I play an Epiphone SG-400. I had to replace the tuners cuz they sucked. But otherwise it plays, sounds, and looks real good. It was a step above the one your lookin at I guess ($300-$400 range when I bought it). I've had it for about 5 years now without any other problems. And like was mentioned above, I'd go to a guitar/pawn shop and try to play the thing before you buy it (or at least feel it, if you don't know how to play yet).