Epiphone SST Studio (Chet Atkins)

[matts420music]

http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/produc ... 9392%2e035

Anyone pick one of these up yet... If so just looking for some comments, I am thinking about grabbin one.

[rockyall107]

i got one and barely played it..its cool at first that its the guitar that dave played..but it sounds pretty shitty and the fact that you gotta plug it in everytime to play it gets annoying...im not very fond of it and it sits in the corner of my room now doing nothing.

[Lbacker]

i got one and barely played it..its cool at first that its the guitar that dave played..but it sounds pretty shitty and the fact that you gotta plug it in everytime to play it gets annoying...im not very fond of it and it sits in the corner of my room now doing nothing.

The guitar you two are discussing is not the guitar dave played. This is the cheaper version, the epiphone model, run around 400. The guitar Dave played is the Gibson model, a significantly different guitar in sound, design and price.
Actual Not Dave's

http://www.gibson.com/Products/GibsonEl ... ins%20SST/

[matts420music]

The guitar you two are discussing is not the guitar dave played. This is the cheaper version, the epiphone model, run around 400. The guitar Dave played is the Gibson model, a significantly different guitar in sound, design and price.

Yeah, I knew it wasn't Daves, but kind of on the same note... I was wondering how different the sound was from Daves Gibson. I have a few acoustics and two being acoustic/electrics but rarely plug in, so I didn't want to invest $1500 in a guitar I'll only play for certain songs/sound, especially if I can grab a similar sounding guitar for wayyyy cheaper.
so i guess my question is, to anyone that has played both how much to these guitars vary? I know they will not sound exactly the same (no epiphone "remake" does).

[Kahn]

the SST is retarded unless you are in a touring band. Save your 4 hundo

[matts420music]

the SST is retarded unless you are in a touring band. Save your 4 hundo

So are you saying that it does sound similar, but there is just no point unless I am always plugged in??

[daveguitar127]

i have one and i got it off of ebay for 299$ with the headstock being re-shapen and a new coat of paint and finish on it. i havent really looked into it much but isnt the only big difference the pickup and electronics on the inside? also i love the guitar bcuz its soooooo easy to play on your fingers