Epiphone Riviera Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar Royal Tan

To be perfectly honest I'm not impressed..neck shape is NOT a rounded C as claimed..more just the same old Epiphone D shaped nonsense..fret ends weren't great,tuners are a little offset and crooked..it's getting returned.

This guitar sounds awesome. I saw played this guitar about 5 months ago. People in the store were even digging it. I wanted it but couldn't afford it at that time. I went into a GC in Rochester NY and saw it again. Played for about a n hour. Then looked at the price tag. It was on clearance. Had it shipped to the house. Now I play it all the time.

It's a handsome guitar that's for sure. Nice and light, mini-humbuckers have a unique clean sound, and control nobs smooth and work as expected. I was able to do a set-up very quickly right out of the box. Of course it comes with cheap strings that left my fingers covered with steel residue and I'm not sure you could find cheaper tuners, but they work. Unfortunately the frets simply aren't player ready, which is a shame because the effort in the rest of the guitar is superior for the price. Before you even bother playing it, take it to someone who is experienced with dressing out rough and uneven frets and have it restrung with decent strings. After that you'll be very happy.

This guitar sounds excellent even with the stock strings. The setup was good. I just had to tweek the G and B string intonation. .

As i usually do, I had watched a bunch of videos on this guitar (as i was in the market for another hollow body). I was really excited to try one out in the store. The fret ends were so bad it wasn't even playable (like playing a neck full of daggers). Immediately bailed on my interest.

I have been looking for a nice, semi hollow body guitar with classic tone and a beautiful finish. First and foremost, this is a well built instrument! The neck, tuners, bridge and pickups are very good quality. The finish and binding are beautiful and flawless. The action and intonation were spot on right out of the box too. But the best part is that the tone is just what I wanted. I didn't even put a new set of strings on it and this piece sounds so good! Dont be put off by the Frequensator tailpiece as it really nice and does what it was designed. It brightens up the top strings and smooths out the low strings. You can really hear it when playing muted bass strings. Overall, this is an awesome guitar at this price!