Epiphone S-310

Mine is a 2001 (I think), black lefty version of the guitar. 22 fret bolt-on neck, hell knows what woods it's made out of! Tune-o-matic bridge, standard non-locking tuners. 2 Gibson style humbuckers, with a volume and tone knob for each.
Came with a couple of allan keys for action adjustment, nothing else.
Grover tuners would be nice but you're talking more money for those!

I play classic rock and blues, with a bit of metal thrown in for good measure. I've been playing for about a year and a half now, starting out with a Jim Deacon strat style which I still use. The SG is, for starters, a 'very' sexy guitar.....there's something about black guitars......
The pickups are actually quite good. I've heard horror stories about Epiphone pickups, but I think they've improved them even within the past couple of years. I don't get any background buzzing on either of them. Sound wise the bridge pickup is nice for harsher sounding stuff (it can be coaxed into producing Metallica/GnR sounds). The neck pickup is a gorgeous creamy Gary Moore-esque sound, spot on for blues and classic rock (Led Zep, ACDC, yadda yadda). Using both pickups combined (the middle setting of the pickup selector) can produce quite a nice sound if you roll off the tone and turn the volume down to about 8 (yeap, I have been watching too many Clapton videos!)
Overall the sound's really good, although can ocassionally sound a bit washed out.....with the right amp and FX setup this can be overcome quite easily though.

The action was great from the start.....I haven't measured it precisely, but it's nice and low which is what I like!
The pickups, neck, bridge....and so on....were fine.
I've scouted around the surface of the guitar and couldn't find any bumps or scratches on it!
Finish....ooo...what a finish. For a guitar in this price range the 310 is very, very sexy. As I said before....there's something about black guitars...or maybe it's just I like seeing my reflection while I'm playing....pompous git that I am ;)

I've only had her for a few weeks, but she's holding up just fine (I play about 5-6 hours practice per day usually, which opens them wide-open for wear and tear)
The volume and tone knobs are really good.....I expected cheap dodgy ones for the money, but Epiphone appear to have fitted proper Gibson knobs.....groovy.
The pickups and bridge seem pretty rugged, so I don't think they'll crap up on me for a while!
The body, being black, requires constant cleaning if you want it to remain as beautiful as it starts out.....but for something that looks like this, it's worth it!

Never had a prob yet.

Fantastic value for money......gorgeous guitar.....can produce great blues and rock tones......enough said!

i did the review below. that was when i just started playing a didnt know anything. its a really good epi strat copy. black finish,white pickguard,3 single coils, 5 way selector,maple fret board. all the stuff i strat has

i play rock and punk. its great! im using a kustom amp. i like it all. great sound. the clean sound is good and the distortion is good for me but not like a pro with mesa amps and stuff. i like it

it came set up fine. good action and everything. the pickups are just where i want them. the only flaw was on the pickguard and there was a shape cuz of the warrenty sticker. no problem and it saved me 50 bucks so no complaints here!

this guitar could withstand anything. way thick,strong finish. just a few scratches. hard ware is fine. its all good.

there grreeeaat! ive asked them a bunch of questions and they responded within a day. theyre very helpful.

ive been playing since december 6,2000 and i still suck. its fun. if it were stolen i would buy a used epi les paul standard. i love everything about it. i love this guitar. if i could change one thing on it ide get a different color( its not that i dont like black, i like bright colors.) or put a humbucker in it. i want a hot pink finish. that would rock! i want a les paul! this thing rocks!

i think this guitar was made in korea. it has 22 frets and has all the same stuff as a strat.it has the 5 way switch,2 tone,1 volume. it has 3 single coil pick ups. it is the same body style as a strat and a string thru body bridge.it came with a few picks and a polishing cloth from the shop.

i like to play metal and it is good for that.my amp is a kustom KGA10 and if you have the gain at 10 and have overdrive on, it can get really muddy but if you want you can get a really clean tone.it has a really rich tone.i really like the sound

it was set up pretty good when i got it.the pick ups were kinda wobbly but thats normal.when i got it the only flaw was on the pickguard there is a stupid shape because if the warrenty sticker.

this guitar is really strong and could take live playing. the hardware looks like it would last for a long time.the finish is way too strong. you could drop it off a 2 story house and it would be fine.the strat buttons are good but the strat comes off sometimes.it is very dependable and i would not have i back up.

it has a lifetime warrenty and i havent had to deal with the company yet.

i have not been playing long but really like this guitar.if it were stolen or lost i would get a new one or i would get a bass.i love this guitar. it great.i wish the pickups werent rusty. they came rusty and so were the screws. thats ok

It's a black SG copy guitar made in Korea. I bought it for 195$ and it was a newborn child back in 1997. 22 Frets are there with one of the pickups being somehow unfixed (I care not, though). Neck is sweet to handle, but looks cracky (!)from the close range (where were my eyes?). Anyway it doesn't affect playing. There were no accessories except a shitty cable (proved to be OK though), nothing like case or strap.

