New Guitar Day: Epiphone SG PRO Edition

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

I’m not the only person who thinks my new guitar is sick. My friend Esther thinks so too.

That was my experience last Friday, anyway. I had a very nice Godin Progression Plus (a Canadian-made Strat copy) that I was shopping around. The guitar itself was great — nothing wrong with it, and very high quality — but I’d had it for several years, and as excellent as it was, it just didn’t “click” with me. It was time to let someone else have a go.

I listed it online for several months but didn’t get any bites. So last week, I had to go to the local guitar store to get new tubes for my amp. I decided to take the Godin to see if I could sell or trade for it.

And boy, did I find a guitar.

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Making the trade

I was browsing around the store and saw what looked to be a new Epiphone SG for sale. The price tag indicated a potential trade, so I picked it up and played it for a while. I could tell it was a very nicely made guitar.

I put it down and tried some more guitars. Then I came back to it (uh oh). I went to talk with an employee…