Epiphone SG Special
My first real foray into the world of electric guitars, after 20 years of playing bass:
I swapped my Dean Performer CE acoustic bass for an equally valuable (wink, wink) Epiphone SG Special in late Spring of 2006. Soon enough a calling from within screamed “TUBE AMP!” So, I set off in search of one. My requirements included that it be inexpensive and Made in the USA. I walked into Guitar Center and found a used Crate Vintage Club 50 – 310 waiting for me.
I quickly understood how awesome electric guitar was. The power chords that I had been banging on my Epiphone acoustic came alive with ease – I was hooked (still am). Eventually the SG was sold after picking up a bastardized vintage solid body and the amp was traded back to the same store from whence it came for a another MIA tube amp. However, like the Silvertone that gave me a taste for electrics and tubes, the SG and Club 50 gave me a new lifestyle.
Crate Vintage Club 50 - 310
Crate Vintage Club 50 - 310
Photographs of the Crate Vintage Club 50 – 310, courtesy of UltimateGuitar.com
