This one came back to the factory for some reason — a cosmetic ding, a customer who changed their mind, who knows. MIRC reconditioned it and sent it back out into the world, and somewhere along the way a previous owner pulled the stock pickups and dropped in a full Seymour Duncan Antiquity set. That upgrade is why you should care about this guitar.
Quick honesty check on the serial: the number stamped on the back of the headstock is an MIRC tracking code, not the original Epiphone factory serial. Manufacturers do this on purpose when a guitar gets returned and resold — it's routine, not a red flag — but it does mean we can't tell you an exact production year. Everything else lines up with a current Epiphone SG Standard: mahogany body, gloss Heritage Cherry, laurel board with trapezoid inlays.
The pickups are the point. Antiquities are Seymour Duncan's hand-aged take on a late-'50s PAF — Alnico 2 magnets, medium output, that slightly loose, open top end that ceramic-loaded modern humbuckers can't fake. A matched set runs close to $300 by itself. Somebody spent real money making a budget SG punch above its price.
Plays clean, no structural issues, fretwork's in good shape. Very good condition overall. This isn't a fixer-upper — it's plug in and go, PAF tone at a fraction of what a Gibson with the same pickups would cost you.
This is a USED instrument in VERY GOOD condition.
If you have any questions, feel free to drop by, shoot us a message or give us a call! As always, this guitar has been meticulously and professionally set up by our skilled luthiers at The Upper Bout.
Specs
Body / Construction
Body Material: Mahogany
Finish: Gloss, Heritage Cherry
Neck
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Profile: SlimTaper C
Scale Length: 24.75"
Inlays: Trapezoid
Fret Count: 22, Medium Jumbo
Hardware
Bridge: LockTone Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Tuning Machines: Epiphone Deluxe, sealed
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Electronics
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbucker — Alnico 2, 7.7k DCR (installed mod)
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Antiquity Humbucker — Alnico 2, 8.6k DCR (installed mod)
Controls: 2x Volume, 2x Tone
Switching: 3-way toggle (Rhythm/Treble)
