The versatility of the Epiphone Nighthawk Custom Re-issue is what I love about it.

I can get it to sound like a strat with it's 5 position switch, humbuckers 'singled', in positions 2 and 4 for those classic SRV tones, then go full humbucker in the neck for a round tone, has a hot middle SC sound, etc. I REALLY love this guitar. I sold my Made-in-Mexico Fat Strat because this guitar is a better 'Strat' than my Fat Strat was with significantly better build quality, benefit of a tilt-back headstock and set neck for great sustain and no wolf-tones of the strings between nut and tuner, etc. For that matter it has Grover tuners on it. I don't think it's very popular because it's not one of the classic Gibson shapes like a Les Paul, SG, Explorer, Flying V, etc. It also has a Fender hard-tail style bridge. I don't really like Tune-o-matic style bridges like on nearly every other Gibson and Epiphone solid-body electric.

The only reason I would advise against buying it is that it will be hard to re-sell, because it's not a popular Gibson/Epi body-style, but I have no plans to ever sell this guitar.

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