I play sth undefinable (mixture of metal and grunge) and it fits me 100%, better than much more rated (and dear stuff I have tried out).
I use Hughes and Kettner Combo (80 W, or something?). The guitar has a whole bouquet of sounds ( basses are just amazing, but that's SG), it's bright enough to imitate Angus and I even get Gorham/Mooresque stuff from Black Rose. Sounds perfect, no complaints.

Fretwire... is really delicate, which on the one hand makes me get off, but on the other hand wears out far too soon. Nuts became rusty almost immediately. Selector and controls are solid (and good looking). Well it does need some extra work, but I don't mind since I paid what I paid.

The biggest trouble was unstable tuning. It pissed me off all through the rehersals and I was really anxious on stage. Then I gave it to a guitar wizard I came across, he hasn't told me yet what exactly he'd amended but now it's rather stable. Anyway I tend to use it for writing and recording only, since I can't still relax during the gig.
I wouldn't use it on a gig without a backup unless I was a punk (which I was at 17). I also call it a "string killer", guess why.

Never bothered myself with that.

I have been playing for 10 years. But guitars they are live creatures and you can never judge them without playing, can you?
This one inspired me very much and that's what matters to me.
If it was stolen or lost I would be broken-hearted. It has its ups and downs, but when I compare it to other much highly rated and expensive guitars I played I have to say it is animated. If only it was really stable...

Decent alder plywood body (seafoam green), rock maple neck (mpl fretbrd,black plastic dot inlays), I DONT KNOW WHO THE IDIOT IS THAT CALLED THE HEADSTOCK A BATWING SHAPE it looks like an explorer shape to me!, dual fulcrum trem w die cast saddles (nottoobad), 3 s-coils, vol-tone-tone BASIC STRAT SETUP

Made in korea, probably by samick seeing as the neck plates the bridge and all the hardware are identical to the samick strat copy line, with the exception of the neckplate inscription.

i bought this from a bud for $90can, he paid $300can, when he got it it came with a strap and a hardshell case.

good sound, i usually play a hamer flattop with a duncan dist. bridge p/u, this guitar is thick if you put the selector between bridge and mid and turn the mid tone all the way to the left. I have a Peavey badit112s and i had to turn the bass down and the treble up to stop my spkr from blowin from the bass.

I set it up when i got it, its all good, other than a dirty blade selector switch, the electronics are good. the flaws in the design are enough as to shun it from the "strat copy" title. the neck p/u is too close to the mid, the pickguardis miles away from the edge of the body, the pickguard is also too wide in the neck pocket area.

but its cool looking when you plaster it w/stickers!

i bloked the trem and tightened the screws on the tuner buttons so it wont go out of tune. the neck pocket is super tight, so itll take a bashing in that dept.
i'd gig with it!

never used it, all i know is that the store my bud bought it off of is run by a buncha jokers.

ITS ALL GOOD

This guitar was made in Nashville, Tenesee or whatever(hickville i call it cause americans are stupid except kurt cobain)
It's a red strat style

It's alright for playing grunge. But it goes out of tune too damn often and that pisses and its not good for stage performances.
I play it with a marshall G50RCD and it can sound pretty good.

I got it brand ass spankin new so it was a gooder

I slammed it into my amp once it was ok. There is one spot where a little piece of paint came off. I only used it a at gig without a back up cause I didn't have one.

didn't buy it

I lile it cause it was my first git box and i had it for 4 years but i'm gettin rid of it.

1997 with the bat wing headstock. 22 medium frets, 3 single coil pick-ups. Black body with ash-colored neck (not rosewood). I bought it without any accessories, etc. It has a five way switch that is now giving out. I have to jiggle it a little to get it to work sometimes when I switch to just the bridge, or any other setting other than the neck pickup. Overall the finish was excellent. Fit was fine, intonation ok.

