mentioned and discussed. This is just my overall opinion. Every guitar selling company talked and talked to me up until I bought the guitar but since I bought it. I can not get any help from any of these shops. Silence !! I am really thinking about just taking it back and buying something that I know I will be able to depend on !!!

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The pickups are not low noise... they are very noisy when using the split coil.The pickups lack that exact dynamic tone you would get from wound coil pickup. I contacted zZounds and told them I was not happy with this guitar and the ratings didn't explain that they pickups were noisy, they actually said the opposite. zZ sounds would not give me my 12 payment plan application fee back of $25, they wanted to keep the tax on the first payment and they want me to send the guitar back out of my pocket. I'll never buy another thing from this vendor.

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This is my first SG and I really like the guitar. Upon inspection, I noticed there was buildup of a substance on parts of the upper frets of the neck. Took it to my local luthier and he said it was biological matter (whatever that mean) and can be removed with a razor blade. The action out of the box was very high but with a few turns on the post with a screwdriver, had it perfect in 2-3 minutes. With the action now lowered, I noted the intonation was off slightly on two strings. So due to the strange matter on the fretboard, coupled with the high action and intonation, revealed the guitar was neither inspected or set up prior to shipment. I then proceeded to replace the stock strings with 10-52s and was blown away by what I experienced. The playability of the neck is amazing. The ebony fretboard not only looks great but plays so well. Reminds me of the wide-thin on a PRS SE Custom 24 that I own. The guitar feels very well made and solid when held in the hand. Paint looks great with no blemishes (I ordered the blue tiger fade). Yes, the guitar is very top heavy and the head does fall forward if u take ur hand off the neck, which is typical of SGs anyway, so be aware. The tuners are top notch and was really happy to see USA made tuners on a MIC guitar. Now I brought this guitar knowing ahead of time I was going to upgrade the graph tech Nubone nut with a graph tech Tusq XL, but the graph tech Nubone nut seems ok for now and had no problems with the heavier 10-52s. I noticed there were a few reviews prior to mine that complained about the nut, but the first thing I do anytime I buy a new guitar is install a Tusq XL nut by my local tech anyway, as a lot of stock synthetic bone nuts arent the best for achieving optimal sonics anyway in my experience. Now the sound of the guitar is very bright, due to the ebony fretboard and the stock pickups don't sound half bad, but I plan on upgrading to EMG 85/85s anyway prior to purchase, so the fact there is already a battery cavity is perfect. Overall, other than the strange biological goo matter stuck to the fretboard, I was very impressed overall with the quality, features and overall value. Congratulations, Epiphone/Gibson, we have a winner and the guitar is a total keeper.