Epiphone S-310

1987 Epiphone S-310

Red Strat style with maple neck and Jackson type (pointed tip), not the hockey stick type headstock I've seen so many pictures of. I still have all original Gibson paperwork from my 1/15/88 purchase.

Serial # 7071xxxx

This was my first guitar and after a dozen or so higher quality guitars I consider the S-310 one of my favorites. It has it's own sound, plenty of tones, with a strat flavor.

All guitars need setting up and this one was no different. I have never had a problem with set-up. The body is good, I hate to say it, but not solid wood - it's ply construction. the neck is great, hardwear ok - still original and it will stay that way.

I've never had a problem with this guitar. Of course I don't drop it, bang it around or set it on fire. It would not be #1 in my line up for a gig but it's always ready to play.

No experience or need for Customer Support. I guess that's good so I'll rate them a 9.

These S-310 are going cheap these days and certainly worth the investment if you have the spare bucks or looking for a first guitar (as long as you find one well taken care of).

I bought this Epiphone s310-b in a pawn shop because it was made in Korea probably by Samick. 22 fat frets and 3 single coil pickups and a real nice neck. Looks almost new so I have no idea what year it was made. The construction of this guitar is very well done and if I want I could drop Fender pickups in it. Its black with a 2 piece maple neck and quite heavy like my strats. Probably some good wood.

If you like a strat you probably will like this one. I cant say if its original cuz it has a ballsy sound for a cheap guitar so it may have some upgrades. I havent used it on a gig so I can only talk about what I hear in the house. I play mostly classic rock and country. So far I've run it through a Crate 50 watt tube amp and really sounds pretty damn good. Not quite like a Strat but as good in a little different way if you get my drift. It took my several days to set it up and also it needed some oil and WD-40 to get the electronics up to par. Right now its perfect. One thing I noticed it how well it set up...unbelievably perfect.

It probably came from the factory unplayable for most folks but after some carefull adjusting its just fine. Everything about this guitar workes fine now. But it had a noisy select switch and a volume controll that cut out like crazey. I sprayed WD-40 into the selector and blew in canned air then worked the switch back and forth. It took some time but it eventualy worked. The volume controll is a different deal. I had to remove the plastic controll nob and run a drop of oil down the post and work it back and forth. This too took a while and several drops of oil. No more scratching and no more cutting out. No misaligned neck, everything was well put together.

I believe this guitar will hold up to any gig although I usually bring a couple of guitars. It stays in tune perfectly because I tightened the screws that hold the winders on. Thats what there for. Most people who wrote about the problems just dont know crap about setting up guitars

What warranty? I dont even know year it was made. If it breaks I'll fix it myself......

I've been playing since 1957 and own so much stuff its unbelievable. I would buy it again cuz it is so well made. If your handy and like strats you will appreaciate the axe.

I think you know by now. Mine came in a nice, not too yellowed white with a maple neck and fretboard. Nice big frets, cheapish tuners, no string trees. The headstock color was black which didn't look so hot on a white guitar. They should have left it natural.

I bought a prewired pickguard with Fender American standard SSS pickups. My Epi sounds like s Strat now. It was an expensive upgrade, about the same as a I paid for the guitar, but worth every penny.

Used when I bought it so I had some adjustments to make. The finish is holding up great for a 20 year old guitar.

Very solid. If I was gigging I'd use my USA strat but this would be a great backup.

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If you make some changes you'll have a really nice guitar, not just a good guitar. Here's what I did to mine:

*Upgraded to Fender pickups
*Painted the headstock white to match
*Added real Fender tuners
*Added string trees
*Sanded the back of the neck super smooth
*Added a graphite nut
*Blocked the trem

So yeah, I've spent some money on it but now I have a real strat killer! And the white/maple look is awesome.

my guitar is korean (very good quality) i bought it on 2004 and its very good.

its perfect for lead guitar and its sounds neat

a little heavy but very resistant

of course it would withstand live playing, it seems like it will last for ever the finish is awsome, the strap buttons are the best you can imagine,, and of course i can depend on it

its the bes i own another guitar and its an epiphone les paul jr, its also good

It is a Strato-style korean (Samick plants) guitar with standard tremolo. Made in april, 1992, I've bought it one year later. It has SSS PUs, black body and rosewood fingerboard.