I play various stuff, a little crunch, a little twang. I run the guitar through a marshall practice amp and have it hooked to four pedals- crybaby wah, dano fabtone, dano chorus, dano phaser (one of the new small pedals which I will submit a review for. The sound is warm and very strat-like. I record my stuff on cakewalk and then burn it to cd and it sounds great without any post-production tricks. I like the guitar very much- just wish the switch wasn't a little tempermental

Came justfine from the factory- I changed the heavy strings over to the brand I use (ernie ball, extra slinky) and it sounds great. After three years the frets are holding up well, finish is still perfect (accept for user inflicted errors. Fit was perfect, action very good for a beginner to intermediate. One small thing, the neck is becoming a little spongy- it flexes a little bit now- not bad for some effects, but not good all the time either.

Never had a big problem so far- just the switch (which is annoying, not detremental to playing) and the nech sponginess. Otherwise an excellent guitar

Never had to deal with them

A great beginner guitar- I love the sound and I love the way it looks.

22 fret strat copy, 3 single pickups with one tone and one volume knob. The main difference being the head, which I have not seen since. It resembled a door wedge in shape. I no longer have the guitar, but believe it was a 95. Tailpiece was also a whammy bar. Neck was surprisingly round for a strat type guitar, more like a gibson, but not quite. i gave it a good rating because of how it felt to play. Made in Korea as I remember.

This was my first guitar, and so I didn't really have a particular musical style at the time that I owned it. For the price I paid, it sounded pretty good through my old crate practice amp. There was a bit of a hum at times, but this could be the amp. My only real complaint was the fact that the thing would not stay in tune for any length of time, this I blame on the tremolo system, which was well.... shoddy at best

The guitar was not setup well when i got it, and it was a scratch and dent model. There was a slight dent on the back of the neck, oooh... I got more than I paid for.

I have to say it, this guitar can take a beating. I abused the heck out of the body due to mishandling, but it took it and looked the same the day I traded it in as it did when I got it, with one exception. One of the screws on the adjusting piece stripped out, and I had to go to the local guitar tech to get a replacement, which was not identical.

I never dealt with the company direct, but I did take it back to the dealer when the one adjusting piece broke out of the clear blue. The dealer was less than helpful and informed me that the piece was not covered under warranty. I didn't care for that considering that I only had the guitar for a month or so when it broke, and I had never fooled with the piece in question. Grrr... But the y did offer to replace it, for a charge :( if they could get ahold of another piece (aargh...)

I have to say that it was an excellent starter guitar, and I won't regret owning it. But it's not the best I ever owned to be sure. I ended up trading it for a '48 Harmony slide guitar.

GREAT GUITAR and its cheap but i would change the pickups and the tuners if i were you!!!!

It is great for punk, but it doesn't have that rythm sound its more of a lead guitar!!

Good it can handle dings and dents. I dropped it once didn't hurt it at all its great!!!

This guitar is wonderful i would use it without a backup the strap buttons are good!!

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Its great!!!!!!!!!

A pretty fair strat copy. It was my first guitar so I've become very attached to it. Has about 22 frets, two tone, one volume...same stuff as a strat. I've left it the same as when I bought it. It came with strap bag and an Epiphone Studio 10 amp. It's ok.

Sounds pretty good! Not the best rythm guitar, but it has impressive sustain, cause of the angled headstock probably. The bridge pick up is great for playing some bluesy leads, and has a nice crunch to it. I've heard there are much better pickups out there than Epiphone's pickups, but I'm satisfied with this guitar for lead. Very high twangy tone too. It can get real muddy when you want it to though.

the finish rox! I'll play for church and stuff, and people always notice it's seafoam green finish. The white pick guard matches the color perfect, I'd like to get a pearl pickguard put on it sometime though. The frets are real smooth, and vibrato on this guitar is so easy I over do it alot because I've started playing a Les Paul copy I got for christmas. The tuners in the past have slipped really bad, but for some reason they don't as much anymore.

I use this guitar alot for praise and worship...like I said before, it's just great for lead..I first learned the blues with it. Real solid construction and really thick finish on it. hasn't gotten a scatch yet (and that saying something! I'm hard on it!). Strap buttons are suprisingly solid...when I read the other reviews I was trying to figure out what the heck everyone was talking about with the strap buttons. I would always bring my LP copy along with me though. Crazy things happen. I always need backup.

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I still have that little old studio 10...it's an ok little amp, but I need something bigger. I have a darn good LP copy. If you want the warm rich deep Les paul crunch, this isn't your guitar. If it were stolen, I wouldn't just go bananas, but I would be upset. I really like this little epi...I'll customize it when I can get ahold of some money...(i'm only 15). I don't think I'd find another S310 this good...I've heard some horror stories...with Epiphone, you just can't tell until you've played the guitar. but I'd give it a 9...it has some flaws, but most guitars do...you just have to fix them.
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