Epiphone Es175 Reissue Archtop Electric Guitar

Pros: For jazz players, great value for the money

Cons: Pickups are a little bright

The Bottom Line: The Epiphone ES-175 is worthy competition to its more expensive Gibson brother. For $500, this guitar is a steal.

Review: Epiphone has been the “poor man’s Gibson” for a number of years but, despite the rep as the lower-priced Gibson line, every guitar player worth his (or her) salt knows the firm produces some very, very fine instruments. One of those is the Epiphone ...