I play my own music (fast indie-rock or something like that), using clean channel only, except some solos. My amp is a Seymour-Duncan 84-50 all tube combo. (I had Peavey Bandit and Roland Cube-60 before.) For some years I used humbucking PU (DiMArzio FT2) at the bridge position, but for my music the original one is better! The only change is a Fender Hot Alnico at neck. I like this sound. I never use tremolo, so I've stopped it with a piece of hardwood. (Earlier there was some noise from the bridge, but now it is silentm, and stays in tune.)

It was in perfect condition when I bought. I only had to set octave for the new strings. Finish is still beautiful (black).

After 15 years I had to change pu-selector switch and potmeters, setting up frets and neck, but it is still good. Altough it is korean, not bad quality! Very reliable.

Never dealt with Epiphone.

I play guitar since 1989. This is my 3rd instrument. If I buy a new one (I plan) it will be a premium quality guitar (American Series Strat). A mexican won't be better than this. Very good guitar for it's price.

Mine is a standard Strat style Epiphone made in Korea I think. I paid $75 for it a few years back at a pawn shop. Mine is an '86 model. To say it's been banged around would be an understatment. It has been used alot but shows very little wear. It's my Black Beauty guitar. I think that they must have cheapened the manufacturing over the years because mine is quite, the only problem is the five way selector switch, I need to replace it because it cuts in and out on me at times.

This guitar fits my needs to a T. I play classic rock and roll at home, the only gig I have is playing at church. Over the years the sound has mellowed a bit and it is able to play anything I throw at it. I use a Korg AX1G effects pedal with it and find that it plays just about every style of music. I play it thru a Bass Amp, believe it or not, And that Mellows it out even more. Over all a very adequate playing guitar.

This thing had to have been set up by an expert, because I do not get any fret buzz that others talk about, and mine has a nice low action. As stated earlier the only real problem is the five way selector switch, and I'm sure that with a little tinkering I can fix that up just fine. The finish is still very good and theguitar is very presentable.

Although I have used this guitar without a backup, I think I would use a backup now, mainly because I'm more conservative than I once was. I feel like it is a very dependable guitar, and like I said I think it will last for many years to come.

The warrenty was long gone by the time I got it, so I can't say.

I play a number of insturments guitar not being my best, but I will say that if you need a good strat copy without spending alot of money you can't go wrong with this guitar. I bought it because it was an Epiphone, I keep it because of it's sound.

Made in Korea, i think a plywookd body, 3 epi coil pickups, poor tuners, poor pickup 5-way switch. standard strat copy

i dont really have a specific style, ill play almost anything from metal to hardcore to punk to classic rock. it is very very noisey, the buzzing drives me insane sometimes. I use a crate 15w practice amp, and i dont like it. The distortion and clean settings are fair, not bad not great. The buzzing is definately annoying.

good finish, pretty solid. Its been banged around enough and doesnt show too much wear. I sacrificed low action only to have fret buzzing. i think i might have to file some of the frets down. definately poor quality wood, i mean, its plywood. plastic nut doesnt exactly thrill me

again, good finish, get banged up a lot, but doesnt show the wear. The hardware.. well a few times times i was playing some palm muted chords and the sound cut out on me, that was wierd, i dont exactly know the problem

havent tried

theres some definate things wrong with the guitar, but its decent for a starter, probably better than a squire strat

Everyone is familiar with the typical Strat setup, and that's what this model delivers. I've been a Les Paul man from the start, and this was my first Strat-style. I just love the Explorer hockey stick head on this thing. This guitar was my first spring bridge. I had to put a couple extra spings in there to stabilize my tuning.

Like I said above, I've been a Les Paul man. I had a hard time getting used to single coil pickups, but with a little tweaking I was able to find a useable sound.

