Epiphone Review: G 310

History:

Purchase: I bought this guitar many years ago (7 years?). I have no idea what I paid for it, I think it was $2xx.xx or something. I got it at Long and McQuade in Calgary.

What I Like About This Epiphone G 310: What I like about this unit is the Epiphone build quality and the look. Playability is also good. It feels good to play.

What I Do NOT Like About The Epiphone G 310: I didn't really like the sound of this unit. The bridge pickup is way too far aay from the bridge if you ask me. It is not a very sharp (distortion) tone at all. Alternatively, the clean tone is very, uh, weird. Lots of bottom, and good high high end, but nothing in the middle really. In short, it has lots of noise but no tone.

Epiphone G 310 Quality Rating: The construction is excellent. Hardware is awesome. It intonated well and the action, once set, is good. Tuners are not top of the line, but are useable.

Review Summary: Well, it's pretty east to see that I like the build quality and playability of this guitar, but the sound always bugged me. I tried SOOOOOOO many things to try and get good tone out of this guitar; nothing worked. I finally just gave up and traded it for an SG special, which, ironically, is considered a step DOWN from the G310! The special is a far better guitar however.

Rating of this Epiphone product: 3

This Epiphone G 310 Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: ZG

Review Date: 2005-02-04