SC-450Plus LD Vintage Series : A great compromise for an Epiphone

I already have the Vintage Sunburst which I purchased last year used. It is a great guitar, although it had been professionally setup and the original Machine Head/Tuners had been replaced with Vintage Schaller ones. The only issue is the centre Sunburst wasn't as yellow as I'd prefer, being more orange. Still a great guitar, and very "Pick-up-able".

This the LD - Lemon Drop? (I'll assume), was pretty good. Yes, just like most guitars, even more expensive ones, needed the frets leveling and dressing and polishing. Not bad to start with, but not spot on.

Everything was great apart from a small imperfection in the finish on the neck next to the nut, plus some wood stain had crept onto the nut. this looked pretty poor, but I managed to sand most of it off when sorting the frets.

The default Vintage style tuners are great, although I don't like the green style, the cream coloured ones are nicer I think. They are also I think slightly narrower than the Schaler ones on my other Harely Benton.

The question most people would ask, "How do they compare to Epiphone's?". Well, they are very close, both in looks and feel. They sound slightly different, but only slightly. The main issue I guess is they are not as quality controlled as Epiphone's.

Still a happy purchase!