A Few 2013 NAMM Sg Pictures

[ayan]

For my first post on this board, I'll contribute a few pictures I took Saturday at the NAMM show in Anaheim. All the guitars I photographed were pretty good, here are a few thoughts:

1. The neck on the Angus Young model, being narrower and rounder than my 61 Reissue SG, felt very comfortable to me. A very nice guitar.

2. The Frank Zappa guitar is interesting, it would have been cool to be able to listen to it plugged in with the switches that Frank had installed in his Special. The guitar feels very nice as well.

3. The Original looks nice but feels a little different and more like a production model, which it is, as opposed to "Custom" guitar. It is basically a (now discontinued) 61 Reissue with an added Vibrola.

4. As cool as Vibrolas look, I think their place in the Universe may be more for aesthetic purposes than than anything else. :)

5. All of these guitars "balance funny" to me -- disclaimer: I am new to the SG world. Some have the Vibrolas, others have the neck strap button further towards the headstock, etc., but they all feel a bit unstable.

Original SG

Frank Zappa SG

Frank Zappa SG (left) and Angus Young SG (right)

Cheers,

Gil

 

[oldrockfan]

welcome aboard and cudos for posting SG pics on your first post!

 

[KLBI]

I was also at NAMM on Saturday and the new Gibsons looked really great. I didn't see the Zappa or Angus though because of how many people were in the Gibson room. The new Epi SGs have thin bevels just like the Gibsons and are way lighter than before.

 

[the_guitar_collector]

I was also at NAMM on Saturday and the new Gibsons looked really great. I didn't see the Zappa or Angus though because of how many people were in the Gibson room. The new Epi SGs have thin bevels just like the Gibsons and are way lighter than before.

Really?....... I'm going Epi Shopping......... I am always complaining about the Epi Bevels.... Thank you Epiphone, Thankyou Gibson...... And thank you for the information......

 

[KLBI]

Really?....... I'm going Epi Shopping......... I am always complaining about the Epi Bevels.... Thank you Epiphone, Thankyou Gibson...... And thank you for the information......

Yeah It looks pretty awesome. The one G-400 pro they had out was really great looking and feeling. A noticeable improvement from what I have.

 

[the_guitar_collector]

Yeah It looks pretty awesome. The one G-400 pro they had out was really great looking and feeling. A noticeable improvement from what I have.

I just said to my wife about the bevel change and I want one, she just rolled her eyes a said "here we go again, who do I have to kill".....lol

In your opinion have they fixed the neck heavy issue? In other words did it feel better balanced to you?

 

[Alex_SG]

Now why don't we get these sort of shows in Australia?
And anything like a guitar show is always in THE EASTERN STATES!

 

[the_guitar_collector]

Now why don't we get these sort of shows in Australia?
And anything like a guitar show is always in THE EASTERN STATES!

Man it is so frustrating, I wish we had something of the like too...... We have Sexpo in Melbourne why no guitar expo?

Trawling on line is not the same as being there!

 

[KLBI]

I just said to my wife about the bevel change and I want one, she just rolled her eyes a said "here we go again, who do I have to kill".....lol

In your opinion have they fixed the neck heavy issue? In other words did it feel better balanced to you?

I couldn't tell any difference in balance but it is definitely overall lighter now. With the thinner bevels it might even be more neck heavy now but hopefully not.

 

[Kevy Nova]

Thanks for the pics!

 

[BlackSG91]

Nice...I want one!

 

[Col Mustard]

welcome to etsg and thanks for posting cool photos. a lot of us tend to drool on our keyboards over this kind of stuff. even if we don't admit it.

 

[rockerbilly58]

I was also at NAMM on Saturday and the new Gibsons looked really great. I didn't see the Zappa or Angus though because of how many people were in the Gibson room. The new Epi SGs have thin bevels just like the Gibsons and are way lighter than before.

As I've mentioned elsewhere on this forum, I recently bought a new G-310 and it has the Gibson bevels plus a nice slimmer than usual neck. Actually it's the best G-310 I've ever had and gets a lot of playing time. Oddly enough the G-400's are still unchanged.

 

[Mr. Happy]

Why?... Why would you do it, Gibson? Why?.

 

[Hammer]

Why?... Why would you do it, Gibson? Why?.

Maybe this guy was on the R&D team...

 

[BlackSG91]

Oh yes!!!

 

[Heket]

Aww, I love the green! If I were to get one of those I'd be hard pressed to choose between the green and the orange, but it was the green that originally drew me in.

I think I'd go for an original first though.

 

[dbb]

Y'all can have that green thing! yeeeuch. Not for me!

 

[Biddlin]

I would love to see Prince play that .

With the matching suit, of course .

 

[Kalamazuu]

Thanks for sharing man, cool pics!

And that green thing, I like 'em but I'd prefer the red.