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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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An SG isn't TOO expensive. You can get a Gibson one for about a grand, but not one decked out like this one. You can get an Epiphone version for like $600ish - maybe $400 if you don't mind gently used. They're very playable guitars. I just want to see how close this one comes to being a Gibson.

As near as I can tell, it's supposed to be about 90% of the quality you'd expect from Gibson. I'll possibly have to adjust the truss rod and do some fret leveling and edge work. I'll possibly have to adjust the nut and the intonation. The saddles may also need some light sanding.

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The SG is pretty affordable, for a Gibson.

After that, it should be 99% of a Gibson. Some of those things I won't have to do, hopefully. It should come in a playable state, so all that work might be done properly already - but I should be prepared to do the work just in case.

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I saw one on there for $30, and i clicked on it and it was a brochure LoL

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I strongly suspect the guitar will play and sound great (for the money). Hell, it'll probably just sound great. It won't have the right tone from the pickups - but I've got electronics. I can make it sound like a fucking pipe organ if I want.

So, I suspect I'll have made a 'great deal'. Their auction had a buy it now price and it had an option to send them an offer. I'd previously contacted the seller, so I threw 'em a low offer. They gave me a counter offer and I accepted that. So, I paid less than the asking price.

Plus, it's free shipping. Shipping a guitar from China to the US is about $120 to $140 right now, depending on your carrier.

Also, I just watched a video on YouTube... The dude was talking about a $50,000 guitar and how 'rich people' would have to move money around to be able to pay that.

No...

No, we'd put it on our fucking credit cards. Fucking idiot. It's not like we're coming up with $500,000 in cash. We're just gonna put it on plastic and pay the bill in 30 days without interest. There's ample time between the billing date and the due date. You don't need to fly to fucking New York to personally sell your stock at the exchange. Your fucking accountant handles it all and you never fucking worry about it.

Goddamn is he an idiot. It was like he wanted to associate himself with wealthy people by inferring what it is they'd do in this situation - only to get exactly none of it right.

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I would assume they put in something as close to a P90 that they can find for pickups.

That person obviously has a different definition for rich people than you do