Thinking About Buying A 1997 Epiphone SG Junior....anybody here know about 'em?

[Ratbatblues]

A guy here in town is selling a Korea made 1997 Epiphone SG Junior. Has a single P90. Bolt on neck. And is in mint condition. It has a real live sound. Light weight, fun to play. I have not seen many of these for sale. Would sell it to me for $250.00. Should i bite? (im leaning towards....yes!)

[curseoftruth]

That was a $125 guitar when new. Probably what its worth still. They are cool though and actually fairly rare, I don't think I've seen one on the market for a couple of years now.

[Tweedledee]

Definitely not worth $250, in my opinion. I owned one of them about 5 years ago. I bought it for $75 and it wasn't worth much more than that, to be honest. It was a decent guitar, but I can think of many other guitars I would spend $250 on before I went for one of those.

 

Here's one on eBay that sold yesterday for $150:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-SG-Jr-P-90-P90-Junior-Gibson-/140510636932

[profgalen]

I bought one for $60. I upgraded the p90. Fun guitar. not worth $250.

[ExiledCrow]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-SG-Junior-P-90-Gibson-P90-/280631433849?pt=Guitar&hash=item4156efda79#ht_604wt_924

 

This one is currently $200 less.

[Ratbatblues]

OK....thanks for the input. Looks like i better offer him 125-150.

[richey888]

I had one about '01 or '02. Those P-90's are great, played ok, didn't stay in tune but that one has upgraded tuners. Plywood. Still fun.

[Ratbatblues]

Oh ok......i thought it was mahogany. Learning alot here.

 

Thanks!

[Yavin]

Epi JRs are extremely cheap. I had a LP style that I bought for $50 with a gig bag. I wouldn't give more than $100 even for the rarity of the SG style.

[vintage clubber]

I believe Jay Turser used to offer a set neck version of that. I haven't seen any of those Tursers in a while, but I believe Chairbourne has one or two in his stable...

[Jkil]

Digging up an old thread to give some accurate info. There is just too much misinformation here.

If it came with a p90 it is Maple Alder Maple sandwich. Not plywood. produced in the late 90's. They are actually great guitars and nothing like the "players pack" versions. Its a G-310 junior model.

They where produced between 97-2000. It's made at either Samick Korea or Indonesia or Cort Indonesia.

It is worth more than $100. Usually between $150-250. (That's up here in Canada) so that's $100-180 USD