I was in the same boat. Decades ago, I bought a 1970s SG Custom (it had been painted black by the previous owner, obscuring the serial number, so...
Why, yes indeed — and later also with The Go-Go Goths, then Attila and the Huns, before his farewell tour in Genghis and the Khans! (Not to...
Personally, I do like it. It looks like something Conan the Barbarian might wield.
Seems I have heard of some owners replacing their somewhat quirky stock pickups & wiring with more conventional setups.
For some reason, recently I have become very intrigued by this somewhat obscure solid-body electric guitar. Never played one through an amp, but...
Here's my homemade Blackmore Strat, which I don't think would look as good with a small headstock. (It's not a factory Blackmore signature model,...
Since your 1976 SG Custom has spaces between its pickups, and mine doesn't (mine are flush), does that mean mine is pre-1976? Or post-1976? When...
It's been awhile since I last looked at the underside of any of its pickups, but if I recall correctly, the bottom was just a solid mass of some...
I notice that my tuners and your tuners look different. The housings on mine are square, while yours are round. Does this help anyone identify a...
Yes, mine has a volute, as these pix hopefully illustrate:
Closeup photos attached. (Note that I've disconnected the tone controls, and shielded the cavity with shielding paint; an extra bit of bare wire...
My pots don't seem to have a "137" on them. They just say, "M250k[ohm symbol]A" and, beneath that, "13 K". Hmmmmmm....
Thanks for all the helpful feedback. I'll check the pots ASAP.
I bought this black SG Custom (three HB pickups, gold hardware, ebony fingerboard, neck binding) in a used guitar store back around 1992 or so....
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