I picked this one up second hand from a guitar shop in Hawaii for $100. The previous owner (or the shop) had done an adequate set up and I haven't had to mess with that.

I haven't tried using this live, and I'm not sure if I ever will. I usually played this guitar unplugged while watching TV. As with all my guitars, I tossed the stock strap buttons and installed Dunlop strap locks. The bridge snapped about a year after I bought this. I don't know if it was the salt in the air in Hawaii or the fact that I used a total of four springs. I haven't found a drop-in replacement bridge yet.

The warranty was long gone by time I rescued this from the shop. I've tried to track down the year it was built, but I can't seem to find any serial numbers anywhere on this thing.

I've been playing 20+ years, all with humbuckers and tune-o-matic bridges. Once I got used to the tuning and sound issues of a Strat-style guitar I enjoyed playing this. I'm still not comfortable using it live, but I enjoy it for what it is. An inexpensive knock around Strat-style guitar.

I don't know anything about my guitar. I'm from Tenerife, Canary Islands (Spain) and I my guitar is a second hand guitar. The serial number is of nine digit (XXXXXXXXX) and I don't know how I decode it.

You can see my Epiphone by Gibson S-310B here:

http://www.geocities.com/fermhg/s310b.html

I like very much the sound of my guitar. Is very good, but I have problems with the conectors and with pickups. But the sound is very good.

Good, see the picture!

There isn't information on the net about my guitar S-310B.

I've been playing my guitar since 1991 or later. I've compared it to other guitars but I like very much this. It's mine...

My Epiphone is an s310.b. It was being promoted in a little shopin whittier The guitar was being promoted in advertisements at the time by John Hyatt. I was looking at Squires in the same price range and they were all junk. My s310 was made in Korea. There were a few differences compared with later models. my pickguaard was 2 ply, black with a white base. I think I paid 250 for the guitar and a 20watt crate amp. my guitar was black w/black pickguard and a Maple neck,and a floating tremelo.

It was a little quietfor what I needed because the pickups were weak. No weaker than a crappy Squire though. The 5 way was real noisey and the pots were not sealed and were soon making a lot of noise. What did I expect for 150 bucks? After a year I decided to mod the guitar. I purchased 2 blue fender lace sensor pickup and a Seymore Duncan stacked humbucker(looks like a single coil) for 10 bucks a piece from a big music store in hollywood. All the major bands have them do setup for their instuments. The musicians have the techs rip out all the stock pickups and replace them with their preferences. The techs then throw all the parts into a Big box that I got to dig through. I also install a phase switch for the Seymour Duncan to get a hotter sound if needed. Much better!!I also replaced the saddles with guitar tech teflon bridge saddles..It took me years to solve the intonation problem after this mod!!! Over the years I have modded the crap out of it. My last bit of surgery was to replace my 5 way switch with a more modern piece. The original was NASTY. I also replaced all the pots and glued a sheet of aluminum foil to the entire back of the pickguard. My guitar is plugged in and sitting next to me..and its as quiet as a mouse..!!

The guitars action must have been set up by a cave man. It took me months to sort out all the issues. The most important thing I did was lower the bridge,add a spring to the tremelo and block it with a piece of hardwood. I never use the tremelo anyway. It never goes out of tune aand the sustain is fantastic for a bolt on neck. The guitar itself was flawless. The maple neck had a satin finish with a glossy fingerboard. the frets wre a little rough aroun the edges. But great for a cheepo..I think I have replaced over 80% of the hardware and I know have a nice guitar. If I had done the same thing to a squire I would have been left with a big expensive piece of crap.

Its been 8 years and it still looks great. I have never regretted purchasing thi guitar in all these years. nothing has ever failed on me the strap buttons are still tight. I lend it to a friend and he uses it regularly at live gigs.

never called because nothing broke!!!

I have been playing on and off for 8 years. I would be miserable if it were stolen. It's irreplaceable beacause of all the work I put into it. I love the guitar's look, but I hate the funny looking 80's hairband headstock. It was the best deal at the time. I found out later on that my style was more suited for a setneck no tremelo instrument, but after all the work its just as good!!!