Reddit reviews Epiphone SG Special with Chrome Hardware and KillPot, Cherry

These all get mentioned as good entry level guitar on Reddit:

Sub $200:

https://smile.amazon.com/Epiphone-SPECIAL-II-Electric-Vintage-Sunburst/dp/B0002CZUV0


https://smile.amazon.com/Epiphone-SG-Special-Electric-Guitar-KillPot/dp/B0002D01IG


https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0064RVAUC

Sub $400:


https://smile.amazon.com/Ibanez-RG-Series-RG450DXB-White/dp/B00B7AJZL2


https://smile.amazon.com/Yamaha-Pacifica-PAC112V-Electric-Sunburst/dp/B001HV67L2


https://smile.amazon.com/Epiphone-Paul-100-Electric-Heritage-Sunburst/dp/B0002CZUTM


https://smile.amazon.com/Epiphone-Electric-Guitar-Coil-Splitting-Handed/dp/B007AGR5JQ ($419)

Wow thank you for that mountain of information :D I will look into all of the stuff you mentioned and keep you updated
Edit: Right so I've done some more searching and I think I found some gear that I want
Guitar :https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0002D01IG
Amp:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002S0NOUS
What else do I need and are these good choices?

Looks like a pretty good deal. I have the Epiphone SG for rocksmith and I'm pretty satisfied with it.

I recently bought a new guitar off amazon, after playing one at a friends place and I really liked the sound, however I've got a question about a similar model. Why does this guitar seem to have something before the final place the strings go, while the guitar I bought doesn't?

If it's cosmetic, that's good. I bought the one guitar purely based off of the color. Any help?

Yeah there's not much around me in terms of music related shops, I'll just pay for the shipping and get it from Amazon, I have my eyes on the Oscar, the sg and the les paul

Les Pauls are solid guitars don't get me wrong, but Squier has undergone a big quality upgrade in the last few years. Out of the two you just mentioned I'm a fan of SGs from what I've played and plan on getting one in the near future. You can get one for under 200$ with a little digging. This ones an Epiphone but you're paying for the name with Gibson as well. http://www.amazon.com/Epiphone-Special-Electric-Guitar-Cherry/dp/tags-on-product/B0002D01IG

a lot of those bands use guitars like Les Pauls and SGs with a HH pick up configuration. i personally would point you toward the epiphone Les Paul or SG. They are made from mahogany which will give you a darker sound for heaver stuff. http://amzn.com/B007AGR6KE this is an epiphone SG that would kick ass for your first guitar or a cheaper one here http://amzn.com/B0002D01IG that would work alright, on the les paul side here is a great one http://amzn.com/B0002CZURO
but for a cheaper one i would recommend this one http://amzn.com/B0002CZUV0 . however, the same guitar comes with a bundle with an amp and everything to get you started for 200$ here http://amzn.com/B00A6D50L0 . also because your going to be getting into guitars im going to point you to some places for you to learn how to to play and reliable places to buy stuff from

for lessons http://www.justinguitar.com/

for guitar tabs http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/

to learn how to read a tab http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/for_beginners/how_to_read_tabs.html?no_takeover

places to buy stuff

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/

http://www.zzounds.com/

http://amazon.com/ <it works but i would not use it as my primary for guitar stuff

also try to stay away from guitar center until you have a good knowledge base or they might just rip you off. Sam ash is a good store and any localy owned shop will probably do you good. if you live in the Atlanta GA area i highly recommend Ken Stanton Music but they only have 5 stores :(

oh yeah also your going to need to replace guitar strings when you do buy one (well you don't need to but i would do it) so here is a video on how to do that http://youtu.be/DrLKlJS1wEo . now your going to have to buy new strings at some point. The 2 brands i highly recommend is daddario and erine ball (i personally like daddario) a pack of string from them is like 5-6$. now strings come in different sizes for beginners i would recommend a set of 9s like these http://amzn.com/B0002H0A7E or these http://amzn.com/B0002M6CW6 . just follow the video on how to replace strings and you will be good.

you will need a tuner also. for a beginner i would get on that clips on the head stock like this one http://amzn.com/B005MR6IHK also with that you need to learn what notes to tune a guitar to E standard tuning is EADGBE (Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie) but with your music taste you are going to need to learn E flat and Drop D aswell. E flat is (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb) and drop D is just E standard with the 6th string tuned down to D (DADGBE). any way that should be enough to push you in the right direction for learning guitar. hope it works out for you. if you have questions you can just PM me or something.

Epiphone make great guitars, the SG model is great for beginners in particular
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002D01IG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496891962&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=epiphone+sg&dpPl=1&dpID=31z7C9nNdGL&ref=plSrch

What are the requirements for a guitar? I know nothing about them but have been looking on amazon and at some local pawn shops. What are your thoughts on the difference between something like this and something like this?

http://www.amazon.com/Epiphone-Special-Electric-Guitar-Cherry/dp/B0002D01IG/ref=sr_1_11?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1300205958&sr=1-11

or this:

http://www.amazon.com/Epiphone-Special-Collection-Electric-Guitar/dp/B000GBZ2F6/ref=sr_1_3?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1300205958&sr=1-3

(and also check out Rondo)

Just got this one it's coming in on Monday.