I'm not a big fan of the SG, but,...................

[Death by Uberschall]

I'm not a big fan of the SG, but, I'd rock the hell out of this one!!!!!  

 

[line6man]

I'm not a fan of SGs, and this one is no different. :tard:

What is the logo on the bridge?

 

[old_metal_head]

This one may be green but it will kick the Gibson's a$$.

 

[AprioriMark]

DBU, I want that guitar almost as much as I want my wife.  Don't let her see this thread or I'm on laundry detail.

-Mark

 

[Mor Paul]

That's an awesome guitar. SG's are like sports cars.

I wish the butt end of that tailpiece went over the strap button or something.

 

[-CB-]

I'm not a big fan of the SG, but, I'd rock the hell out of this one!!!!!  

Thats an Elliot Easton signature SG, sort of a 2 pickup SG custom

 

[Superbeast520]

That is fricken nice.....yow!!! .... but I bet its in the $4 grand range.......SooooweeeT!!! :headbang:

 

[JaySwear]

  SGs like this make me wish warmoth had some kind of SG-special or standard style pickguard for them. i love this guitar! but the small pickguard leaves it looking incomplete to me. never been a fan of the small pickguards.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

The block inlays on the neck and trapezoid inlay on the headstock (LP Custom) are almost a throwback to when Gibson discontinued the LP, introduced the SG but called it an LP.  Supposedly Clapton and Townsend were responsible for the reintoduction of the unpopular LP.  There were playing the now discontinued LPs, and kids wanting to play what their idols had....well, there was now a market for it again.

 

[Wana_make_a_guitar]

I miss my SG. There were only two things wrong with it, the neck joint was the weakest thing i've ever played in my life and it had no Floyd.

 

[JaySwear]

I miss my SG. There were only two things wrong with it, the neck joint was the weakest thing i've ever played in my life and it had no Floyd.

sounds like a warmoth is in order!

like i said before, the only thing holding me back from a warmoth would be that it wouldn't have the pickguard i like. i wonder if i could easily order a blank pickguard and make my own... plus i'd want a 25.5" scale (probably) and probably a recessed tune-o-matic.

 

[back2thefutre]

That's the coolest SG I've ever seen.

 

[OzziePete]

The block inlays on the neck and trapezoid inlay on the headstock (LP Custom) are almost a throwback to when Gibson discontinued the LP, introduced the SG but called it an LP.  Supposedly Clapton and Townsend were responsible for the reintoduction of the unpopular LP.  There were playing the now discontinued LPs, and kids wanting to play what their idols had....well, there was now a market for it again.

Yep, people like Clapton, Keef, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page all started being seen playing the old LPs then younger players like Bloomfield, Moore, Allman etc. latched onto the idea that the LPs were a good price and very good quality with a thick rich tone that provided plenty of growl.

By 1968 Gibson had to re introduce the LP Standard and Custom and then the LP Deluxe.

Townsend wasn't much of  a player seen using LPs then - thankfully (as he would have been using the old LPs that are now very $$ items). He is a very aggressive player and would kill a guitar a gig! He was using SGs then but jumped over to LP Deluxes when they came out.

I miss my SG. There were only two things wrong with it, the neck joint was the weakest thing i've ever played in my life and it had no Floyd.

SGs have always had problems with the neck joint and the headstock. You can wobble the pitch with a decent push! I think the lack of mass in the body wood and skinny neck was what made Les Paul stop endorsing Gibson in 61,  that, and a very messy and expensive divorce from Mary Ford. The last thing he probably wanted was another endorsement deal that would end up being partly paid to his ex I guess - and I think he was contemplating retirement.


BTW, that blue and optioned up SG is yummy!

 

[hannaugh]

I want an SG.  Mine will be Warmoth though.  I like that blue finish!

 

[jackthehack]

Back in the day, I owned one of these in a '64 flavor:

One of these in a '62 flavor:

..and one of these in a '73 flavor:

Wish I still had them all...

Never broke one, there's not a problem with the neck joint or headstock, you're NOT supposed to drop them/use them as bludgeons/bang mike stands/go Pete Townsend on them in general.

 

[Finch]

There are other companies that make pickguards, often to custom specs, a warmoth sales rep actually directed me to http://www.terrapinguitars.com/

I am still trying to scrape up the cashola for my EB-3 bass build but I have already fallen in love with the body shape and am dreaming of doing an SG warmoth build next...

 

[Mor Paul]

 

[DangerousR6]

I'm not a big fan of the SG, but, I'd rock the hell out of this one!!!!!  

Not really diggin' the color, but the guitar itself I like.....Now maybe if it just had a Floyd......hmmmmmmm :icon_scratch:

 

[jackthehack]

CB - Did SG Custom's ever come in Pelham Blue? Don't ever recall seeing one, but Pelham Blue SG shaped Melody Makers were common back in the day...

In response to a couple of PMs about my previous post above, I bought/owned those SGs in the early 70's, paid $90 for the Jr., the Special was around $150 bucks (don't remember exactly but close to that) and the '73 in a pawn shop in SF for $225 with a Gibson hard shell case. Back then you could buy no end of what are now considered "vintage" guitars 50's/60's Gibsons/Fenders for less than $300 in pawn shops or the like. If old farts like CB and I had any clue that they'd be worth thousands/tens of thousands/even more than that 30 years later, we would have hung on to them instead of buying/selling/trading them.

 

[-CB-]

I have no proof that SG Customs were cataloged in PB.  Its probable though, that some dealer, some place, got some in on special order.  There were all sorts of non-standard guitars back then, especially in the SG line, where you'd see Specials with neck binding, or Standards with dots, or Specials with inlaid overlays... very un-typical stuff.  I've seen old PB Specials and Standards... from early 70's, so just about anything is possible.